The Worst Episodes of Teachers
Every episode of Teachers ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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...
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Teachers" is "Episode One", rated 5.9/10 from 30 user votes. It was directed by Barnaby Southcombe and written by Richard Stoneman. "Episode One" aired on 10/26/2004 and is rated 0.3 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode Four".
5.9/10 30 votes#1 - Episode One
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/2004
Summerdown has merged with another school and it’s all change for the teachers. Bob is struggling to adjust: he’s been demoted, and his new boss seems to be a hit with the women.
Director: Barnaby Southcombe
Writer: Richard Stoneman
6.2/10 25 votes#2 - Episode Four
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/16/2004
It is Obesity Awareness Month and Ben becomes obsessed with Lindsay’s weight. It’s purely selfish, of course; he’s worried her death would be bad for his own stress levels.
Director: Sean Grundy
Writer: Linton Chiswick
6.8/10 24 votes#3 - Episode Six
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 9/10/2003
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.
Director: Otto Bathurst
Writer: Richard Stoneman
6.9/10 22 votes#4 - Episode Two
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 8/13/2003
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.
Director: Brian Kelly
Writer: Richard Stoneman
7.0/10 30 votes#5 - Episode Three
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/2004
Ewan is thrown into turmoil when he finds out that a pupil, John, fancies him. All his attempts to handle the situation sensitively backfire horribly.
Director: Barnaby Southcombe
Writer: Charlie Martin
7.1/10 25 votes#6 - Episode One
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 8/6/2003
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.
Director: Brian Kelly
Writer: Ed Roe
7.1/10 22 votes#7 - Episode Seven
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 12/7/2004
No sooner has Damien announced that he doesn’t need a girlfriend, than he falls for the substitute teacher Anna. But an unfortunate incident with a pupil and an icing bag has rendered him impotent.
Director: Iain B. MacDonald
Writer: Charlie Martin
7.2/10 32 votes#8 - Episode Three
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/27/2002
Jenny’s house-shaking romping with her new boyfriend Alec is driving Susan crazy, so she agrees to get a flat with Simon. And then Brian and Kurt convince Simon that he fancies her.
Director: John Alexander
Writer: Richard Stoneman
7.2/10 22 votes#9 - Episode Three
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 8/20/2003
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.
Director: Brian Kelly
Writer: Richard Stoneman
7.2/10 24 votes#10 - Episode Five
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 9/3/2003
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?
Director: Otto Bathurst
Writer: Charlie Martin
7.2/10 24 votes#11 - Episode Eight
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 9/24/2003
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.
Director: Jonathan Fox Bassett
Writer: Tony Basgallop
7.2/10 24 votes#12 - Episode Six
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/30/2004
After discovering Penny’s real surname is Eichmann, the others take pleasure in winding her up. She’s blonde, she hates foreign food, she has no black friends—could she be a racist?
Director: Sean Grundy
Writer: Tony Basgallop
7.3/10 29 votes#13 - Episode Nine
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 5/8/2002
Having split up with Alec, Jenny’s going through a hedonistic phase—much to Brian and Kurt’s delight as she keeps buying all the drinks.
Director: Reza Moradi
Writer: Andrew Rattenbury
7.3/10 31 votes#14 - Episode Ten
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/15/2002
Penny takes a shine to Simon’s replacement Matt because he’s the only person who talks to her. And Kurt wonders if he made a mistake splitting up with Carol.
Director: Reza Moradi
Writer: Simon McCleave, Richard Stoneman
7.4/10 85 votes#15 - 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#16 - 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#17 - 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#18 - 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#19 - 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#20 - 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#21 - 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#22 - 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
7.4/10 23 votes#23 - Episode Nine
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/14/2004
The school is trashed after the Christmas party, the teachers are hungover, Bob is getting married in the playground—and the Ofsted Inspector is due. Happy Christmas, everyone!
Director: Iain B. MacDonald
Writer: Ed Roe
7.5/10 45 votes#24 - 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#25 - 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