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The Thieving Headmistress

Drama-documentary based on the true story of Colleen McCabe, an ex-nun who as a headmistress embezzled her school out of an estimated half a million pounds.

Drama-documentary based on the true story of Colleen McCabe, an ex-nun who as a headmistress embezzled her school out of an estimated half a million pounds.

While McCabe enjoyed the champagne lifestyle with her ecclesiastical friends, pupils and teachers at the school sat shivering in classrooms without heat and books.

Despite suspicions among parents and staff, the death knell for McCabe's regime came when the Labour government returned grant-maintained schools to LEA control. Local authority auditors stepped in and the full extent of her theft and fraud became clear.

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 Mar 2010 22:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Colleen McCabe Pauline Quirke
Father Plunkett Denis Lawson
Father O'Malley Peter Cellier
Maureen Stapley Mary Roscoe
Pam Naomi Allisstone
Detective Elliott Stephen Critchlow
Auditor Richard Hope
Mr Huckerby David Holt
riest John Walters
Judge David Barnaby
Producer Lucy Bowden
Director Norman Hull
Executive Producer Magnus Temple
Producer Michael Poole

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