Drama series looking at the often harassed lives of a group of mainly twenty something teachers at a comprehensive school, there was as much focus on their out of hours activities as their school hour ones. Andrew Lincoln left the series a few episodes before the end of the second season.
This was the first Channel 4 drama ever to be re-commissioned for a third series. Andrew Lincoln’s character returned for three mid-season episodes in series 3 while working as a supply teacher. He also directed the final 2 episodes of the series.
In the fourth series the Summerdown school has merged with another school and is now set at Wattkins Comprehensive.
production details
UK / Channel Four / 39×60 minute episodes / Broadcast 21 March 2001 – 21 December 2004
Creator: Tim Loane / Executive producers: Jane Fallon (seasons 1, 3 and 4), Greg Brenman (season 2)
cast
Andrew Lincoln as Simon
Navin Chowdhry as Kurt
Adrian Bower as Brian
Raquel Cassidy as Susan (-2002)
Nina Sosanya as Jenny
Gillian Bevan as Clare
Simon Chandler as Geoff
Ursula Holden Gill as Carol
Anna Holkar as Marcella
Bob Mason as Stephen
Lloyd McGuire as Bob Porter
Zoe Telford as Maggie (season one)
Ellen Thomas as Liz
Daniel Bliss as Danny
Kelly Brennan as Tanya
James Corden as Jeremy
Peter England as Arnie
Ashley Madekwe as Bev
Kier Mills as Teddy
Lucy Shore as Hayley
Tim Smith as Ian
Tamzin Mallison as Penny
Vicky Hall as Lindsay
Daon Broni as Damien (from series 4)
Lee Williams as Ewan (from Series 4)
Matthew Horne as Ben (from series 4)
