Waterloo Road series 3
season of television series
The third series of the British school drama series Waterloo Road was shown on BBC One, It was shown from 11 October 2007 to 13 March 2008..[1]
| Waterloo Road series 3 | |
|---|---|
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 11 October 2007 – 13 March 2008 |
| chronology | |
The series
changeThe 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 death, running away from home, prostitution, child grooming, HIV/AIDS, child abuse, homosexuality, Asperger syndrome, deportation, activism, blackmail, plagiarism and assault.
Cast and characters
changeStaff
change- Jason Merrells as Jack Rimmer; headteacher (7 episodes)
- Neil Morrissey as Eddie Lawson; Deputy headteacher and Maths teacher (20 episodes)
- Jason Done as Tom Clarkson; Head of Pastoral Care and English teacher (20 episodes)
- Philip Martin Brown as Grantly Budgen; Head of English (20 episodes)
- Christine Tremarco as Davina Shackleton; Teaching Assistant (19 episodes)
- Shabana Bakhsh as Jasmine Koreshi; English teacher (19 episodes)
- Chris Geere as Matt Wilding; Head of Music and Drama (18 episodes)
- Denise Welch as Steph Haydock; Head of French (18 episodes)
- Jacqueline Kington as Bridget Morley; School secretary (16 episodes)
- Eva Pope as Rachel Mason; Jack’s replacement as headteacher (14 episodes)
- Kay Purcell as Candice Smilie; Senior Canteen Assistant (9 episodes)
- Craig Fitzpatrick as Lewis Seddon; Canteen Assistant (8 episodes)
Pupils
change- Lauren Drummond as Mika Grainger (20 episodes)
- Katie Griffiths as Chlo Grainger (19 episodes)
- Tachia Newall as Bolton Smilie (19 episodes)
- Tom Payne as Brett Aspinall (17 episodes)
- Lauren Thomas as Aleesha Dillon (17 episodes)
- Lucy Dixon as Danielle Harker (17 episodes)
- Adam Thomas as Donte Charles (16 episodes)
- Chelsee Healey as Janeece Bryant (16 episodes)
- Ellie Paskell as Maxine Barlow (16 episodes)
- Jessica Baglow as Karla Bentham (11 episodes)
- Zeriozha Burtt-Skeete as Celine Dixon (9 episodes)
- Thomas Milner as Paul Langley (8 episodes)
- Zaraah Abrahams as Michaela White (4 episodes)
Others
changeRecurring
change- Silas Carson as Stuart Hordley; Investor and Rachel's blackmailer (9 episodes)
- Chris Finch as Colin Scott; Matt's fiancé (5 episodes)
- Robert Angell as Nigel Hinchcliffe; Chair of Governors (4 episodes)
- Joel Goonan as Dominic Hammond; Pupil (4 episodes)
- Naveed Choudhry as Shahid Kapoor; Pupil (3 episodes)
- Maria Lennon as Ria Cheetham; School governor (3 episodes)
- Lorraine Cheshire as Fleur Budgen; Grantly's wife (2 episodes)
- James Rawlings as Wilson Bingham; Supply teacher (2 episodes)
- Fiona Wade as Sameen Azizi; Pupil (2 episodes)
- Sean Wilson as Darren Briggs, Sr.; Darren's father (2 episodes)
- Lee Worswick as Darren Briggs, Jr.; Pupil (2 episodes)
Guest
change- Tara Berwin as Sally Froggart; Pupil (1 episode)
- Antony Edridge as Claude Legard; Investor (1 episode)
- Sally Ann Matthews as Alison Lawson; Eddie's ex-wife (1 episode)
- Steve Money as Clarence Charles; Donte's father (1 episode)
- James Varley as Ben McNulty; Pupil (1 episode)
Episodes
change| Autumn Term | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |||
| 21 | "Episode 1" | Marc Jobst | Harriet Warner | 11 October 2007 | |||
| 22 | "Episode 2" | Marc Jobst | Lisa Holdsworth | 18 October 2007 | |||
| 23 | "Episode 3" | Dermot Boyd | David McManus & Annie Bruce & James Simpson | 25 October 2007 | |||
| 24 | "Episode 4" | Dermot Boyd | Matthew Evans | 1 November 2007 | |||
| 25 | "Episode 5" | Luke Watson | Fleur Costello | 8 November 2007 | |||
| 26 | "Episode 6" | Luke Watson | David McManus | 15 November 2007 | |||
| 27 | "Episode 7" | Martin Hutchings | David McManus | 22 November 2007 | |||
| 28 | "Episode 8" | Marc Jobst | Lisa Holdsworth | 29 November 2007 | |||
| 29 | "Episode 9" | Laurence Moody | Ann McManus & Sharon Oakes | 6 December 2007 | |||
| 30 | "Episode 10" | Laurence Moody | Liz Lake | 13 December 2007 | |||
| Spring Term | |||||||
| 31 | "Episode 11" | Jenny Ash | Lisa Holdsworth | 10 January 2008 | |||
| 32 | "Episode 12" | Jenny Ash | Danny McCahon | 17 January 2008 | |||
| 33 | "Episode 13" | Mike Adams | Nick Hoare | 24 January 2008 | |||
| 34 | "Episode 14" | Mike Adams | Doug Watson | 31 January 2008 | |||
| 35 | "Episode 15" | Julie Edwards | Michael Jenner | 7 February 2008 | |||
| 36 | "Episode 16" | Julie Edwards | David McManus | 14 February 2008 | |||
| 37 | "Episode 17" | Laurence Moody | Gert Thomas | 21 February 2008 | |||
| 38 | "Episode 18" | Laurence Moody | Fleur Costello | 28 February 2008 | |||
| 39 | "Episode 19" | Richard Standeven | Danny McCahon | 6 March 2008 | |||
| 40 | "Episode 20" | Richard Standeven | Lisa Holdsworth | 13 March 2008 | |||
DVD release
changeThree different box sets of the third series were released. The first ten episodes were released on 2 March 2009,[2] episodes 11–20 were released on 11 May 2009.[3] All twenty episodes were later released together as a complete six-disc set on 24 May 2009. It has episodes such as: Autumn Term Scrap Book, Pupil Reports, Teacher Evaluation and a Spring Term Scrap Book. All box sets for the third series were released with a "12" British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) certificate (meaning people under the age of 12 years shouldn't watch it).[4]
References
change- ↑ "A Third Series for Autumn 2007" (PDF). Shed Productions. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2007.
- ↑ "Waterloo Road: Series Three – Autumn Term". British Video Association. Retrieved 2 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Waterloo Road: Series Three – Spring Term". British Video Association. Retrieved 2 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Waterloo Road: The Complete Series Three". British Video Association. Retrieved 2 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
