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Can you tell us about the show and your character?

The show is called Big School. It鈥檚 about a secondary school, focusing mainly on the teachers, of which I鈥檓 one of them 鈥� a . She thinks she鈥檚 going to come into this school and certainly her methods of teaching are going to blow everyone away. It鈥檚 kind of just saying English words with a French accent hoping the kids are going to get interested.

She鈥檚 trying to get people to translate pop groups that they like for example, I think it was actually quite clever of her to get a picture of one of the guys from Black Eyed Peas and call him Will.je.suis, which is an absolutely literal translation of Will.i.am. And then another one is Plan 鈥淏鈥� (in French accent) which still they don鈥檛 understand.

Your character proves to be very popular with both Mr Church (David Walliams) and Mr Gunn (Philip Glenister). What is it like playing between those two quite different characters?

I don鈥檛 think she鈥檚 particularly interested in Mr Gunn but she sees a kind of sweetness to that鈥檚 appealing. They鈥檝e got very different ways of wooing or 鈥渟educting鈥� as says - he鈥檚 pretty old school, he鈥檚 pretty 1970s.

Whereas David鈥檚 character is 19th century more, he鈥檚 very respectful but he always gets in his own way. He very much means well but it can often trip him up. So he鈥檒l end up offending me more than anything, and so will Phil鈥檚 character but in a different way. He鈥檚 just plain wrong.

What has it been like working with the kids and having them on set?

It鈥檚 great. We鈥檙e really lucky to have been working with all the kids, because it鈥檚 hard to make a show in a school if you鈥檝e only got four kids knocking about. The school we actually filmed in, the kids gave up their school holidays to come and be extras in the show which was amazing. You鈥檇 struggle to people that amount of background if they hadn鈥檛 given up their time to come and do it. They were in their own school so they were familiar with it which makes such a difference. They made a huge addition which was great.

Do you have a favourite episode you鈥檙e particularly looking forward to filming or watching?

No. Like a mother who birthed all these episodes I have no favourite.

There is a sense of comic isolation to the characters. Is there a sense that as it鈥檚 such a universal subject?

It is of the genre that most people have been to school鈥� There鈥檚 a gag throughout the whole show where I always call David鈥檚 character by his first name and he always says 鈥渘ot in front of the children鈥� because it is that thing. It is somehow strangely naughty, it鈥檚 like a real secret if you find out what the teachers real names are, because they鈥檙e never names to you - they鈥檙e Miss This or Mr That.

Hopefully there鈥檒l be elements of it that people remember. At one point David鈥檚 running around the playing field in his pants though, so I hope people didn鈥檛 have to see that from their chemistry teacher.

There鈥檚 a similarity between Miss Postern and Mr Church. They seem like they鈥檙e quite engaged and there for the kids in a way that the rest of the teachers don鈥檛 seem to be?

I think that Mr Church and Miss Postern are kindred spirits in that they do put the children first and they do take their teaching seriously. They do want to make a difference whereas you do get the feeling that needs to get home and watch soon, or something of greater importance than the children鈥檚 education.

So yes they are kindred spirits. They鈥檙e quite suited to each other in some ways that you think well who else is going to have you. It鈥檚 quite sweet.

So there鈥檚 a bit of a 鈥榳ill they won鈥檛 they?鈥� throughout the series?

The seed is planted at the beginning for Mr Church. He鈥檚 quite taken with her and of course she鈥檚 quite flattered that someone could go to such lengths. It鈥檚 nice that throughout the series he makes quite grand gestures that of course all fall completely flat on their face. But everyone likes a grand gesture.

For one of his grand gestures he decides to come to France right at the last second so has nothing, not even a change of pants, which isn鈥檛 great seeing as she鈥檚 sitting next to him on the way back home from France鈥�