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Man, 30, posed as teen to rejoin his old school for two years - and nobody recognised him

Brian MacKinnon re-enrolled at Bearsden Academy in Glasgow in 1993 after claiming he had been unfairly kicked out of university when he failed his medicine exams twice

Daily Mirror

Graham Norton shares rare insight about his marriage to filmmaker husband Jonathan McLeod

Graham Norton has shared a rare insight about his marriage to husband Jonathan ‘Jono’ McLeod.

Evening Standard

My Old School: full cast list, where and when to watch

The film includes a real audio interview with Brian MacKinnon, who enrolled as a 16-year-old pupil at Glasgow’s Bearsden Academy in 1995, when he was 30.

Daily Record

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Ex-cage fighter insists time in the octagon helped prepare him for cut throat world of stand-up comedy

The 44-year-old has swapped cage fighting for stand-up and the tattoo artist reckons his time battling in the ring helped prepare him for getting on stage.

Daily Record

What critics and film-goers are saying about Brandon Lee documentary My Old School

The new documentary tells the tale of Brandon Lee, a 30-year-old man who tricked Bearsden Academy into believing he was a fifth-year student - but, what are people saying about it now that the hotly-anticipated film has been released?

Glasgow Live

Man, 30, posed as a teen to rejoin old school and went unnoticed for two years

Brian was 30 when he rejoined and 32 when he gained five top marks in his Highers, the equivalent of A-levels.

Irish Mirror

My Old School director Jono McLeod on stranger-than-fiction film's release

We sat down with local director Jono McLeod to discuss the release of his new documentary My Old School, telling the incredible story of Brandon Lee, the 32-year-old man who enrolled at a Glasgow secondary.

Glasgow Live

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‘A damaged person’: Alan Cumming on playing the schoolboy who was actually 30

In 1993, a 16-year-old pupil at a Glasgow school was unmasked as a fully grown adult. Now his classmates have made a documentary – My Old School – about the astonishing deception

The Guardian - UK

My Old School review – audacious tale of thirtysomething man who posed as a teenage pupil

Jono McLeod directs this intriguing documentary about his former classmate Brian MacKinnon, who at age 30, went back to school as a ‘teenager’

The Guardian - UK

Clare Grogan makes a return as the queen of pop with Altered Images

CLARE Grogan was starring in Neil Simon’s rom-com Barefoot In the Park at the 2020 Pitlochry Festival Theatre when lockdown kicked in.

The National (Scotland)

Incredible story of Glasgow's 30-year-old schoolkid set for New York premiere

My Old School tells the tale of Brandon Lee, a 30-year-old who posed as a high school student in the 90s - and is set to premiere in New York on July 22, with Lee voiced by Hollywood actor Alan Cumming.

Glasgow Live

An imposter who fooled a Scottish school

Alan Cumming appears in a documentary about a man who perpetuated a deception, and how people chose to believe him

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