Martin Clunes stars as Mr Chips, the much-loved schoolmaster who devotes his life to Brookfield school and its generations of schoolboys, in this classic feature-length film based on James Hilton's beloved novel. The story spans 50 years from Mr Chipping's arrival at Brookfield as an earnest Latin master, meeting the love of his life Kathie, through the turmoil of World War I, to Chips' last days in the `30s when he became a school legend.