Along with Spooks and Black Books, Teachers is one of the few TV programmes that I’d stay in for. Series 4 started today (Tuesdays, Channel 4, 10PM) and my, what a change.
I didn’t get to see much of Series 3 (though the DVD is out on Monday so I’ll soon catch up), and so the start was a bit of a shock. I knew that most of the original cast were gone, but it was a shock to discover that Brian, Matt and Kurt have been killed off (with no explanation given).
Series 4 starts with the first day of the two newly merged schools. Headteacher Claire is more manic than ever, Bob has hair (a wig) and is bitter over being stepped down from head of department and Carol is randomly attacking people and seems to have a baby. The other old characters were more or less behaving normally, but there’s lots of new characters to get to know too.
The ‘background action’ has got more insane than ever, with rocket launchers and sword fighting in the playground as well as the traditional donkey. The storyline has gone haywire and everything has been turned upside-down. The writers seem to have gone down the path of proving that they don’t need to rely on the regular actors (it’s a long time since Andrew Lincoln got the lead credit) by being more insane, wild, over-the-top, rude and shocking than ever before. I’m sure it must have set some kind of new record for the most occurrences of ‘fuck’ in a TV show.
I’m not sure if I’m liking it yet. It’s all too much of a shock (and there have been a few of them today). Will need to see how this series pans out…
craig said:
i cant believe they killed brian abd kirk off, how the hell did they die.
maria said:
i soooo cant believe that kurt and brian are dead ??? or are they !!!!!!! who know’s !
the new teachers are supposed to replace simon, brian and kurt and although funny in there own right, it just aint the same, i mean lindsey and penny and bob never mention any of them and that is very very sad. no one can replace those guys. it would be nice if it was all a big hoax and they were on vacation or something stupid and in a few episoded time turn up again like simon used to ! what i would give for a reunion of the guys that made the programme what it has become today……. A LEGEND !!!!
Ping Lover said:
I LOVE PING
4s the best said:
i love the new series its great yeah it hasnt got kurt or brian but we still have carol liz penny lyndsey,bob and clare and ben is ace i think its good that it can still be fucking funny as hell with new people, and bob is a dude
Steven said:
Couldnt believe the 4th series didnt have kurt and brian in, they made teachers a hit and should have been brought back in after a few episodes. The new characters are nowhere near as funny as the originals. Channel 4 should make series 5 with brian and kurt back in, I think everyone will agree with that.
teachers luvver said:
bring back all the teacher for a convention and see how they all interact with each other… now that would be funny !!! i love brian and kurt !!!
adam said:
the series is ase i love them
Jonathan said:
My comments are very similar to those above really – i think the new series is great, but where are Brian and Kurt??? Even Simon didn’t pop in this time for an episode or 2! i think these 3 characters need to somehow make a re-appearnace in serie5 and together with the new cast this could be the best series yet!!!
Come on bring them back!
Nik said:
Nope, not gonna happen. There will BE no series five
*Goes and sobs quietly in a corner*
Lunke said:
And why the hell did Lyndsey and the others piss on their graves at the start?
I watched series 3 on dvd again and theres no explination as to how they could have died or why the others could have started hating them so much
jessie said:
they pissed on their graves??? dear god why? what did they do……? its not making any sense at the moment
neil baxter said:
I’ve watched teachers from the very beginning and have all the dvds (including the dissapointing series 4) and must add that i am very annoyed that Kurt and Brian have dissapeared with no explanation. Damien, Ewan and Ben are ok but its just not the same! Oh and Penny and Lindsy pissing on the graves-what the f**k were they doing???????
Savion Neuman said:
Jonathan Ross is dubbed "risque" by Ofcom but not in breach of rules over an interview with David Cameron…
Savion Neuman said:
Jonathan Ross is dubbed "risque" by Ofcom but not in breach of rules over an interview with David Cameron…
em said:
I love the new series just as it is, its different and funny and i love the new characters!!i hope they make a series 5 with the same3 characters of series 4, cause they all rock!!best 1 yet.
keira said:
Do you know why they didnt make a 5th series?