Chalk
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1997
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Suzy Travis is thrown in at the deep end when, straight out of teacher training college, she lands a job at the manic Galfast High School. Stars David Bamber, Martin Ball, Nicola Walker, Amanda Boxer, Geraldine Fitzgerald and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Suzy Arrives
It's Suzy's first day as a teacher but none of her training has prepared her to cope with Galfast High School.
She soon encounters Eric Slatt, the incompetent yet ambitious Deputy Headmaster, who manages to make a bad school worse.
There are dead rats in the water tank, a dead teacher in one of the classroms and the pupils are revolting in every sense of the word.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 20th February 1997
- Time
- 9:35pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| David Bamber | Eric Slatt |
| Martin Ball | Dan McGill |
| Nicola Walker | Suzy Travis |
| Amanda Boxer | Amanda Trippley |
| Geraldine Fitzgerald | Janet Slatt |
| John Grillo | Mr Carkdale |
| Andrew Livingston | Mr Humboldt |
| John Wells | Richard Nixon |
| Stuart Bain | Pompous Boy |
| Micky Baker | Mr Humphrey |
| Diana Berriman | Suzy's Mother |
| Antonia Corrigan | 5 Year Old Suzy |
| Debbie Hall | Girl |
| Lee Turnbull | Plasticine Boy |
| Jo Warne | Miss Murray |
| James Wilson | 4th Form Boy |
| Steven Moffat | Writer |
| Juliet May | Director |
| Andre Ptaszyński | Producer |
| Kevin Lygo | Executive Producer |
| Steven Moffat | Associate Producer |
| Ian Fisher | Production Designer |
| Howard Goodall | Composer |