"June 2015, it was officially announced that ""Big School"" was not to be returning for a third series. The series follows Keith Church (David Walliams), a socially naive chemistry teacher at the fictional Greybridge Secondary School, near Watford, who falls for new French teacher Sarah Postern (Catherine Tate), who believes herself to be an inspirational teacher, in tune with youth culture and a beautiful woman. However, she is also getting attention from the arrogant and rude sports teacher Trevor Gunn (Philip Glenister). Other staff members include Ms Baron (Frances de la Tour) as the alcoholic 'no nonsense' headteacher, Mr Martin"
"Big School (TV series) Big School is a British sitcom, starring David Walliams, Catherine Tate, Steve Speirs, Frances de la Tour, Joanna Scanlan and Philip Glenister. It is set in a secondary school and follows the comedic relationships of the teachers. The first series began airing on BBC One on 16 August 2013, and was met with polarised reviews. The final episode of the first series aired on 20 September 2013. On 2 December 2013, BBC One controller Charlotte Moore announced that ""Big School"" had been renewed for a second and final series, which concluded on 10 October 2014. In"
"the most watched programme of prime-time outside of the soaps and news for the night. The first series of ""Big School"" was released on DVD on 23 September 2013. The second and final series was released on DVD on 13 October 2014. Big School (TV series) Big School is a British sitcom, starring David Walliams, Catherine Tate, Steve Speirs, Frances de la Tour, Joanna Scanlan and Philip Glenister. It is set in a secondary school and follows the comedic relationships of the teachers. The first series began airing on BBC One on 16 August 2013, and was met with polarised"
"talked about. Curriculum's on the Civil War, for instance, tend to emphasize the key players as Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln. Whereas woman or men of color such as Harriet Tubman as a spy for the Union, Harriet Beecher Stowe or Frederick Douglass, are downplayed from their part in the war. Another part is that the topics being taught are masculine or feminine. Shop classes and advanced sciences are seen as more masculine, whereas home economics, art, or humanities are seen as more feminine. The problem comes when students receive different treatment and education because of"
"her local community centre. Nan has also appeared in Holby City's hospital, because of her ingrown toenail, a 2013 Children in Need sketch. Joannie Taylor Joannie ""Nan"" Taylor (also Jackson) (Born 7 July 1933) is a fictional character in ""The Catherine Tate Show"". She is one of the main characters of the show and is portrayed by Catherine Tate. She has since gone on to be the main character of a number of specials. Joannie is most often referred to as ""Nan"". She is an obnoxious cockney woman in her seventies who frequently swears at and criticises other people. She"
"role as Nellie, who was hired as a ""misguided special projects manager"". She returned as Nellie for the ninth and final season. She starred alongside David Walliams and Philip Glenister in BBC One's situation comedy ""Big School"" in 2013. In November 2014 she was a guest on BBC One's ""The Graham Norton Show"" in which she revealed that her first stage appearance had been performing an impression of Gary Glitter in her school nativity play. For Comic Relief 2015, Tate appeared as a nun in a sketch alongside with David Walliams as Lou Todd and Stephen Hawking in the Andy"
"protective of her students, who become her allies, and is balancing between her personal life and the public scrutiny. On February 25, 2014, it was announced that Viola Davis was cast in the show's leading role of Professor Annalise Keating. Annalise is introduced as a self-sufficient and confident woman who seems to have a perfect life and is respected for her professionalism, who people both fear and admire. Throughout the series, she experiences emotional changes and her alcohol addiction increases as she gets involved in multiple crimes with her associates. Annalise was born Anna Mae Harkness, the daughter of Ophelia"
"the students as ""Cool Mitch"" and espially the female students want to be the ""teacher's pet"". In one storyline, Grant has to contend with a school girl crush when Emma Jackson (Dannii Minogue) becomes attracted to him. Grant later begins a relationship with Jane Holland (Josephine Mitchell) and they made an ""arresting couple"" which was a main storyline during 1990. Mitchell told David Brown of ""TV Week"" that she took the role of Jane so she could work with McLachlan. She added that ""there's a romance with Craig's character. She intermingles with a lot of the characters, but I guess"
"Seymour Kaufman (Michael Constantine); and the petite and enthusiastic Alice Johnson (Karen Valentine), a student teacher (and later full-time teacher) learning from Pete. Patsy Garrett played Mr. Kaufman's secretary, Miss Hogarth. In addition, many recurring students were featured from episode to episode. Pete Dixon delivers gentle lessons in tolerance and understanding to his students. They admire his wisdom, insight, and easygoing manner. The themes of the episodes were sometimes topical, reflecting the contemporary political climate of the late 1960s and early to mid-1970s, such as the Vietnam War, women's rights, race relations, and Watergate. However, most plots were timeless and"
"working as a high school English teacher but is frustrated with the stagnation in his life after having given up his youthful goal to become a priest. They begin a relationship, and eventually marry. However, Dante continues to dominate Dolores and has affairs with his female students. When Dolores becomes pregnant (something she dearly wanted) Dante pressures her into getting an abortion. After the loss of her baby, she becomes resentful of the control he has over her life. After her grandmother dies, she eventually admits to Dante that she orchestrated their entire relationship after becoming infatuated with him through"
"which also doubles as a Year 10-12 high school for the dancers. Throughout the series, she learns to better her ballet technique, as well as learn contemporary ballet and hip-hop dance; while creating lifelong friendships and experiencing many hardships. In the first series, Tara soon befriends fellow students Kat (Alicia Banit) and Ethan Karamakov (Tim Pocock), Sammy Lieberman (Tom Green), Abigail Armstrong (Dena Kaplan) and Christian Reed (Jordan Rodrigues), as well as eventually getting to know her teacher Ms. Raine (Tara Morice). Series two saw Tara return to the Academy for her second year with the hope of representing Australia"
"to accept everyone. They are about to become fathers, with Rachel as their surrogate. Shannon (later Sheldon) Beiste (Dot-Marie Jones) is a recurring character in seasons 2–5 and a main character in season 6. She is introduced as the new football coach for the McKinley High Titans in ""Audition"", the premiere episode of season two. She comes to William McKinley High with an enviable record of coaching successful football teams, and Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba) boosts the football program budget for her by reducing the cheerleading and glee club budgets, which alarms coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) and director Will"
"The Learning Channel's Great Books Great Books is an hour-long documentary and biography program that aired on The Learning Channel. The series was a project co-created by Walter Cronkite and former child actor Jonathan Ward under a deal they had with their company Cronkite-Ward, The Discovery Channel, and The Learning Channel. Premiering on September 8, 1993, to coincide with International Literacy Day, the series took in-depth looks into some of literature's greatest fictional and nonfictional books and the authors who created them. The series is mostly narrated by Donald Sutherland. Episodes feature insights from historians, scholars, novelists, artists, writers, and"
"School of Sex School of Sex is an instructional Playboy TV adult reality series hosted by Tera Patrick. It describes various sexual positions and experiences with demonstrations by live actors. The show specifically targets couples, offering information in a way intended to enhance their sex lives. Based almost directly on the Playboy Latin America series of the same name, ""School of Sex"" features one hostess and various attractive ""Teacher's Aides"". The hostess (adult actress Tera Patrick) narrates different sexual maneuvers for the audience (oral sex, kissing, menage-a-trois), while the ""TAs"" carry out the tasks. All episodes take place in the"
"a Comedy Series and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, respectively. The series mainly focused on an American history class in Room 222 of the fictional Walt Whitman High School, an extremely racially diverse school in Los Angeles, California, although it also depicted other events at and outside the school, such as the home lives of students and faculty. The class is taught by Pete Dixon (Lloyd Haynes), an idealistic African-American school teacher. Other characters featured in the show were the school's compassionate guidance counselor, Liz McIntyre (Denise Nicholas), who is also Pete's girlfriend; the dryly humorous school principal,"
"Joannie Taylor Joannie ""Nan"" Taylor (also Jackson) (Born 7 July 1933) is a fictional character in ""The Catherine Tate Show"". She is one of the main characters of the show and is portrayed by Catherine Tate. She has since gone on to be the main character of a number of specials. Joannie is most often referred to as ""Nan"". She is an obnoxious cockney woman in her seventies who frequently swears at and criticises other people. She is often visited by her well-mannered grandson, Jamie (Mathew Horne) whom she refers to when visitors come ""'e ain't got a job"", even"
"is a local high school that has an average amount of 120 students. The popular sport remains to be ice hockey and overall the town seems to be an ideal place to raise a family. Kate McKinnon, a transplanted resident of the small town from New York City, starts to realize that her son and his colleagues are learning concepts she has never heard of. She finds out that their history teacher and mayor Pete Suvak is teaching this content. She goes on to approach him regarding these delicate matters however much of her concern was indirectly unheeded. As the"
"teacher from an educated and non-Baltimore City raised background, she is initially disrespected by many of the students especially the classes' two female students Chandra and Zenobia but she eventually manages to manipulate the children into articulating their problems and talk about how or why they should improve themselves. When school officials decide to pull the plug on the program, she assists Colvin and Parenti in protesting the program's end claiming that the students have actually made progress in the class as human beings. The program is nonetheless shut down. Dr. David Parenti is a professor of sociology at the"
"Lauren Cooper Dame Lauren Alesha Masheka Tanesha Porticia Fenston Estonia Monaveen Vervain Felicia Jane Cooper is a fictional character in ""The Catherine Tate Show"". Lauren is one of the show's main characters and is played by Catherine Tate. The character is ""killed off"" in the 2007 Christmas Special which aired on 25 December. Lauren is a 15-year-old schoolgirl with a surly attitude and was most widely known for her phrase ""Am I bovvered?"" (i.e. bothered - the ""v"" in the word takes the place of the ""th"" that should be there; see th-fronting). When feeling angry or embarrassed, she frequently"
"and she seems to be a real teacher. She's like a President. She really would like to fashion the world in her image. She's not a mean person, she's just a straight-out scientist."" In a gender studies text, Jowett includes a section on the character, and argues the character is ""masculinized by her roles as professor, scientist and leader."" Crouse has explained how her character was initially explained to her, ""Joss tried to explain to me who this character was. He said that she was a scientist, and that she was going to be doing research and eventually, she might"
"tries to send her to boarding school. Cara Lynn runs next door and tells everyone Nicki's plans. Cara Lynn ends up staying, but Nicki tells her that the math teacher was relieved to end the relationship and he ""got what he wanted from her."" Cara Lynn cries as Nicki tells her she's incapable of giving or receiving love. Nicki breaks down after Cara Lynn has a meltdown in the backyard while burning her textbooks, but Bill busts into Nicki's locked bedroom door to comfort her. Nicolette Grant Nicolette Eugenia ""Nicki"" Grant is a character in ""Big Love"", the HBO television"
"issues with their penis size (even the masculine female of the group). Meanwhile, Randy Marsh gives a talk to the fourth grade class about human sexual behavior, presenting a ridiculously complicated formula for calculating ""adjusted penis size"" — or ""T.M.I."" — that transforms his below average penis length to above average. Soon afterward, the Surgeon General of the United States delivers her own talk to correct Randy's inaccurate information, presenting the government's official but equally bizarre T.M.I. formula that prompts Randy to beat her up in front of the class. This results in his attending Cartman's anger management class, where"
"her father through a lengthy mental illness. Upon Robert's death, his ex-graduate student Hal discovers a paradigm-shifting proof about prime numbers in Robert's office. The title refers both to that proof and to the play's central question: Can Catherine prove the proof's authorship? Along with demonstrating the proof's authenticity, the daughter also finds herself in a relationship with 28-year-old Hal. Throughout, the play explores Catherine's fear of following in her father's footsteps, both mathematically and mentally and her desperate attempts to stay in control. The play opens with Catherine sitting alone in the backyard of her large, old house. Robert,"
"a break during her pregnancy. Each second segment is a standalone exploration of one of the scientific principles touched on in the serialized tale. In these segments, an actor (Ben Affleck, Mark Graham, or Mary Tanner) portraying a young person comes out of character and interviews a real, in many cases well-known, scientist about his or her work. These scientists include oceanographer Sylvia Earle, geologist Kim Kastens, zoologist Katharine Payne, Greg Watson of the New Alchemy Institute, and physicist Ted Taylor. In addition, Judy Pratt, a deaf student at Gallaudet University, and Peter Marston, a scientist at M.I.T., come out"
"and savagely disciplines her, including forcing her to participate in a quasi-incestuous wedding ritual with him. Tate is an unstable and sadistic adolescent living with his grandparents, whom he resents and frequently abuses verbally. He is shown engaging in autoerotic asphyxiation during masturbation. He eventually kills his grandparents in their bed, in retaliation for his grandfather ""cheating"" at Scrabble and his grandmother for ""invading his privacy"". He finds that the act arouses him sexually. He records himself on his tape recorder so the police will know how and why he killed his grandparents. After finishing recording, he puts his grandfather's"
"history teacher and basketball coach, who, after attending a self-help class while being down on his luck, decides to market the large size of his penis as a path to success. In an interview he explained Ray's and his own penis size as an ideal and role model for male viewers: ""I've had more guys staring at my crotch than girls though.[...] Besides if you really want to see my penis I'll show it to you. I actually had somebody at a party say, 'Hey let's see your penis,' and I pulled it out."" The series was renewed for a"
"it is not taken seriously by Sly. As such, questions of the seriousness of what happens within it are rendered irrelevant. Language itself is a major theme in the play, especially in the taming process, where mastery of language becomes paramount. Katherina is initially described as a shrew because of her harsh language to those around her. Brown University Professor Karen Newman points out, ""from the outset of the play, Katherine's threat to male authority is posed through language: it is perceived by others as such and is linked to a claim larger than shrewishness – witchcraft – through the"
"is now coaching rival club Vocal Adrenaline, while Blaine is coaching the Dalton Academy Warblers. All of the new main cast members from the fifth season have returned to guest star status in this final season when they appear; Amber Riley as Mercedes rejoins the main cast, and Dot-Marie Jones as Coach Beiste joins the main cast for the first time. The cast members deal with gay marriage, gender identity, transitioning and other social issues. The newly reconstituted club wins the Nationals competition, Sue is fired as principal and Will is hired to be the principal of a McKinley High"
"inspires the students to be more willing to learn. Caitlin decides to join them for dance class and practices with Monster. Though the other students suspect her of wanting to ""tell her upper class friends that she's slumming"" at first, they learn to accept her when she admits that she feels better with them. LaRhette, the daughter of a prostitute, cares for her younger siblings while her mother works the streets. One night, she runs out of the apartment and to the school after one of her mother's clients attempts to rape her. While practicing her dancing, she runs into"
"comes to tending to the sick and elderly, and waiting upon the ungrateful, which Granny considers the soul and center of witchcraft. As Tiffany's teacher, she appears in ""A Hat Full of Sky"". Perspicacia Tick is a """"Witch Finder"""", a travelling witch with the responsibility of finding young girls who have the potential to be witches. She makes a living as a teacher, a role which has given her a habit of correcting spelling, grammar and punctuation. Since she often finds herself in areas where witches are unwelcome, she has a spring-operated hat that only grows a point when she"
"Heynatz told Kerry Harvey from Stuff.co.nz that it worked well for the scene, which was a ""sexy chance meeting, inherent with all its awkward moments."" She added that a ""lasting connection"" develops between the two characters, but branded their relationship a dangerous one. Charlotte does not realise that he is a student and she has taken the role of Summer Bay High's new biology teacher. Despite learning this, the pair decide to carry on their affair. Matt confides in Maddy Osborne (Kassandra Clementi) about the relationship, she disapproves and urges him end it. Charlotte does try to stop it, but"
"Catherine Tate Catherine Tate (born Catherine Ford; 5 December 1969) is an English comedian, actress, and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the sketch comedy series ""The Catherine Tate Show"" as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and seven BAFTA Awards. Following the success of ""The Catherine Tate Show"", Tate played Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special of ""Doctor Who"" and later reprised her role, becoming the Tenth Doctor's regular companion for the fourth series in 2008. In 2011, she began a recurring role as Nellie Bertram in the U.S. version of"
"her ex-lover Court Reynolds (Charlie O'Connell), who has dumped her for Cecile. Kathryn asks Sebastian to seduce Cecile; he refuses as he is planning to seduce Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon), the virgin daughter of their prep school's new headmaster. Annette is a ""paradigm of chastity and virtue"" who recently wrote a published essay about saving herself for marriage and has been temporarily staying with Sebastian's aunt. The two make a wager: if Sebastian fails to bed Annette, Kathryn gets Sebastian's vintage Jaguar XK140; if he succeeds, Kathryn will have sex with him. It is mentioned that Sebastian keeps a journal"