Teachers (British TV series)


Teachers is a British television comedy-drama series, created by Tim Loane and originally shown on Channel 4. The series follows a group of secondary school teachers in their daily lives.
While the first series centres heavily around probationary teacher Simon Casey, later series have an ensemble approach. The cast changes dramatically over time, with few original characters remaining by the fourth series. While some of these disappearances are explained, others happen between series without explanation.
The first three series are set in the fictional Summerdown Comprehensive, which merges with another school in the fourth series to form Wattkins School. The first three series were filmed at the former Merrywood Grammar School, while the fourth was filmed at the former Lockleaze school in Bristol, England.
Teachers was nominated for six BAFTA awards between 2002 and 2004, and was nominated for Best Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards in 2003. In January 2005, after a muted reception to the fourth series, Channel 4 announced that Teachers would not continue for a fifth series. A short lived American version was aired in 2006.

Cast

Music

Soundtracks

Themes

Like many sitcoms Teachers had certain themes that it maintained through every episode. These included:
Every episode featured contemporary music, usually with clips of at least five songs, and the soundtrack to all four series has been released on CD by the shop of Channel 4.
The theme tune is the solo section of The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle and Sebastian.

DVD releases