The Principal: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in a boy's high school, this four part drama series features AACTA award-winning Alex Dimitriades who plays the role of Matt Bashir, a former history teacher and Deputy Principal at a prestigious girls' school, who is promoted to Principal of Boxdale Boys High.

Boxdale Boys High is a notoriously violent and difficult school and Principal Bashir is brought in because of his different and radical approach to reform. The sudden change brings him into conflict on all fronts and even leaves his personal life exposed. Still, Bashir works overtime to get the local community on side, promising change, but just when it seems he is making progress, a student is found dead on school grounds.

Series details

• Title: The Principal
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2015-10-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-10-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: SBS
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 5878
• IMDb ID: tt4146664
• TVDB ID: 300985

Cast and credited roles

• Alex Dimitriades — Matt Bashir
• Mirrah Foulkes — Kellie Norton
• Deborah Kennedy — Val
• Aden Young — Adam Bilic
• Di Adams — Ursula Bright
• George Harrison Xanthis — George Karidis
• Tyler De Nawi — Karin Ahmad
• Rahel Romahn — Tarek Ahmad

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-10-07; final listed air date 2015-10-15; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Principal on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.