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Teachers (British TV series)

{{Short description|British television comedy drama series (2001–2004)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}

{{More citations needed|date=September 2011}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Logo teachers.JPG

| image_size = 240

| network = Channel 4

| creator = Tim Loane

| executive_producer = Jane Fallon

| 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

| company = Tiger Aspect Productions

| first_aired = {{start date|2001|3|21|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2004|12|21|df=y}}

| runtime = 45–50 minutes

| num_series = 4

| num_episodes = 40

| list_episodes = List of Teachers (British TV series) episodes

| endtheme = The Boy with the Arab Strap by Belle and Sebastian

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| related = Teachers

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/teachers/|title=Teachers|website=British Comedy Guide }}

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 former Merrywood School and 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.

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.

Cast

{{Main|List of Teachers (British TV series) characters}}

Episodes

{{Main|List of Teachers (British TV series) episodes}}

{{:List of Teachers (British TV series) episodes}}

Themes

Like many sitcoms Teachers had certain themes that it maintained through every episode. These included:

  • Appearances of animals, particularly donkeys, in unusual places. Others seen include lions, penguins and sheep. In all such appearances, the teachers and students are completely oblivious to these animals.
  • A staffroom scene early in the episode, usually with an announcement by the head teacher Clare to set up one of the plots or premises of the episode.
  • The name of the day written in a variety of ways in the scenery, a prop or a body adornment.
  • Smoking: a lot of the scenes in all episodes, primarily through the first three series, feature members of the cast smoking as they banter
  • The pub is the setting where nearly every episode of Teachers starts, usually with the teachers having immaturely themed conversations.

Every episode featured contemporary music, usually with clips of at least five songs (regularly including the bands The 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, and Supergrass), 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.

Reception

=Ratings=

Viewing figures available from BARB.{{cite web | title=Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018)| url=http://www.barb.co.uk/search/site-search?site_search_query=at+home+with+the+braithwaites| website=barb.co.uk| access-date=19 September 2023}}

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"|Series

! rowspan="2"|Timeslot

! rowspan="2"|Episodes

! colspan="2"|First aired

! colspan="2"|Last aired

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ffdead;"| Rank

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ffdead;"| Avg.
viewers
(millions)

Date

! Viewers
(millions)

! Date

! Viewers
(millions)

align="center"|1

| rowspan="3" align="center" | Wednesday 9:00 pm

| align="center"|8

| {{Start date|df=yes|2001|3|21}}

| align="center"|2.65

| {{End date|df=yes|2001|5|9}}

| align="center"|2.23

| style="background:#fc9; text-align:center;"|N/A

| style="background:#fc9; text-align:center;"|N/A

align="center"|2

| align="center"|10

| {{Start date|df=yes|2002|3|13}}

| align="center"|2.62

| {{End date|df=yes|2002|5|15}}

| align="center"|2.53

| style="background:#fc9; text-align:center;"|7

| style="background:#fc9; text-align:center;"|2.37

align="center"|3

| align="center"|13

| {{Start date|df=yes|2003|8|6}}

| align="center"|2.74

| {{End date|df=yes|2003|10|29}}

| align="center"|2.32

| style="background:#fc9; text-align:center;"|11

| style="background:#fc9; text-align:center;"|2.33

align="center"|4

| align="center" | Tuesday 10:00 pm

| align="center"|9

| {{Start date|df=yes|2004|10|26}}

| align="center"|2.11

| {{End date|df=yes|2004|12|21}}

| align="center"|1.80

| style="background:#fc9; text-align:center;"|N/A

| style="background:#fc9; text-align:center;"|N/A

=Awards and nominations=

  • BAFTA TV Awards
  • 2003: Best Drama Series – Jane Fallon, Rhonda Smith (nomination){{cite web| title=Television in 2003| url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2003/television| website=awards.bafta.org| access-date=20 September 2023}}
  • BAFTA TV Craft Awards
  • 2002: Best New Director (Fiction) – Richard Dale (nomination){{cite web| title=Television Craft in 2002| url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2002/tvcraft| website=awards.bafta.org| access-date=20 September 2023}}
  • 2003: Best New Writer – Ed Roe (nomination){{cite web| title=Television Craft in 2003| url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2003/tvcraft| website=awards.bafta.org| access-date=20 September 2023}}
  • 2003: Best New Writer – Charlie Martin (nomination)
  • 2004: Best New Writer – Jack Lothian (nomination){{cite web| title=Television Craft in 2004| url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2004/tvcraft| website=awards.bafta.org| access-date=20 September 2023}}
  • 2004: Best New Director (Fiction) – Andrew Lincoln (nomination)
  • British Comedy Awards
  • 2003: Best TV Comedy Drama (nomination)
  • Royal Television Society Awards
  • 2002: Best Drama Series (nomination){{cite web| title=Royal Television Society Programme Awards Nominees 2002| url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/royal-television-society-programme-awards-nominees-2002/1138161.article| website=broadcastnow.co.uk| date=26 February 2002| access-date=20 September 2023}}{{subscription required}}
  • 2004: Best Drama Series (nomination){{cite web| title=RTS programme awards nominations| url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/feb/25/broadcasting1| website=The Guardian| date=25 February 2004| access-date=20 September 2023}}

Home media

=VHS & DVD=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Series

! colspan="3"|Release date

! rowspan="2"|No. of
discs

! rowspan="2"|BBFC
rating

VHS

! Region 2 DVD
{{small|(Original)}}

! Region 2 DVD
{{small|(Re-release)}}

Series 1

| 11 August 2003{{cite web| title=Teachers: Series 1| url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teachers-1-Box-Set-VHS/dp/B00009Z4YJ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3FR2C08V7KOSB&keywords=teachers+series+1+vhs&qid=1695150095&sprefix=teachers+series+1+vhs%2Caps%2C82&sr=8-1| website=amazon.co.uk| access-date=19 September 2007}}

| 11 August 2003{{cite web| title=Teachers: Series 1 (Box Set)| url=https://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/store/products/teachers-series-1-dvd-2001| website=musicmagpie.com| access-date=19 September 2023}}

| 24 September 2007{{cite web| title=Teachers: Series 1 (Box Set)| url=https://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/store/products/teachers-series-1-dvd-2001-dvd| website=musicmagpie.com| access-date=19 September 2023}}

| 2

| 15

Series 2

| 29 September 2003{{cite web| title=Teachers: Series 2| url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teachers-2-Box-Set-VHS/dp/B0000AM73Q/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=1HSUXUBBTPKM3&keywords=teachers+series+2+vhs&qid=1695150203&sprefix=teachers+series+2+vhs%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1 | website=amazon.co.uk| access-date=19 September 2007}}

| 29 September 2003{{cite web| title=Teachers: Series 2 (Box Set)| url=https://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/store/products/teachers-series-2-dvd-2001| website=musicmagpie.com| access-date=19 September 2023}}

| 24 September 2007{{cite web| title=Teachers: Series 2 (Box Set) [DVD]| url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teachers-2-Box-Set-DVD/dp/B000V6AETU/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?crid=10YVLWFDNF4BB&keywords=teachers+series+2+dvd&qid=1695134555&sprefix=teachers+series+2+dvd%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-5| website=amazon.co.uk| access-date=19 September 2007}}

| 3

| 15

Series 3

| {{N/a}}

| 1 November 2004{{cite web| title=Teachers: Series 3 (Box Set)| url=https://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/store/products/teachers-series-3-dvd-2001| website=musicmagpie.com| access-date=19 September 2023}}

| 24 September 2007{{cite web| title=Teachers: Series 3 (Box Set) [DVD]| url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teachers-3-Box-Set-DVD/dp/B000V6AEU4/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=Z72XK0INYWP5&keywords=teachers+series+3+dvd&qid=1695134697&sprefix=teachers+series+3+dvd%2Caps%2C75&sr=8-4| website=amazon.co.uk| access-date=19 September 2007}}

| 4

| 15

Series 4

| {{N/a}}

| 3 October 2005{{cite web| title=Teachers: Series 4| url=https://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/store/products/teachers-series-4-dvd| website=musicmagpie.com| access-date=19 September 2023}}

| {{N/a}}

| 3

| 15

colspan="6"|Collection sets
Series 1–2

| {{N/a}}

| 29 September 2003

| {{N/a}}

| 4

| 15

Series 1–3

| {{N/a}}

| 1 November 2004{{cite web| title=Teachers: Series 1-3 (Box Set)| url=https://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/store/products/teachers-series-1-3-dvd-2001| website=musicmagpie.com| access-date=19 September 2023}}

| {{N/a}}

| 9

| 15

Series 1–4

| {{N/a}}

| 6 November 2006{{cite web| title=Teachers: Series 1-4| url=https://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/store/products/teachers-complete-series-1-4-dvd| website=musicmagpie.com| access-date=19 September 2023}}

| 2 September 2013{{cite web| title=Teachers: Series 1-4| url=https://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/store/products/teachers-series-1-4| website=musicmagpie.com| access-date=19 September 2023}}

| 12

| 15

= Soundtracks=

  • Teachers: A Class Soundtrack (15 September 2001){{cite web| title=TV Soundtrack - Teachers : A Class Soundtrack TV Soundtrack| url=https://www.wob.com/en-gb/music/audio-cd/teachers-a-class-soundtrack/0686744001123?cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=20543432773&cq_con=&cq_med=pla&cq_plac=&cq_net=x&gclid=CjwKCAjwsKqoBhBPEiwALrrqiFKGkgCYS0KqlB2yqxWyAwP1DjehFef0558W_bWFRXFnPk6hupi79xoC5qIQAvD_BwE#DVDB00005B0HDVG| website=wob.com| access-date=20 June 2023}}
  • Teachers 2: Back To School (15 April 2002){{cite web| title=Original Soundtrack - Teachers 2: Back To School Original Soundtrack| url=https://www.wob.com/en-gb/music/audio-cd/original-soundtrack-teachers-2-back-to-school/0686744002120| website=wob.com| access-date=20 June 2023}}
  • Teachers 3: A New Term (2 December 2002){{cite web| title= Teachers 3 - A New Term Various Artists | url=https://www.wob.com/en-gb/music/audio-cd/teachers-3-a-new-term/0686744002526| website=wob.com| access-date=20 June 2023}}
  • Teachers 4: Top of the Class (8 November 2004){{cite web| title= Original TV Soundtrack - Teachers 4: Top Of The Class Original TV Soundtrack | url=https://www.wob.com/en-gb/music/audio-cd/original-tv-soundtrack-teachers-4-top-of-the-class/0686744002724| website=wob.com| access-date=20 June 2023}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/T/teachers/ Teachers] at Channel4.com
  • {{IMDb title|0280330|Teachers}}

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Category:2001 British television series debuts

Category:2004 British television series endings

Category:2000s British comedy-drama television series

Category:2000s British workplace comedy television series

Category:2000s British workplace drama television series

Category:British high school television series

Category:Channel 4 television dramas

Category:Channel 4 comedy

Category:British English-language television shows

Category:Television shows shot in Bristol

Category:Television series about educators

Category:Television series by Tiger Aspect Productions

Category:Television series by Banijay

Category:Television shows set in Bristol