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Teachers

  • 2001–2004
  • 4 seasons
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 7.3

The chaotic lives, loves and drinking sessions of a group of hapless teachers. They might be qualified to teach, but they've still got a lot to learn...

Episodes

With Simon gone, Brian and Kurt turn to his replacement for advice—the suave and morally-flexible Matt. But married Matt is much more interested in his own affairs, and it falls upon new biology teacher Lindsay to help them out. Lindsay’s funny, frank, down-to-earth and, most importantly, she’s fat—an essential safety feature for an agony aunt that ensures Brian and Kurt won’t end up fancying her. Probably.

13 episodes
  1. 1Episode One

    48 minAug 6, 2003

    A new term and a new teacher, in the (rather large) shape of Lindsay. She can outdrink the boys, and Brian in particular thinks she’s brilliant, until Kurt convinces him that she fancies him.

  2. 2Episode Two

    48 minAug 13, 2003

    Penny’s self-obsession and self-pity have reached such dizzying new heights that she’s driving everyone insane. Bored to tears with her moaning, Lindsay finally cracks.

  3. 3Episode Three

    48 minAug 20, 2003

    Kurt thinks his luck with the ladies is changing. At parents’ evening he meets a woman he reckons he has a good chance of pulling. As usual, however, his judgement in these matters isn’t perfect.

  4. 4Episode Four

    48 minAug 27, 2003

    Bobs wife throws him out of the house and moves her boyfriend in. For the first time, Liz takes pity on this dishevelled wreck. But a combination of pity and alcohol can have surprising results.

  5. 5Episode Five

    48 minSep 3, 2003

    Lindsay is about to turn 30, which is fine, until everyone points out that 30 is very old. What’s the best way to handle being 30? Grow old with grace and start acting your age, or the exact opposite?

  6. 6Episode Six

    48 minSep 10, 2003

    Half the staff are off with stress, leaving the other half even more stressed. In a desperate bid to relieve the pressure, Clare assigns them all a stress partner, which proves very stressful.

  7. 7Episode Seven

    48 minSep 17, 2003

    There’s something disturbing in the air. A stranger, with a sinister beard, is lurking by the perimeter fence. But it turns out that he’s not so strange after all.

  8. 8Episode Eight

    48 minSep 24, 2003

    The English department are left without a head when Bob is taken in for emergency surgery, and Clare decides that, whether he likes it or not, Matt is the ideal choice to act as Bobs replacement.

  9. 9Episode Nine

    48 minOct 1, 2003

    The teachers are depressed that none of them is in a functional relationship, until Liz points out that Brian and Kurt are as good as married. But Brian thinks that Kurt is taking advantage of him.

  10. 10Episode Ten

    48 minOct 8, 2003

    Students and parents have been complaining about Lindsay, and she’s ended up with a formal warning. So she’s going to transform herself into ‘super-teacher’, with help from an unlikely guru: Bob.

  11. 11Episode Eleven

    48 minOct 15, 2003

    Brians obsessed with Eileen—the only good-looking dinner lady in the world—and when Bob starts complaining loudly about the canteen food, Brian has to stand up for his dream woman.

  12. 12Episode Twelve

    48 minOct 22, 2003

    When Brian and Kurt race each other to school, Kurt’s desire to win results in injury. Brian’s attempts to administer first aid only serve to make things worse and Kurt ends up in a wheelchair.

  13. 13Episode Thirteen

    48 minOct 29, 2003

    Love, lust, and general weirdness are in the air. Penny’s started a new romance, Clare’s getting frisky, and in a drunken moment Matt and Lindsay find themselves snogging.

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Series cast

Ursula Holden-GillCarol40 episodes
Lloyd McGuireBob40 episodes
Ellen ThomasLiz39 episodes
Gillian BevanClare39 episodes
Tamzin MallesonPenny32 episodes
Navin ChowdhryKurt31 episodes
Adrian BowerBrian31 episodes
Vicky HallLindsay22 episodes
Andrew LincolnSimon18 episodes
Nina SosanyaJenny18 episodes
Raquel CassidySusan18 episodes
James LanceMatt13 episodes
Shaun EvansJP10 episodes
Mathew HorneBen9 episodes
Lee WilliamsEwan9 episodes
Daon BroniDamien Waller9 episodes
Jonas Armstrong6 episodes
James CordenJeremy2 episodes

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