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Chalk
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1997
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Suzy Travis is thrown in at the deep end when, straight out of teacher training college, she lands a job at the manic Galfast High School. Stars David Bamber, Martin Ball, Nicola Walker, Amanda Boxer, Geraldine Fitzgerald and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Suzy Arrives
It's Suzy's first day as a teacher but none of her training has prepared her to cope with Galfast High School.
She soon encounters Eric Slatt, the incompetent yet ambitious Deputy Headmaster, who manages to make a bad school worse.
There are dead rats in the water tank, a dead teacher in one of the classroms and the pupils are revolting in every sense of the word.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 20th February 1997
- Time
- 9:35pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
David Bamber | Eric Slatt |
Martin Ball | Dan McGill |
Nicola Walker | Suzy Travis |
Amanda Boxer | Amanda Trippley |
Geraldine Fitzgerald | Janet Slatt |
John Grillo | Mr Carkdale |
Andrew Livingston | Mr Humboldt |
John Wells | Richard Nixon |
Stuart Bain | Pompous Boy |
Micky Baker | Mr Humphrey |
Diana Berriman | Suzy's Mother |
Antonia Corrigan | 5 Year Old Suzy |
Debbie Hall | Girl |
Lee Turnbull | Plasticine Boy |
Jo Warne | Miss Murray |
James Wilson | 4th Form Boy |
Steven Moffat | Writer |
Juliet May | Director |
Andre Ptaszyński | Producer |
Kevin Lygo | Executive Producer |
Steven Moffat | Associate Producer |
Ian Fisher | Production Designer |
Howard Goodall | Composer |