Waterloo Road (series 8)

Waterloo Road
Starring
No. of episodes30
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release23 August 2012 (2012-08-23) –
4 July 2013 (2013-07-04)
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List of Waterloo Road episodes

The eigth series of the British school drama series Waterloo Road was shown on BBC One, It was shown from 23 August 2012 to 4 July 2013.

It is the first series to be set at the old Greenock Academy building in Greenock, Scotland.[1][2][3]

The series

The show follows the lives of the teachers and the pupils at Waterloo Road, a failing comprehensive school.

The school has a lot of problems such as alcoholism, pyromania, teenage pregnancy, fostering, exorcism, coercive control, freeganism, adoption, pole-dancing, rape, burn injury, terminal illness, workplace bullying, self-harming, deafness, activism, blackmail, gender identity disorder, euthanasia, alcoholic hepatitis, assault, kidney failure, kidney donation and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Cast and characters

Staff

  • Alec Newman as Michael Byrne; headteacher (28 episodes)
  • Laurie Brett as Christine Mulgrew; Head of English and Acting headteacher (30 episodes)
  • Jason Done as Tom Clarkson; Deputy headteacher and English teacher (30 episodes)
  • Georgie Glen as Audrey McFall; Head of History (29 episodes)
  • Daniela Denby-Ashe as Lorraine Donnegan; School benefactor (27 episodes)
  • Melanie Hill as Maggie Budgen; Home Economics teacher, Senior Canteen Assistant and Housemistress (27 episodes)
  • Philip Martin Brown as Grantly Budgen; English teacher and Housemaster (24 episodes)
  • Victoria Bush as Sonya Donnegan; School secretary (22 episodes)
  • Mark Benton as Daniel "Chalky" Chalk; Head of Mathematics (20 episodes)
  • Heather Peace as Nikki Boston; Deputy Headteacher, English teacher and Head of Pupil Referral Unit (20 episodes)
  • Jaye Jacobs as Sian Diamond; Deputy Headteacher and Head of Science (19 episodes)
  • Richie Campbell as Ndale Kayuni; School handyman (7 episodes)
  • Chelsee Healey as Janeece Bryant; School secretary (6 episodes)
  • Daniela Nardini as Esther Fairclough; Acting Head of Science (4 episodes)
  • Angus Deayton as George Windsor; Head of Modern Foreign Languages (3 episodes)
  • Richard Mylan as Simon Lowsley; Deputy Headteacher and English teacher (2 episodes)

Pupils

  • Shane O'Meara as Connor Mulgrew (30 episodes)
  • Kirstie Steele as Imogen Stewart (30 episodes)
  • Kane Tomlinson-Weaver as Harley Taylor (30 episodes)
  • Rebecca Craven as Rhiannon Salt (28 episodes)
  • Marlene Madenge as Lula Tsibi (26 episodes)
  • Tommy Lawrence Knight as Kevin Chalk (23 episodes)
  • Carl Au as Barry Barry (20 episodes)
  • Brogan Ellis as Kacey Barry (20 episodes)
  • Abby Mavers as Dynasty Barry (20 episodes)
  • Katie McGlynn as Jodie "Scout" Allen (20 episodes)
  • Adiza Shardow as Liberty Gordon (20 episodes)
  • Taylor Rhys as Jack McAllister (19 episodes)
  • Paige Meade as Jade Fleming (18 episodes)
  • Kaya Moore as Phoenix Taylor (12 episodes)
  • Naveed Choudhry as Tariq Siddiqui (8 episodes)
  • Benjamin Gur as Angus "Gus" Hancock (8 episodes)
  • William Rush as Josh Stevenson (7 episodes)
  • Georgia Henshaw as Madi Diamond (6 episodes)

Others

Recurring

  • Zöe Lucker as Carol Barry; Mother of the Barry children (8 episodes)
  • Ron Donachie as Billy Byrne; Michael's terminally ill father (7 episodes)
  • Alex Norton as Gerard Findlay; Headteacher of Havelock High (5 episodes)
  • Jody Latham as Steve-O Malone; Dynasty's boyfriend (4 episodes)
  • Jenny Ryan as Sally Stewart; Imogen's mother (3 episodes)
  • Alisa Anderson as Zoe Foster; Pupil (2 episodes)
  • Leyla Ogulyaymis as Cheryl Bryant; Janeece's young daughter (2 episodes)
  • Lisa Riley as Tina Allen; Scout's mother (2 episodes)
  • Shaun Prendergast as Robert Bain; Director of the Department for Education (2 episodes)

Guest

  • Mhairi Anderson as Morag Murray; Pupil (1 episode)
  • Fraser Ayres as Duncan Kilty; Owner of a pole-dancing bar (1 episode)
  • Patrick Baladi as Julian Noble; Television presenter for Noble Thoughts (1 episode)
  • James Daffern as Ray Keats; Head of Lorraine's call centre and careers advisor (1 episode)
  • James Doherty as Martin Johnson; School governor (1 episode)
  • Nicola Duffett as Daisy Skelton; Kevin's estranged mother (1 episode)
  • Niall Greig Fulton as Kai Murray; Morag and Ewan's father (1 episode)
  • Jan Goodman as Maureen Donnegan; Lorraine and Sonya's mother (1 episode)
  • Clare Grogan as Sandra Gordon; Liberty's mother (1 episode)
  • Bill Fellows as Trevor Croft; Maggie's husband (1 episode)
  • Max Fowler as Drew Kelly; Jade's abusive boyfriend (1 episode)
  • Gaynor Howe as Sarah Winters; Adoptive mother of Jade's unborn baby (1 episode)
  • Emmanuel Ighodaro as Kaz Winters; Adoptive father of Jade's unborn baby (1 episode)
  • Raji James as Usman Haq; Owner of Prince of Spices fast food (1 episode)
  • Cornell S John as Lionel Tsibi; Lula's uncle (1 episode)
  • Daniel Kerr as Ewan Murray; Pupil (1 episode)
  • Pollyanna McIntosh as Olivia McAllister; Jack's mother (1 episode)
  • Anna-Maria Nabirye as Cecile Tsibi; Lula's mother (1 episode)
  • Tachia Newall as Bolton Smilie; Ex-pupil and Army officer (1 episode)
  • Derek Riddell as Joe Mulgrew; Christine's ex-husband (1 episode)
  • George Sampson as Kyle Stack; Pupil (1 episode)
  • Sam Lucas Smith as Fergal Doherty; Pupil (1 episode)
  • John Kay Steel as Dr. Fielding Granger; Grantly's consultant (1 episode)
  • Elizabeth Tan as Princess Windsor; George's wife (1 episode)
  • Vishal Thakur as Nasir Haq; Pupil (1 episode)
  • John Thomson as Nelson Smith; Phoenix and Harley's father (1 episode)
  • Josie Walker as Theresa Doherty; Fergal's mother (1 episode)

Episodes

Autumn Term
No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
131 "New Beginnings" Paul MurphyAnn McManus & Eileen Gallagher23 August 2012 (2012-08-23)
132 "Spirit Child" Paul MurphyPaul Logue and Joe Turner30 August 2012 (2012-08-30)
133 "Troubled Waters" Diakin MarshJake Riddell6 September 2012 (2012-09-06)
134 "Read My Lips" Diakin MarshJake Riddell13 September 2012 (2012-09-13)
135 "Future Proof" Paul CotterSally Tatchell20 September 2012 (2012-09-20)
136 "We Need to Talk about Cheryl" Paul CotterGabbie Asher27 September 2012 (2012-09-27)
137 "A Woman Scorned" Fraser MacDonaldChris Murray4 October 2012 (2012-10-04)
138 "The Price of Love" Fraser MacDonaldDavid McManus11 October 2012 (2012-10-11)
139 "Skin Deep" Roberto BanguraChris Bucknall18 October 2012 (2012-10-18)
140 "Paradise Lost" Roberto BanguraLiz Lake25 October 2012 (2012-10-25)
Spring Term
141 "Bad Boy" Steve BrettViv Adam3 January 2013 (2013-01-03)
142 "Whole Lotto Trouble" Steve BrettPaul Mousley10 January 2013 (2013-01-10)
143 "A Woman's Worth" Fiona WaltonGraham Mitchell17 January 2013 (2013-01-17)
144 "Sins of the Father" Fiona WaltonPaul Farrell24 January 2013 (2013-01-24)
145 "Mr Chalk's Waterloo" Nigel DouglasChris Murray31 January 2013 (2013-01-31)
146 "Sanctuary" Nigel DouglasDavey Jones7 February 2013 (2013-02-07)
147 "Baby Be Mine" Jamie AnnettPhilip Dodds14 February 2013 (2013-02-14)
148 "Man of The Match" Jamie AnnettKatie Douglas21 February 2013 (2013-02-21)
149 "Spartacus" David HolroydDavid McManus28 February 2013 (2013-02-28)
150 "Paradise Found" David HolroydLiz Lake7 March 2013 (2013-03-07)
Summer Term
151 "Nowhere To Run" Daniel WilsonViv Adams2 May 2013 (2013-05-02)
152 "Princess of Spices" Daniel WilsonKeith Brumpton9 May 2013 (2013-05-09)
153 "Grandmaster" Craig PicklesKim Millar16 May 2013 (2013-05-16)
154 "Tan-Tastic" Craig PicklesLiz Lake23 May 2013 (2013-05-23)
155 "Love Hurts" Patrick HarkinsDavid McManus29 May 2013 (2013-05-29)
156 "Revenge" Patrick HarkinsPaul Mousley6 June 2013 (2013-06-06)
157 "Sugar Mummy" Roberto BanguraPaul Logue13 June 2013 (2013-06-13)
158 "Journey's End" Roberto BanguraStephen McAteer20 June 2013 (2013-06-20)
159 "Dirty Laundry" Roberto BanguraLiz Lake26 June 2013 (2013-06-26)
160 "Hero" Dermot BoydPaul Farrell4 July 2013 (2013-07-04)


DVD release

The Autumn Term (episodes 1–10) was released on 4 February 2013.[4] The Spring Term (episodes 11–20) was released on 3 June 2013.[5] The Summer Term (episodes 21–30) was released on 7 October 2013. The Complete Series Eight was released on 15 September 2014.

References

  1. "Waterloo Road relocates to Greenock". BBC News. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  2. "Waterloo Road set for Greenock". Greenock Telegraph. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  3. "Waterloo Road opens its doors". Greenock Telegraph. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  4. "Waterloo Road: Series 8 – Autumn". Acorn. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  5. "Waterloo Road Series Eight – Spring Term [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Jason Done, Chelsee Healey, William Ash, Amanda Burton, Darcey Isa, Holly Kenny, Tina O'Brien, Robson Green". Amazon.com. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2018.