Teachers - Andrew Lincoln

What ever happened to this gem of a show? The first season was outstanding boasting the charming Andrew Lincoln and a whole cast of interesting and humorous characters. The second season was also fantastic until Andrew Lincoln left but the strong supporting cast managed to keep it interesting in his absence. By the third season the cast had changed much more noticeably and a brief return from Simon (Lincoln) brought back the old chemistry from previous seasons. After his absence though the show just went further and further downhill. A new term brought new teachers but we had lost interest by then. By this point the best of the show had either moved onto the hit film "Love Actually" or other projects. I think I recall seeing Lincoln in an old episode of Drop The Dead Donkey as Henry's nephew but have not seen much of his post-Teachers career other than Love Actually. Ben Chaplin should have been huge but has enjoyed massive success in film since "Game On" Hopefully we will see more from the charismatic Lincoln in years to come.