Rehearsals for "The Taming of the Shrew" are not going well. The actresses keep bickering and forgetting their lines. Luckily, the director has ways of dealing with such distractions.

At an English boarding school the tradition of fagging continues behind closed doors. Senior boy James Holloway abuses his power to make young Sebastian Hawley's life a misery.

Head Girl Zoe is shocked to find that two prefects have been terrorising the younger students. She strips them of their prefect privileges, and gives them a taste of their own medicine.

Catching his wilful pupil Pandora indoors during breaktime with her nose in a book for the third time this term, form teacher Mr Cameron gives her six of the best on the spot.

When his aunt Zoe finds out about their latest scrape, Jimmy gallantly takes the blame for his best friend Pandora. But he's not able to save both of them from punishment.