For Tonight We Might Die 

Coal Hill Academy comes under the attack from the merciless Shadow Kin resulting in an unlikely bond between four students: Charlie, Ram, April, and Tanya, with the help of their math teacher, Miss Quill.

Director:

Edward Bazalgette

Writer:

Patrick Ness

Stars:

Katherine Kelly, Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Katherine Kelly	...	Miss Andrea Quill
Greg Austin	...	Charlie Smith
Fady Elsayed	...	Ram Singh
Sophie Hopkins	...	April MacLean
Vivian Oparah	...	Tanya Adeola
Peter Capaldi	...	The Doctor
Jordan Renzo	...	Matteusz Andrzejewski
Ben Peel	...	Coach Tom Dawson
Shannon Murray	...	Jackie MacLean
Aaron Neil	...	Varun Singh
Natasha Gordon	...	Vivian Adeola
Anna Shaffer	...	Rachel Chapman
Paul Marc Davis	...	Corakinus
Nigel Betts	...	Mr. Frank Armitage
Pooja Shah	...	Miss Shah

Storyline

Meet the students of Coal Hill School. The resident genius and under-appreciated good girl are joined by mysterious newcomer Charlie and football star Ram. The events take a nasty turn as autumn prom approaches. An unexpected visitor shows them the ropes and helps them save the day.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to ikea | shadow | quill | coal hill school | shadow kin | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

Polish English

Release Date:

15 April 2017 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Laura June Hudson (Mrs Linderhof) previously worked as the costume designer of eight Doctor Who (1963) serials from 1977 to 1981, all of which starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

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Goofs

At 1:49 a Cardiff University logo can be seen on the adjacent building. (Coal Hill Academy is set in Shoreditch).

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Quotes

Miss Quill: Look at you all. The cream of the crop. High achievers. No wonder this country only exports Downton Abbey.

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Connections

References Downton Abbey (2010)

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Soundtracks

Thick as Thieves
(uncredited)
Written by Jonathon Aherne, Toby Dundas, Pascal Gabriel, Joseph Greer & Dougy Mandagi
Performed by The Temper Trap
Produced by Damian Taylor

User Reviews

First Episode Fun

I came across this by accident as I was vaguely only aware that they were doing a new Doctor Who spin off in a school. I am a huge fan of who (currently wearing a Dr WHo Christmas Jumper 2 months too soon).

Anyway on to the review.. this is a great pilot, I had no idea that it was a Who spin off until about 25% in which makes it accessible to a new fans and doesn't require background knowledge of the source material. When I started watching it, I felt there was an Americanized atmosphere to the school and compared to other British productions (Teachers, Skins, even Sarah Jane).

I am a massive fan of shows like Buffy and I enjoyed the reference and homage that they play to these shows. This show aired the same week as another 'British Buffy' type E4 show called 'Crazyhead' and I felt this was much better.