The Teacher | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Mike Benson & Barunka O'Shaughnessy |
Written by | Mike Benson Barunka O'Shaughnessy Jon Gilbert [1] |
Directed by | Dominic Leclerc |
Starring | |
Composer | Edmund Butt |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Mike Benson |
Producer | Jyoti Fernandes |
Production location | Hungary |
Cinematography | Benjamin Pritchard |
Editor | John Phillipson |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Clapperboard Studios |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 5 |
Release | 31 January – 3 February 2022 |
The Teacher is a 2022 four-part drama produced by Channel 5, created by Mike Benson and Barunka O'Shaughnessy. It stars Sheridan Smith as Jenna Garvey, a secondary school teacher accused of having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old pupil. [2] [3] It consists of four episodes, which were shown over four successive evenings from 31 January 2022.
Jenna Garvey is an English teacher who is good at her job and popular with her pupils but has a shambolic personal life. She is charged with having sex with one of her pupils, Kyle, after a drunken night out. [4]
Jenna decides to plead guilty since she was too drunk to remember what happened on the night in question, and she wants to avoid forcing Kyle to give evidence. She receives a suspended sentence and a community service order. Soon after, she discovers that the evidence against her was fabricated.
Although the series is set in Bradford, it was mostly filmed in Budapest, Hungary, due to the financial savings offered by both cheaper overseas operating costs, and the financial support of the Hungarian Government and the Hungarian Film Institute. [5] The final editing process combined the Hungarian material with a smaller number of scenes filmed in and around Newcastle/Gateshead for the addition of scene-setting local landmarks.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Episode 1" | Dominic Leclerc | Mike Benson & Barunka O'Shaughnessy | 31 January 2022 | 5.63 |
2 | "Episode 2" | Dominic Leclerc | Mike Benson & Barunka O'Shaughnessy | 1 February 2022 | 5.37 |
3 | "Episode 3" | Dominic Leclerc | Mike Benson & Barunka O'Shaughnessy and Jon Gilbert | 2 February 2022 | 5.23 |
4 | "Justice" | Dominic Leclerc | Mike Benson & Barunka O'Shaughnessy | 3 February 2022 | 5.59 |
Carol Midgley of The Times gave it four out five stars, dubbing it "highly entertaining" thanks to Smith and the lurid plot elements. [6] Sean O'Grady of The Independent also gave it four out five stars, praising Smith's performance. [7] Anita Singh of The Daily Telegraph gave it three out of five stars, also commending Smith but questioning the script and direction. [8]
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