"Waterloo Road" (2006) TV series 2006-????

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Creators:

Maureen Chadwick
Ann McManus

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

January 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Denise Welch	...	Steph Haydock (57 episodes, 2006-2009)
Chelsee Healey	...	Janeece Bryant (53 episodes, 2006-2009)
Zaraah Abrahams	...	Michaella White / ... (52 episodes, 2007-2009)
Katie Griffiths	...	Chlo Grainger (47 episodes, 2006-2009)
Adam Thomas	...	Donte Charles (46 episodes, 2006-2009)
Philip Martin Brown	...	Grantly Budgen (46 episodes, 2006-2009)
Jason Done	...	Tom Clarkson (42 episodes, 2006-2009)
Neil Morrissey	...	Eddie Lawson (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Eva Pope	...	Rachel Mason (33 episodes, 2007-2009)
Tom Payne	...	Brett Aspinall (32 episodes, 2007-2008)
Angela Griffin	...	Kim Campbell (30 episodes, 2006-2009)
Christine Tremarco	...	Davina Shackleton (28 episodes, 2007-2009)
Jason Merrells	...	Jack Rimmer (27 episodes, 2006-2008)
Thomas Milner	...	Paul Langley (26 episodes, 2007-2009)

Runtime:

60 min (8 Episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Hilltop Primary School, Kirkholt, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Company:

Shed Productions

Quotes:

Chlo Grainger: What if a mad axe man breaks in? Where are we supposed to tell him? We don't know where are mum is?
Izzie Redpath: Tell him to ring me on the mobile.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Paul O'Grady Show: (2009-10-26)" (2009)

Shaky start but worth watching

Difficult to say whether this series set in an under-achieving inner-city comprehensive is meant to be a comedy, a drama or a comedy-drama as there are elements of all three. Jamie Glover as Andrew plays the ex fee-paying school English teacher who comes to Waterloo Road as Deputy Head and initially he's coming over as a cold fish though with indications that he will develop into the saviour of the school. Ex Coronation Street actress Angela Griffin is the pick of the bunch as the very human and humane humanities teacher and in fact the show seems to be a haven for ex-Corry actresses with Jill Halfpenny, Denise Welch and Judith Barker (the second Mrs Ken Barlow) joining Ms Griffin and I see from IMDb that Chloe Newsome will soon make it 5 unless she was in the first episode and I missed her.

This kind of drama is really done much better by US producers these days though enough was going on for me to tune in and see how it progresses.