Customer Reviews
Best of the whole series - By: R. Spencer, 29 Sep 2007 
This is my favourite Series of Teachers. With Simon (the main character) now taking a backseat, this series alllows the other characters to develop. Most notibly Brian & Kirk, who are like a Morecombe & Wise double-act, getting the most laughs from this series.
I didn't think there could be any improvement.... - By: , 25 Aug 2004 After watching Teachers Series One, I didn't think there could be any improvement & I was cautious of watching series two just in case it wasn't as good. My fears were unfounded. Series Two is a million miles better than the thoroughly outstanding Series One.
Series One featured Simon as the princpal character & the plot lines seemed to revolve around him. Don't get me wrong, Simon's great, but there is only so much you can stand of his whining, laziness & sheer incompetance. Series Two reconises this & Simon, whilst still being a main character, takes a step backwards to let the other character's stories come across. Indeed, Simon's utter incompetance & hatred of teaching is eclipsed by English NQT Penny who has had a boob job on hire purchase & knows nothing about literature or teaching.
Plot wise there are some cracking story lines ranging from: Kurt trying to dump Carol; Brian dealing with teaching Liz's lippy daughter; Susan fallling out with Jenny over persistant naturist Alex, her new boyfriend; Simon finallly doing the romantic thing that viewers have been waiting for & announcing his love for Susan, who turns him down flatly; Brian questioning his sexuality; normallly sensible Susan acting first like a teenager in love & then like a child having a tantrum; Simon & Jenny united against Penny; Bob dressed like a pillock; Simon's departure; Matt's arrival; Susan sleeping with Brian; & Kurt getting back with Carol. Phew! I'm in the wrong profession methinks!
This is definitely a fantasic buy. Roll on Third Series DVD & the fourth series on TV!
education has never been so interesting... - By: , 01 Dec 2003 I wish my teachers had been as amusing as this. I wish my school had been as amusing as this, but sadly, it wasn't. Still, this series has brought me endless entertainment, has brought some brilliant eye candy into my living room (the lovely Matt for example, who although is late to arrive in this series is a very welcome face nonetheless!!). The only series on Channel 4 to be commissioned for a third season - this speaks for itself. The writing is witty & the surreal additions to Summerdown School's days are entertaining to say the least (who let that donkey in, anyway?!).
This is a must for any fan of the series when it was on TV, for any teacher who feels their job is getting them down (this will make you feel so much better about your pupils & your colleagues...) & for anyone who loves good British, well written, well thought out comedy - which is lacking in today's schedules which play host to an endless glut of American sit-coms, whose writing is not as good as this.
Buy it, sit back & enjoy - this is an investment & by no means simply a purchase.
Excellent - By: Chris, 08 Nov 2003 
If you liked the recently shown third series of Channel 4's comedy-drama Teachers, you'll love this. Featuring the original main character, Simon [Andrew Lincoln], plus other favourite characters that have left pre-third series, such as Susan & JP, this is funny & addictive. It also tells you about some of the beginnings of the characters, such as Penny, Brian & Kurt. Thoroughly enjoyable & well written.
Better than the first.... - By: , 31 Oct 2003 I began watching Teachers, as a kid of twelve, partway through the first series. It soon became apparent to me that Kurt & Brian, were far more amusing than watching Simon moan & whinge.
Indeed, as has happened over this series & the third, is that the other secondary characters have come to the fore. My favourite kurt, Bob, Brian, Liz, penny, the excrutiatingly smalmy Matt have alll recieved the attention they deserve.
Rachel & Jenny were vaguely diverting, as well as Simon. Admittedly, it was the acting calibre of these three that got Teachers off the ground, but when Simon left midway through this series, I was over the moon. And so, this is how Teachers came to be.
Ridiculous, endearing, hilarious by turns. Sometimes, slightly moving; never for long. The characters are unforgettable. who can forget Kurt: The Funny one & the Plan man (who I am now compared to.) Brian: Endearingly stupid. Liz: the sarcastic scouser. Penny: the useless trainee. All welcome to a place on the pantheon of comic greats.
When certain charcters faded from the show, (notably Simon, Rachel & Jenny) there was a slight period of mourning, however, I'm sure that they'll return in due course. Siumon does return & I far prefer him as a supporting charcter than as the main.
Coupled with an outstanding soundtrack, great writers, brilliant cast & winning characters, Teachers is easily the best modern show in a very long time.
Roll on series four...(Altogether now...)
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