Where was The Teacher season 2 on Channel 5 filmed?

The actor said she was "instantly quite shocked by the script" and has "never played anyone so controversially naughty".

"The part was interesting for me because I’ve never really played a role where people might instantly take a disliking to my character," added Tointon. "Not because of anything in her personality, she's not evil. But you question her choices."

In the opening episode, which aired on Monday 9th September, it was hinted that Dani's husband Tim, played by Kin's Emmett J Scanlan, could be responsible for the death of Zac, a student of his wife's whose body was found in a lake during a school trip.

Did Tim do the unthinkable? And if so, why? Or was someone else responsible for his murder?

The first season of The Teacher, which starred Sheridan Smith as an educator who's accused of sleeping with her 15-year-old pupil, was filmed in Hungary, but the season 2 cast and crew stayed much closer to home.

Here's everything you need to know about where the show's latest instalment was shot.

Where was The Teacher season 2 filmed?

Season 2 was largely filmed in Lough Dan in County Wicklow, Ireland.

"We had some fantastic locations," said star Will Mellor. "Shooting at Lough Dan in Co Wicklow there was beautiful scenery to work in. It's where they shot Vikings... It was a stunning location."

The "wooded area" where they were based was "privately owned" and they stayed there "for four or five days filming all the camping scenes".

"We had a bit of a challenging time with the weather," he added. "The weather could come in at any point and we had a lot of stuff to do."

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Tointon was also thrilled to have been based in Ireland for the shoot, which is where another Channel 5 drama, Too Good to be True, which she also starred in, was shot.

"I have been so lucky over the past couple of years being able to soak up what Ireland has got to offer," she said.

"It is just incredible. With Lough Dan we couldn't believe our luck. It was stunning, the woodlands. It definitely gives you an appreciation for nature.

"Mind you I live in Norway, so I have that pretty much full time so I'm lucky."

Where was The Teacher season 1 filmed?

While the show is set in Bradford – a city in Yorkshire – it was actually filmed in Hungary over six weeks.

Executive producer Mike Benson told Wales Online that he chose Budapest, the capital of Hungary, for budgetary reasons.

"We had to film in Budapest for funding reasons, and the team has done a fantastic job making it look like Bradford," he revealed.

"It was challenging and at times felt like a pressure cooker given the COVID restrictions limited how much cast and crew could socialise and relax together.

"There were points when I didn't think we would get through it, but fortunately we had a really professional team and a really good COVID officer, and we managed it."

Sheridan Smith herself said about filming that after lockdown all the actors "found the flight quite nerve-racking".

She explained: "It had been two years since we had taken a plane anywhere. But once we got to Budapest all the anxiety went away, and it was a lovely job."

The Teacher season 2 airs from Monday 9th September to Thursday 12th September on Channel 5 and My5.

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