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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...

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Teachers Season 4 Episode 1 - Episode One
    5.9/10(33 votes)

    #1 - Episode One

    S4:E1

    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

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  2. Teachers Season 4 Episode 4 - Episode Four
    6.1/10(28 votes)

    #2 - Episode Four

    S4:E4

    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

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  3. Teachers Season 3 Episode 6 - Episode Six
    6.7/10(28 votes)

    #3 - Episode Six

    S3:E6

    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

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  4. Teachers Season 4 Episode 3 - Episode Three
    6.8/10(35 votes)

    #4 - Episode Three

    S4:E3

    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

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  5. Teachers Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode Two
    6.9/10(27 votes)

    #5 - Episode Two

    S3:E2

    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

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  6. Teachers Season 4 Episode 7 - Episode Seven
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    #6 - Episode Seven

    S4:E7

    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

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  7. Teachers Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode One
    7.1/10(30 votes)

    #7 - Episode One

    S3:E1

    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

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  8. Teachers Season 3 Episode 3 - Episode Three
    7.1/10(26 votes)

    #8 - Episode Three

    S3:E3

    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

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  9. Teachers Season 3 Episode 5 - Episode Five
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #9 - Episode Five

    S3:E5

    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

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  10. Teachers Season 4 Episode 9 - Episode Nine
    7.1/10(27 votes)

    #10 - Episode Nine

    S4:E9

    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

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  11. Teachers Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode Three
    7.2/10(37 votes)

    #11 - Episode Three

    S2:E3

    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

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  12. Teachers Season 2 Episode 9 - Episode Nine
    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #12 - Episode Nine

    S2:E9

    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

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  13. Teachers Season 3 Episode 4 - Episode Four
    7.2/10(30 votes)

    #13 - Episode Four

    S3:E4

    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

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  14. Teachers Season 3 Episode 8 - Episode Eight
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    #14 - Episode Eight

    S3:E8

    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

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  15. Teachers Season 4 Episode 6 - Episode Six
    7.2/10(27 votes)

    #15 - Episode Six

    S4:E6

    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

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  16. Teachers Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode One
    7.3/10(89 votes)

    #16 - Episode One

    S1:E1

    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

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  17. Teachers Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode One
    7.3/10(49 votes)

    #17 - Episode One

    S2:E1

    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

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  18. Teachers Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode Two
    7.3/10(40 votes)

    #18 - Episode Two

    S2:E2

    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

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  19. Teachers Season 2 Episode 10 - Episode Ten
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    #19 - Episode Ten

    S2:E10

    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
    Writers:Simon McCleave, Richard Stoneman

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  20. Teachers Season 3 Episode 11 - Episode Eleven
    7.3/10(27 votes)

    #20 - Episode Eleven

    S3:E11

    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

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  21. Teachers Season 4 Episode 2 - Episode Two
    7.3/10(31 votes)

    #21 - Episode Two

    S4:E2

    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

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  22. Teachers Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode Three
    7.4/10(48 votes)

    #22 - Episode Three

    S1:E3

    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

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  23. Teachers Season 2 Episode 4 - Episode Four
    7.4/10(39 votes)

    #23 - Episode Four

    S2:E4

    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

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  24. Teachers Season 2 Episode 7 - Episode Seven
    7.4/10(36 votes)

    #24 - Episode Seven

    S2:E7

    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

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  25. Teachers Season 3 Episode 7 - Episode Seven
    7.4/10(33 votes)

    #25 - Episode Seven

    S3:E7

    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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Episode One" is the worst rated episode of "Teachers". It scored 5.9/10 based on 33 votes. Directed by Barnaby Southcombe and written by Richard Stoneman, it aired on 10/26/2004. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode Four".