The Demon Headmaster

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Awards for "The Demon Headmaster" (1996)". imdb.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016 . Retrieved 27 September 2011. Dinah found herself shivering. Ridiculously she expected him to have pink eyes, because the rest of his face was so colourless. Or perhaps no eyes at all. But his eyes were not pink. They were large and luminous, and a peculiar sea-green colour. She'd never seen eyes like them before. And she found herself staring into them. In 2019, CBBC broadcast a new adaptation, later revealed as a sequel to the previous show, from the book Total Control. It aired from Monday 14 October with the pilot episode, everystudentastar, adapted and showrun by Emma Reeves. Terrence Hardiman returned as the original Demon Headmaster in the first season's final episode, where he forced his 'successor' ( Nicholas Gleaves) to stand down when their plans were thwarted — albeit only appearing as a hologram of himself rather than in person. In the front of the book it says that 'Crash Landing' was first published in Shark And Chips And Other Stories, and that 'Carnival' was published in the Young Telegraph in 1996. The third story is not mentioned. Dinah Glass moves in with the Hunter family and starts going to the same school as her foster brothers Lloyd and Harvey. It is not easy, as they seem to hate her, and school is really strange. Pupils suddenly talk like robots and do weird things, even Dinah finds herself acting oddly. She is sure the headmaster has some kind of power over them, and is determined to find out more. But the Demon Headmaster is equally determined to stop her.

Gillian Cross has been writing children’s books for over thirty years. Before that, she took English degrees at Oxford and Sussex Universities, and had various jobs including working in a village bakery and being an assistant to a Member of Parliament. She won the Carnegie Medal for Wolf, the Smarties Prize and the Whitbread Children’s Novel Award for The Great Elephant Chase; and the Little Rebels Award for After Tomorrow. Now this, is my kind of book. It's called The Demon Headmaster, and once you've read it, you'll never forget it. And why? It’s been quite a few years, and this book has been imposed onto me as a compulsory reader. The following is written from my current perspective. Again, and again, and again, and again, and again. And soon, even Dinah finds herself saying it. Is she being controlled by the Demon Headmaster too?In 2019, he made a guest appearance in the new reboot of The Demon Headmaster, handing over his glasses to the new man-in-charge.

Her suspicions are only further raised when she meets the headmaster. He is described in great detail as a character that isn’t too comfortable to be around. During her first meeting, Dinah is informed that she fell asleep however she knows and feels that something is not quite right. Dinah begins to get more and more suspicious and begins to ask questions, however her fellow students all answer in the same controlled fashion when prompted, as if under a spell or something. Dinah instincts tell her, undoubtedly, that something is wrong, so she sets out to find out what’s going on. In her attempts to discover the truth she tries to win the confidence of her two step brothers (Lloyd and Harvey) to help her investigate the strange occurrences at the school. Dinah discovers with the help of her friends that the headmaster has set out to hypnotise the school (students and teachers). Helping her were her friends who were the only students who immune to hypnosis like she was. However, she was the driving force they needed actually investigate the weird occurrences. Eventually, Dinah and co discover that the headmaster had bigger plans, plans to hypnotise the entire country via the means of a TV programme. Earp, Catherine (11 February 2019). "The Demon Headmaster is being revived by CBBC to terrify a new generation". Digital Spy. Beware of the Demon Headmaster - ISBN 0-19-275236-7 (a short story about the Demon Headmaster, without the other characters) Wow! This book just kept getting more exciting! My favourite character was Dinah Glass, I feel like she loves adventure and mystery and wants to find...

This is a brilliant mystery story, I love them, and just when you think you know what's gonna happen, The author goes, "Ha ha, fooled ya!" But the great thing about this book, is that you get to be a detective alongside Dinah, Lloyd and Harvey. And you actually try and work out what the Demon Headmaster's terrible plan is. Scary that weren't it (!) He explains why it’s his favourite children’s book, how it captured his imagination and why he loves to read. She opened her mouth to say that she was not tired, but to her surprise, she yawned instead. 'So tired.' crooned the Headmaster. His huge, extraordinary eyes fixed on her face. Trance Dance: Encourage children to choreograph a sequence of expressive dance movements inspired by the Demon Headmaster's hypnotic powers, experimenting with different interpretations of being hypnotised.