''Szkoła'' (English: ''School'') is a Polish para-documentary television series first shown on

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from 1 September 2014. The series is set in two fictional schools in

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, both named for

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- gymnasium no. 105 and lyceum no. 44. Each episode tells the story of a group of students (rarely of teachers), most commonly one from the gymnasium and one from the

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. At its original conception, the series was entitled ''Nauczyciele'' (Eng: Teachers). It followed several other documentary series, including '' Szpital'' set in a hospital and ''Pamiętniki z Wakacji'', set in the

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Cast

Most student characters appear only in a few episodes. The cast of teachers, however, is recurring and features the following. *Tadeusz Piotr Łomnicki as Tadeusz Chlebowski, headteacher *Maria Meyer as Maria Borkowska, deputy headteacher *Sabina Głuch as Jolanta Żabińska, Polish teacher *Joanna Litwin-Widera as Barbara Gruszka, biology teacher *Dorota Godzic as Teresa Kremer, mathematics teacher *Jagoda Pietruszkówna as Alicja Stańko, chemistry teacher *Aleksandra Żurecka as Anna Turczyn, English teacher *Karol Wolski as Piotr Gądek, IT teacher (ep. 0-125) *Rafał Kosecki as Andrzej Lesicki, physics teacher *Jan Mancewicz as Zbigniew Małek, history teacher *Wolfgang Hofer as Dominik Huber, German teacher *Patrice Nieckowski as Patrice Nieckowski, French teacher *Konrad Pondo as Tomasz Dudziak, P.E. teacher *Małgorzata Merwart as Karina Kłosek, IT teacher (since ep. 223)

References

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