Absolution

Date: 1978
Director: Anthony Page
Production Company: Bulldog

Stars: Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, Dai Bradley, Billy Connolly, Andrew Keir
Location(s): Shropshire

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At a public school, a practical joke is played on one of the masters when one of the pupils confesses that he has killed a man.

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Arriving on his motorcycle, Blakey (Billy Connolly) pauses before riding up to St. Anthony’s School. This location is still recognisable as the entrance to Ellesmere College’s grounds on the road running between Ellesmere and Tetchill in Shropshire.

Richard Winchester revisited the location during a weekend away.

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Blakey looks across at the school building before calling to one of the masters to ask if there’s any work available. Ellesmere College in Shropshire.

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Father Goddard (Richard Burton) tells Blakey that he should try in the town. Opened in 1884, Ellesmere College was formerly known as St. Oswald's School.

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The Father heads back to the school, talking with drama students on the way.

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Pupil Arthur Dyson watches a tennis match. The tennis courts at Ellesmere College.

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Arthur Dyson (David Bradley) speaks with Benjamin Stanfield (Dominic Guard) about the practical joke that has been played on Goddard.

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Father Goddard enters the swimming pool and sees what he believes to be a body floating in the water.

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The Headmaster (Andrew Keir) addresses the school. Ellesmere College in Shropshire.