Notes on a Scandal

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When new teacher Sheba Hart arrives at St George's, a North London comprehensive school, everyone senses that this young and attractive woman will be different from the rest of her colleagues. Not in the least history teacher Barbara Covett, a lonely woman who desperately seeks for her attention. But before too long Sheba gets involved in an affair with one of her pupils. She knows it's wrong and the only adult with whom she can talk about it is Barbara, who happily presents herself as her only true friend. So when the liaison is found out and Sheba's life falls apart, Barbara is there...