Staffroom Monologues

We are delighted that Teachers TV, in partnership with the National Union of Teachers, has been seeking out great writers in the world of education. In March 2008 they invited teachers to write a fictional monologue between 800 and 1,000 words in length on any aspect of school life, from the perspective of someone who works in a school. Three winning scripts were made into films and two were recorded as audio versions. We hope that the project will run again in the future and will announce any details here. Meanwhile you can view this year's winning entries, as below.
 
Always the Teacher, Never the Bride
Tamsin Greig stars as a primary school teacher on the eve of her wedding, wondering whether she is spending too much time thinking about her pupils, and not enough time thinking about her groom.
http://www.teachers.tv/video/27331
 
How Are You?
In this moving drama Riz Ahmed plays a young primary teacher struggling to keep his emotions in check and get on with the job.
http://www.teachers.tv/video/27332
          
Measure of Love
Measure of Love sees an English teacher trying to do the right thing for a pupil who has a crush on her. Should she take matters into her own hands, or report the situation to the union representative?
http://www.teachers.tv/video/27333
 
Miss Kilmister and me
Miss Kilmister and Me tells the comic tale of why a voluntary helper has discovered a sudden passion for education.
http://www.teachers.tv/video/27344
 
Old School
Old School stars Jim Carter as a teacher who wants his pupils to aim for the stars, but will the headteacher make him revise his high targets?
http://www.teachers.tv/video/27329