JET-SETTING

The Teacher is set in Bradford but was mostly filmed in Budapest. ‘The production team spent a day shooting rooftops in Bradford, then we flew to Hungary,’ says Sheridan. ‘You can’t see the join – it’s the magic of TV!’ past proves to be key to understanding why she now faces a potentially career-ending accusation of sexual misconduct.

The show’s co-creator Mike Benson says he’s used real cases for inspiration for the drama. ‘I read an article about a teacher at a state school who went to a sixthform Christmas party, got drunk and slept with a pupil. They were