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| Teachers | |
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| Created by | Tim Loane |
| Starring | Andrew Lincoln Adrian Bower Raquel Cassidy Navin Chowdhry Nina Sosanya Gillian Bevan Ursula Holden-Gill Lloyd McGuire Ellen Thomas Tamzin Malleson James Lance Vicky Hall Lee Williams Mathew Horne James Corden |
| Ending theme | The Boy with the Arab Strap byBelle and Sebastian |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 40(list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Jane Fallon |
| Running time | 45–50 minutes |
| Production company | Tiger Aspect Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 21 March 2001 (2001-03-21) – 21 December 2004 (2004-12-21) |
| Related | |
| Teachers | |
Teachers is a British televisioncomedy-drama series, created byTim Loane and originally shown onChannel 4. The series follows a group ofsecondary school teachers in their daily lives.[1]
In the first series, probationary teacher Simon Casey (Andrew Lincoln) is the protagonist; later series have an ensemble cast. The cast changes dramatically, with few original characters remaining by the fourth series. While some of these disappearances are explained, others are not.
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 formerMerrywood School and the fourth was filmed at the former Lockleaze school inBristol, England.
Teachers was nominated for sixBAFTA awards between 2002 and 2004, and was nominated forBest Comedy Drama at theBritish Comedy Awards in 2003. In January 2005, after a muted reception to the fourth series, Channel 4 announced thatTeachers would not continue for a fifth series. A short livedAmerican version was aired in2006.
Since mid-2020 the series has been available on UK and Australian Netflix. The series is also available on All 4 and PlutoTV streaming service.
| Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 8 | 21 March 2001 (2001-03-21) | 9 May 2001 (2001-05-09) | |
| 2 | 10 | 13 March 2002 (2002-03-13) | 15 May 2002 (2002-05-15) | |
| 3 | 13 | 6 August 2003 (2003-08-06) | 29 October 2003 (2003-10-29) | |
| 4 | 9 | 26 October 2004 (2004-10-26) | 21 December 2004 (2004-12-21) | |
Like many sitcomsTeachers had certain themes that it maintained through every episode. These included:
Every episode featured contemporary music, usually with clips of at least five songs (regularly including the bandsThe Bluetones,Terrorvision,The Soundtrack of our Lives,The Killers,The Darkness,Shed Seven,Feeder,The Dandy Warhols,Starsailor,Mercury Rev,The Hives,Athlete,I Am Kloot,The Libertines,Ash, andSupergrass), 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 ofThe Boy With The Arab Strap byBelle and Sebastian.
Viewing figures available fromBARB.[2]
| Series | Timeslot | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | Rank | Avg. viewers (millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Viewers (millions) | Date | Viewers (millions) | |||||
| 1 | Wednesday 9:00 pm | 8 | 21 March 2001 (2001-03-21) | 2.65 | 9 May 2001 (2001-05-09) | 2.23 | N/A | N/A |
| 2 | 10 | 13 March 2002 (2002-03-13) | 2.62 | 15 May 2002 (2002-05-15) | 2.53 | 7 | 2.37 | |
| 3 | 13 | 6 August 2003 (2003-08-06) | 2.74 | 29 October 2003 (2003-10-29) | 2.32 | 11 | 2.33 | |
| 4 | Tuesday 10:00 pm | 9 | 26 October 2004 (2004-10-26) | 2.11 | 21 December 2004 (2004-12-21) | 1.80 | N/A | N/A |
| Series | Release date | No. of discs | BBFC rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VHS | Region 2 DVD (Original) | Region 2 DVD (Re-release) | |||
| Series 1 | 11 August 2003[9] | 11 August 2003[10] | 24 September 2007[11] | 2 | 15 |
| Series 2 | 29 September 2003[12] | 29 September 2003[13] | 24 September 2007[14] | 3 | 15 |
| Series 3 | — | 1 November 2004[15] | 24 September 2007[16] | 4 | 15 |
| Series 4 | — | 3 October 2005[17] | — | 3 | 15 |
| Collection sets | |||||
| Series 1–2 | — | 29 September 2003 | — | 4 | 15 |
| Series 1–3 | — | 1 November 2004[18] | — | 9 | 15 |
| Series 1–4 | — | 6 November 2006[19] | 2 September 2013[20] | 12 | 15 |