Sheridan Smith caught the eye of viewers of her new Channel 5 drama The Teacher and distracted them from the storyline.The popular actress was seen strutting around her place of employment as she took on the role of badly behaved English teacher Jenna Garvey in the new series.The show - which airs nightly until Thursday - focuses on the character as she comes under fire in her job and stands accused of "inappropriate behaviour" with one of her young pupils.Sheridan, 40, delivered a stellar performance as the troubled educator, but it wasn't just her acting skills that garnered a reaction from the viewers.As her opening scenes saw her strutting through the school wearing a very short skirt, viewers couldn't help but comment on the attire as they questioned if it was an entirely appropriate outfit for a teacher.Taking to Twitter to air their opinion on the characters sense of style the Channel 5 viewers didn't hold back.One wrote: "Sheridan Smith is awesome as always.
BUT no teacher in the land wears a skirt that short to work. Really???"Another stated: "A teacher just wouldn’t be allowed to wear such a short skirt.
More importantly, a good teacher wouldn’t want to."A third posted: "The headmaster hasn't even questioned why his teacher is dressed in a skirt up to there...and yet he wants her to become head of English...he may live to regret it"A fourth viewer questioned: "Are teachers allowed to wear short skirts like that in school? #TheTeacher #SheridanSmith."Another quipped: "Teacher’s skirt almost higher than the desk."The comments continued as one social media user wrote: "Bet her Knickers are on show with that skimpy skirt #TheTeacher."Another asked: "Is this supposed to be a comedy?
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