[London Lite]

TF1's school drama series Sam is on their second recasting of the lead. The new actress is Hélène de Fougerolles.

Mathilde Seigner played Sam in Series 1, then was recast after the director died and Seigner was a personal friend, so was played by Natacha Lindinger from S2-6 with Hélène from S7.

The series personally jumped the shark after it was decided to move Sam from an inner city school to a rural school in rural Yvelines which has Waterloo Road vibes when they moved the series up to Scotland to meet BBC filming requirements, so I can understand Natacha Lindinger's decision to leave after 1 series in the country.