Teachers

A popular Channel 4 comedy drama following the adventures of the staff at a state school in Bristol

Genre: Comedy Drama
Broadcast: 2001 - 2004
Channel: Channel 4
Episodes: 40 (4 series)
Creator: Tim Loane
Starring: Andrew Lincoln, Raquel Cassidy, Nina Sosanya, Navin Chowdhry, Adrian Bower, Gillian Bevan, Lloyd McGuire, Ursula Holden Gill and others
Writers: Tony Basgallop and Linton Chiswick
Directors: Susanna White and Andrew Lincoln
Producers: Rhonda Smith and Jane Fallon

Comprising of forty, fifty minute episodes, Teachers creates a balance between surreal comedy and realistic drama. Although one might expect teachers to hold more maturity and decency than students, Teachers sets out to prove this wrong.

Paranoia, neuroticism, sexual inadequacies and an innate inability to quit smoking are just a few of the problems which haunt the staff who work at Summerdown School.

For the first two series, the programme focuses on the neurotic Simon Casey, the beautiful ice queen Jenny Page and the ever sensible best friend Susan Gately; however, despite the departure of these characters, Teachers continued to run for a further two series.

Production Details

Production company

Tiger Aspect Productions

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to Teachers was released separately and was an iconic part of the show; the title music was 'The Boy with the Arab Strap' by Belle and Sebastian. This was rounded up by music from the likes of Feeder, The Hives, Starsailor, Mercury Rev, Athlete, Supergrass, I Am Kloot and Ash.

Laugh track

None