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Class warfare
TV & Satellite Week
|December 06, 2025
Jessica Plummer plays a teacher under extreme pressure
A passionate but stressed-out English teacher reaches breaking point in 5's one-off drama Special Measures.
The final instalment in the Play for Today anthology centres on Amy Garrison, played by Jessica Plummer, who teaches at a struggling secondary school.
One morning, while her mind is on a pregnancy test she has taken, she learns that her head of department has quit. Now, she has to cope with extra work, an irate parent, and overwhelmed, inexperienced colleagues - just when an Ofsted inspection is getting under way.
This story is from the December 06, 2025 edition of TV & Satellite Week.
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