Tom Brown's Schooldays is a 2005 British television film directed by Dave Moore and starring Alex Pettyfer and Stephen Fry.

The intensity of the bullying increases, and, after refusing to hand over a sweepstake ticket for the favourite in a horse race, Tom is deliberately burned in front of a fire.

For scenes shot on location, all pupil roles that were not leads were played by real Rugby School students.

Extensive cosmetic remodelling took place in some parts of the school so as to render the set historically accurate.

Approximately ten select extras (pupils) were invited to talk to him at length in the Headmaster's study on another occasion.