Gillian Bevan (born 13 February 1956 in Stockport) is an English actress, best known for her roles in British television shows and West End theatre.
In 1988 she played Dorothy in the Royal Shakespeare Company's revival of their version of The Wizard of Oz, also singing the role on the cast album.
Most recently, she portrayed Gina Hope in the UK medical drama Holby City. She played the wife of Consultant Elliot Hope in the drama, who was struck with Motor Neurone Disease. Bevan's character made the decision to end her life by euthanasia in Switzerland, and her touching performance won critical acclaim.
She also played Clare Hunter, the Head Teacher in the UK TV Series, "Teachers". Bevan has also appeared in other UK TV series, including: Heartbeat, Doctors, New Tricks and in the 1990s, Peak Practice, The Chief, and the BBC's controversial drama Ghostwatch.
She currently resides in the English countryside with her son Jack Bailie.
Lloyd McGuire is an English actor who has appeared in film and TV for over 30 years. He was born in Birmingham. He attended Bournville Tech/Grammar School where he excelled in sporting activities but at that stage displayed no obvious interest in drama. He is a supporter of Aston Villa F.C..
He began work as a Commercial Apprentice at the Austin Motor Company Birmingham in 1964 and toyed with developing a career as a professional footballer. After a year or two he became disillusioned with both football and life at "the Austin" and, after watching a Michael Caine film, declared he was going to be an actor. He was encouraged by his Apprentice Supervisor who was a member of the Alvechurch Amateur Dramatic Society and began his career in a production in which surprisingly he played the part of a policeman. From there he applied and gained entry to drama school.
His latest, most popular role was that of Bob in the Channel 4 TV series Teachers but he has also appeared in many TV programmes over the last few decades such as Coronation Street, Juliet Bravo, Midsomer Murders and the like. He often plays the role of Policemen and made recurring appearances as DS Bernie Duckworth in Juliet Bravo and DCI Rees in The Bill. Other TV show appearances include Bergerac, Boon, Birds of a Feather, Casualty, Doctors, Heartbeat, Holby City, Inspector Morse, Jonathan Creek, Lovejoy, Poriot, and Prime Suspect in which he also played a policeman.
Ellen Thomas is an English actress who has had many television and film roles, but is perhaps best known for her recurring role in the Channel 4 Bristol-based comedy, Teachers or as Grace Olubunmi in EastEnders.
In Teachers, Thomas played Liz Webbe, a school secretary, and was one of the few characters who appeared in all four series, from 2001 to 2004. She is a regular cast member in BBC Radio 4's Clare in the Community and in BBC Three's Coming of Age, in which she plays the Principal.
She has also guest-starred in Doctor Who', Casualty,Holby City and William and Mary and twice in The Bill, as well as playing small film roles in Basic Instinct 2,South West 9,Wonderland and "The Secret Laughter of Women".
Teachers is a 1984 comedy-drama film starring Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Ralph Macchio, and Judd Hirsch, written by W. R. McKinney and directed by Arthur Hiller. The movie was shot in Columbus, Ohio, mostly at the former Central High School. The building is now home to the COSI Columbus museum.
The film opens with a typical Monday morning at JFK High School, "typical" events including a fight between teachers, a student with a stab wound and talk of an upcoming lawsuit. We meet haggard Vice Principal Rubell (Hirsch) and clueless Principal Horn, as well as stuffy lawyer and former JFK alumna Lisa Hammond (Williams), who is in charge of taking depositions for the Calvin case, in which a recent graduate is suing the school for giving him a diploma despite his illiteracy.
Alex Jurel (played by Nick Nolte) is a veteran Social Studies teacher who takes his job lightly despite being one of the most popular teachers in school because of his ability to identify and connect with the students. Jurel has been worn down by years of being in-between the rowdy students and the demands of the administration (principal, vice principal, superintendent, and school board). He is assigned to temporarily take over the duties of the school psychologist (who started a fight in the office) and meets a young man named Eddie Pilikian (Macchio) to whom he becomes a mentor.
Ursula Holden-Gill (born 2 January 1974) is an English actress best known for her role as cancer sufferer Alice Dingle on ITV's Emmerdale.
Ursula graduated from St Martin's College, Lancaster in 1996 with a BA Honours in Drama and Music before studying at LAMDA and at the Drama Studio London.
Her television credits include The Bill, Sex Chips and Rock and Roll, Mrs Merton and Malcolm, Trial and Retribution, Dr Willoughby, The Wyvern Mystery, People Like Us, Teachers and Emmerdale.
Since then - intermittent with her work as a Television Actress, Ursula has guest lectured at The Royal Shakespeare Company, Salford University, St Martin's College, Edge Hill College, UCLAN, Blackpool and the Fylde College, Thomas Whitham Sixth Form College and Calderdale College.
For eight years she was also a LAMDA tutor of Singing, Speech and Drama in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen. In 2007, Ursula underwent teacher training at Unity College, Burnley as part of the Lancashire Consortium Graduate Teacher Programme and attained full QTS.
I met a woman long ago
her hair the black that black can go,
Are you a teacher of the heart?
Soft she answered no.
I met a girl across the sea,
her hair the gold that gold can be,
Are you a teacher of the heart?
Yes, but not for thee.
I met a man who lost his mind
in some lost place I had to find,
follow me the wise man said,
but he walked behind.
I walked into a hospital
where none was sick and none was well,
when at night the nurses left
I could not walk at all.
Morning came and then came noon,
dinner time a scalpel blade
lay beside my silver spoon.
Some girls wander by mistake
into the mess that scalpels make.
Are you the teachers of my heart?
We teach old hearts to break.
One morning I woke up alone,
the hospital and the nurses gone.
Have I carved enough my Lord?
Child, you are a bone.
I ate and ate and ate,
no I did not miss a plate, well
How much do these suppers cost?
We'll take it out in hate.
I spent my hatred everyplace,
on every work on every face,
someone gave me wishes
and I wished for an embrace.
Several girls embraced me, then
I was embraced by men,
Is my passion perfect?
No, do it once again.
I was handsome I was strong,
I knew the words of every song.
Did my singing please you?
No, the words you sang were wrong.
Who is it whom I address,
who takes down what I confess?
Are you the teachers of my heart?
We teach old hearts to rest.
Oh teachers are my lessons done?
I cannot do another one.
They laughed and laughed and said, Well child,
are your lessons done?
are your lessons done?
Imperial, Righteous respects, cause we ain't done yet
Lock it down, and overthrow all the pilots
And get out of town, can you see them smiling
Blisters, these bones are breaking
Whispers, are louder than screaming
And we suffer this moment until the day is coming
That we'll reign forever!
Training Day!
Cause I man is coming and we are the Teachers
Training Day!
We been through the fire cause we're pioneers
Training Day!
The soul of the lion, Jah love for the bleeding
Training Day!
Warrior soldiers, we still believe you!
Crawling through poison I lay
My soul still flies with broken wings
and the sun is blinding, I can't stop staring
I don't wanna close my eyes
Righteous respects, and it's the best kept secret
And I can let go of my burdens that keep me from living
so I can start dying
Training Day!
Cause I man is coming and we are the Teachers
Training Day!
We been through the fire cause we're pioneers
Training Day!
The soul of the lion, Jah love for the bleeding
Training Day!
Warrior soldiers, we still believe you!
Warriors
Jah love for the bleeding
Jah Soldiers
We still believe you
Crawling through poison I lay
My soul still flies with broken wings
and the sun is blinding, I can't stop staring
I don't wanna close my eyes!
Training Day!
Cause I man is coming and we are the Teachers
Training Day!
We been through the fire cause we're the pioneers
Training Day!
The soul of the lion, Jah love for the bleeding
Training Day!
Warrior soldiers, we still believe you!
Cause I man is coming and we are the Teachers
Cause I man is coming and we are the Teachers
(Leonard Cohen)
I met a woman long ago
her hair the black that black can go,
Are you a teacher of the heart?
Soft she answered no.
I met a girl across the sea,
her hair the gold that gold can be,
Are you a teacher of the heart?
Yes, but not for thee.
I met a man who lost his mind
in some lost place I had to find,
follow me the wise man said,
but he walked behind.
I walked into a hospital
where none was sick and none was well,
when at night the nurses left
I could not walk at all.
Morning came and then came noon,
dinner time a scalpel blade
lay beside my silver spoon.
Some girls wander by mistake
into the mess that scalpels make.
Are you the teachers of my heart?
We teach old hearts to break.
One morning I woke up alone,
the hospital and the nurses gone.
Have I carved enough my Lord?
Child, you are a bone.
I ate and ate and ate,
no I did not miss a plate, well
How much do these suppers cost?
We'll take it out in hate.
I spent my hatred everyplace,
on every work on every face,
someone gave me wishes
and I wished for an embrace.
Several girls embraced me, then
I was embraced by men,
Is my passion perfect?
No, do it once again.
I was handsome I was strong,
I knew the words of every song.
Did my singing please you?
No, the words you sang were wrong.
Who is it whom I address,
who takes down what I confess?
Are you the teachers of my heart?
We teach old hearts to rest.
Oh teachers are my lessons done?
I cannot do another one.
They laughed and laughed and said, Well child,
are your lessons done?
are your lessons done?
are your lessons done?
[Chorus]
All my teachers, much greater than preachers
All my teachers, much better than their features
I grew up in a rock block
Wearing leather gear and zipper clock
We kissed the girls and ran away
Oh what a shame
We were living on beat street
When i started moving my feet
To Flash and Zapp i joined the gang
The kids they sang
[Chorus]
I remember when the pop died
Didn't like it on the country side
All the precious time I waste
We changed the taste
Moving on to a french house
In the suburb of a funky town
We worked and danced the night away
The DJ played
[Chorus]
This situation, the state I'm in
This education, can never win
From technology to art school
I developped my pop soul
With all my electronic friends
That never ends
Paul Jonson
DJ Funk
DJ Skull ?
DJ Rush
Waxmaster
Hyperactive
Kevin Carol
Bryan Wilson
George Clinton
Lil Louis
Ashley Beatto
Neil Landstruum
Kenny Dope
DJ Hell
Louie Vega
Carol Lexi
Dr. Dre's in the house yeah
Omega in the house
Kevin Edmonds in the house
Jeff Mills is in the house
DJ Deya
DJ Milton
DJ Slugo
DJs of the low
Green Velvet
Joey Beltram
DJ Else
Roy Davies
Boo Williams
DJ Tonka
DJ Snow
DJ Kell
Mark Dana in the house
Tom Allen's in the house
Robin Cluney's int he house
Ceevea in the house
Luke Slater
Jerry Carter
Robbert Hood
Paris Mitchel
Dave Carter
Pat Melva in the house
Amanda in the house
[cover of AG]
Old Johnny Cash help me walk the line
Old Bobby Marley how your soul does shine
Old Woodie Guthrie has a rebel heart
Old Bille Holiday sings like a lark
Nina Simone can make feel so high
Old like Kelly brings tears to my eyes
Old philo Lynott still breaking down walls
I'm thanking you one and all
We got teachers in school
Some are wise and some were fools
But they're also on the radio
Bubblegum rock and Bubblegum roll
Bubblegum punk and Bubblegum soul
Bubblegum hip hop Bubblegum dance
People walk around in a Bubblegum trance
Teachers on tha air are getting less
It's all about the image and possessions and sex
I've got my stereo and I'm the DJ
And I decide what I play
We got teachers in school
Some are wise and some were fools
But they're also on the radio
I'm gonna fight for my right to the light
With my hears wide open, heart wide open
And If I get down I'll have the teachers around
Get the stereo Blarin do some learnin
Teachers are teaching and preaching to me
I met a woman long ago
Her hair the black that black can go.
Are you a teacher of the heart?
Soft she answered no.
I met a girl across the sea,
Her hair the gold that gold can be.
Are you a teacher of the heart?
Yes, but not for thee.
I met a man who lost his mind
In some lost place I had to find
Follow me the wise man said,
But he walked behind
I walked into a hospital
Where none was sick and none was well,
When at night the nurse left
I could not walk at all
Morning came and then came noon,
Dinner time a scalpel blade
Lay beside my silver spoon
Some girls wander by mistake
Into the mess that scalpels make
Are you the teachers of my heart?
We teach old hearts to break
One morning I woke up alone
The hospital and the nurses gone
Have I carved enough my lord?
Child, your are a bone.
I ate and ate and ate
No I did not miss a plate, well
How much do these suppers cost?
We'll take it out hate
I spent my hatred every place,
On every work on every face
Someone gave me wishes
And I wished for an embrace
Several girls embraced me, then
I was embraced by men,
Is my passion perfect?
No, do it once again
I was handsome I was strong
I knew the words of every song
Did my singing please you?
No, the words you sang were wrong.
Who is it whom I address
Who takes down what I confess?
Are you the teacher of my heart?
We teach old hearts to rest
Oh teacher are my lessons done?
I cannot do another one.
The laughed and laughed and said
Well child, are your lessons done?
Are your lessons done?
Are your lessons done?