Teacher

It's 1981 and head teacher Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley-on-the-Forest School for another rollercoaster year. Vera, the school secretary, has to grapple with a new-fangled computer and enjoys a royal occasion, while Ruby the caretaker rediscovers romance with a Butlins Red Coat. And for Jack, wedding bells are in the air.

1984 - and it's an important time for the children of Ragley-on-the Forest school... Their school choir is to sing a carol in a church in York, and is actually going to be on television! Helping to keep his excited children, not to mention their parents, under control during these momentous events taxes Jack and his staff to the limit. And at the same time, Jack has his own problems to deal with...

It's 1985, and Jack returns for another year as head teacher at Ragley village school. It's the year of Halley's Comet, Band Aid, Trivial Pursuit and Microsoft Windows. But meanwhile Jack has to battle with some rising stars of the teaching profession to save his job and his school....