The Teacher

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. It consists of four episodes, which were shown over four successive evenings from 31 January 2022. Plot summary 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. 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. Cast Sheridan Smith as Jenna Garvey, an English teacher at Earlbridge School. Samuel Bottomley as Kyle Hope, a pupil at Earlbridge. Cecilia Noble as Pauline, Jenna's colleague. David Fleeshman as Roger Garvey, Jenna's father and a retired teacher. Sharon Rooney as Nina, another English teacher who is jealous of Jenna. Kelvin Fletcher as Jack, Jenna's colleague. Sarah-Jane Potts as Mary, Kyle's mother. Tillie Amartey as Izzy, a pupil who is the daughter of Nina. Ian Puleston-Davies as Brian Karen Henthorn as DI Sowerby Aaronveer Dhillon as Adnan Anil Desai as Rick Mills, Earlbridge's headteacher. Karen Bryson as Ava Mansouri, Jenna's solicitor. Matt Devere as Jojo, a bartender. Reuben Johnson as Sean, Jenna's boyfriend. Harry Hepple as Gabriel, a teacher.