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The lives and lifestyles of a group of young comprehensive teachers in Bristol forms the backdrop for this original new eight-part drama series.
Starring Andrew Lincoln (This Life), Teachers is set in the fictional Summerdown Comprehensive, where a mix of seasoned and young teachers and some raucous pupils makes for conflict, controversy and some humorous incidents. Set as much out of the classroom as in it, this is a contemporary, light-hearted series where the staff find their lives just as problematic after school.
The main teachers in the drama are twenty-somethings whose lives are complicated by the fact that they aren't much older than their pupils. They have their own cliques, gossips, bullies and their own idea of a good practical joke. They sneak into the toilets for a sly fag, some still live with their parents, and they always have an excuse for why they're late for their own class.
The storylines revolve around Simon (Andrew Lincoln) and his close friends and colleagues - and their unpredictable, undisciplined lives. Simon still lives at home with his single father - but his dad's lovelife is better than his own and Simon is soon an unwelcome gooseberry. At work he locks horns with Jenny (Nina Sosanya) - a stunning English teacher with a maturity and seriousness that Simon despises. His friends have to help out with his marking - down the pub - and his own private life is complicated when he discovers his latest girlfriend is on the Force.
Over-eager PE teacher Brian Steadman (Adrian Bower), computer teacher Kurt McKenna (Navin Chowdhry) and psychology teacher Susan Gately (Raquel Cassidy), are Simon's close drinking mates - and throughout the series these four friends rely on each other for support, shelter, and the occasional important alibi.
Teachers was filmed in a disused former LEA school in Bristol, as well as in several locations around the city.
Executive Producer Jane Fallon (This Life) says, "This isn't a series about the education system. This is a humorous look at about how being teachers can affect young adults. They aren't that different from their pupils: smoking behind the bike-sheds, making-up ridiculous excuses, arguing with their parents, and being late for school. This is what teachers get up to when they have no desk to hide behind."
Drama
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