The Best Episodes of Teachers
Every episode of Teachers ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Teachers!
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...
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Teachers" is "Episode Five", rated 7.9/10 from 43 user votes. It was directed by Jeremy Lovering and written by Julie Rutterford. "Episode Five" aired on 4/18/2001 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Episode Six".
7.9/10 43 votes#1 - Episode Five
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/18/2001
The students lock Simon and Jenny in the stationery cupboard, where sexual tension gets the better of them. Spurred on by guilt, Simon moves in with Maggie and they throw a housewarming party.
Director: Jeremy Lovering
Writer: Julie Rutterford
7.7/10 41 votes#2 - Episode Six
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/25/2001
It’s open evening, and Susan’s husband turns up angrily demanding she accompany him to his work dinner. When she storms off, everyone thinks she’s had some kind of nervous breakdown.
Director: Jeremy Lovering
Writer: Andrew Rattenbury
7.7/10 28 votes#3 - Episode Thirteen
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 10/29/2003
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.
Director: Andrew Lincoln
Writer: Charlie Martin
7.6/10 54 votes#4 - Episode Two
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/28/2001
Susan’s convinced Simon has a thing for women with authority. He’s determined to prove her wrong, even though his new policewoman girlfriend Maggie is coming into the school to talk about drugs.
Director: Richard Dale
Writer: Julie Rutterford
7.6/10 42 votes#5 - Episode Seven
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/2/2001
Pornography with teachers’ faces superimposed on it has been doing the rounds, including a delightful depiction of Simon and Bob together. And Simon has to handle a female student's chest complaint.
Director: Sallie Aprahamian
Writer: Andrew Rattenbury
7.6/10 40 votes#6 - Episode Eight
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/9/2001
Simon has his big interview, and finds out if he can keep his job. Liz can’t wait to tell everyone about Kurt’s secret relationship with Carol. And Jenny and Simon finally admit to their feelings.
Director: Sallie Aprahamian
Writer: Tim Loane
7.6/10 32 votes#7 - Episode Six
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/17/2002
A delusional Bob manages to convince himself that Penny fancies him. This spurs him into undergoing a ridiculous fitness regime, which soon results in total collapse. Is this the end of Bob?
Director: Susanna White
Writer: Julie Rutterford
7.6/10 33 votes#8 - Episode Eight
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/1/2002
Jenny decides it’s time to finish with Alec; she just needs to work out how. Meanwhile, Simon shocks everyone by announcing he’s going to quit his job and fly to South America—on Saturday.
Director: Susanna White
Writer: Ed Roe
7.6/10 25 votes#9 - Episode Ten
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 10/8/2003
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.
Director: Susanna White
Writer: Andrew Rattenbury
7.6/10 28 votes#10 - Episode Eight
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/21/2004
While trying to get out of Bob’s stag do, Ben is reminded of a ouija board prediction: he’s going to die on Friday. Then he sees a miracle. So God must exist, and there’s an afterlife to contend with.
Director: Iain B. MacDonald
Writer: Richard Stoneman
7.5/10 45 votes#11 - Episode Three
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/4/2001
Maggie’s upset that Simon was clearly so embarrassed of her when she met his friends, so she stops returning his calls. Brian and Kurt let Simon move into their flat, which is a relief. At first ….
Director: Richard Dale
Writer: Andrew Rattenbury
7.5/10 45 votes#12 - Episode Four
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/11/2001
Simon’s terrified his sex life is deteriorating when he and Maggie go for a few days without any action, and he feels intimidated when he finds out she’s had sex in all sorts of interesting places.
Director: Jeremy Lovering
Writer: Tim Loane
7.5/10 43 votes#13 - Episode One
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/13/2002
It’s a new term. Simon mistakes new languages tutor J.P. for a sixth former, and buxom newcomer Penny receives a lot of attention from the men. Recently divorced Susan turns on the charms with J.P.
Director: Peter Lydon
Writer: Julie Rutterford
7.5/10 31 votes#14 - Episode Five
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/10/2003
Susan drags the others over to the house to prove how annoying Jenny’s boyfriend is. Brian and Kurt are confused when J.P. spends the night with a girl.
Director: John Alexander
Writer: Richard Stoneman
7.5/10 24 votes#15 - Episode Nine
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/1/2003
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.
Director: Jonathan Fox Bassett
Writer: Ed Roe
7.5/10 25 votes#16 - Episode Twelve
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 10/22/2003
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.
Director: Andrew Lincoln
Writer: Richard Stoneman
7.5/10 22 votes#17 - Episode Five
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/23/2004
It’s Religious Tolerance Week and the teachers prepare to represent their allocated religions at the Tolerance Fair. Meanwhile, Bob finally takes delivery of his new wife.
Director: Sean Grundy
Writer: Jack Lothian
7.4/10 85 votes#18 - Episode One
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/21/2001
Simon’s life is a tragedy. He’s attracted to his dad’s fiancée, the stripper he just slept with is actually a real policewoman, and Jenny is livid after he told the students her lessons were boring.
Director: Richard Dale
Writer: Tim Loane
7.4/10 35 votes#19 - Episode Two
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/20/2002
Carol continues to pursue Kurt, even though he insists their relationship is over and tries to convince her that Penny is his new girlfriend. Meanwhile, Bob tells Simon he hasn’t had sex for 23 years.
Director: Peter Lydon
Writer: Andrew Rattenbury
7.4/10 34 votes#20 - Episode Four
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/3/2002
When J.P. comes out to the rest of the teachers, Simon, Kurt and Susan begin a campaign of wind-ups against Brian. But with J.P.’s help, Brian finds a way to get his own back.
Director: John Alexander
Writer: Andrew Rattenbury
7.4/10 32 votes#21 - Episode Seven
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/24/2002
When a former student brings her baby into school to illustrate the hardships of motherhood, Susan ends up desperate for a child of her own. She doesn’t need a father, just good genetic material.
Director: Susanna White
Writer: Charlie Martin
7.4/10 26 votes#22 - Episode Four
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 8/27/2003
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.
Director: Otto Bathurst
Writer: Richard Stoneman
7.4/10 29 votes#23 - Episode Seven
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 9/17/2003
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.
Director: Jonathan Fox Bassett
Writer: Ed Roe
7.4/10 23 votes#24 - Episode Eleven
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 10/15/2003
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.
Director: Susanna White
Writer: Jack Lothian
7.4/10 28 votes#25 - Episode Two
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 11/2/2004
Penny makes a pass at Ewan, but it all ends in humiliation. Meanwhile, Ben is ordered to babysit some pensioners who are visiting the school which forces him to confront his own prejudices.
Director: Barnaby Southcombe
Writer: Ed Roe