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 | reference to the vampire diaries | shadow | quill | coal hill school | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

The new building at the Coal Hill Academy is called the Barbara Wright Building. Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) was one of the Doctor's first companions. Like Coal Hill School and the Doctor himself, she made her first appearance in Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (1963).

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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

Charlie: Everything alright?
Matteusz: Oh, yeah. My deeply religious parents are very happy I'm going to dance with a boy. This has been an evening of love and warmth.
Charlie: [beams] Great!
Matteusz: You are a very strange person.
[kisses him]

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Connections

References The Vampire Diaries (2009)

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Soundtracks

Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)
(uncredited)
Written by Tinie Tempah & Katy B
Performed by featuring Tinie Tempah & Katy B
Produced by K.D.A.

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.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

Polish English

Release Date:

15 April 2017 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Cymru Wales

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD