- 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
- Producer
- Rhonda Smith
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 company
- 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
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 21st March 2001 on Channel 4 at 9pm
- Last new broadcast
- Tuesday 21st December 2004 on Channel 4 at 10pm
- Length of episodes
- 50 minutes
- Last repeat
- Friday 13th November 2009 at 12:00am
Website links
- Official Website
The official website of the show. Features an article, episode guide and clips. - IMDb
- Wikipedia
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