Waterloo Road (series 4)
The fourth series of the British school drama series Waterloo Road was shown on BBC One, It was shown from 7 January 2009 to 20 May 2009. It has 12 half-hour episodes.
| Waterloo Road | |
|---|---|
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 7 January – 20 May 2009 |
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 steroid abuse, teenage pregnancy, childbirth, adoption, bigamy, gun violence, burn injury, homeschooling, virginity, Type 1 diabetes, breast augmentation, poverty, alcoholism and smuggling.
Cast and characters
Staff
- Eva Pope as Rachel Mason; headteacher (19 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)
- Denise Welch as Steph Haydock; Head of French (19 episodes)
- Shabana Bakhsh as Jasmine Koreshi; Deputy Head of English (19 episodes)
- Philip Martin Brown as Grantly Budgen; Head of English (18 episodes)
- Elaine Symons as Rose Kelly; Canteen Assistant (18 episodes)
- Chris Geere as Matt Wilding; Head of Music and Drama (17 episodes)
- Christine Tremarco as Davina Shackleton; Teaching Assistant (13 episodes)
- Kay Purcell as Candice Smilie; Senior Canteen Assistant (13 episodes)
- Katy Carmichael as Melissa Ryan; Head of Extended Services (11 episodes)
- Angela Griffin as Kim Campbell; Head of Pastoral Care and Art teacher (10 episodes)
- Elyes Gabel as Rob Cleaver; Head of Physical Education (10 episodes)
Pupils
- Chelsee Healey as Janeece Bryant (20 episodes)
- Zaraah Abrahams as Michaela White (20 episodes)
- Luke Bailey as Marley Kelly (20 episodes)
- Katie Griffiths as Chlo Grainger (19 episodes)
- Holly Kenny as Sambuca Kelly (19 episodes)
- Tachia Newall as Bolton Smilie (19 episodes)
- Sadie Pickering as Flick Mellor (19 episodes)
- Thomas Milner as Paul Langley (18 episodes)
- Adam Thomas as Donte Charles (18 episodes)
- Lucy Dixon as Danielle Harker (17 episodes)
- Lauren Thomas as Aleesha Dillon (17 episodes)
- Dean Smith as Philip Ryan (16 episodes)
- Jessica Baglow as Karla Bentham (14 episodes)
- Reece Douglas as Denzil Kelly (13 episodes)
- Darcy Isa as Lauren Andrews (9 episodes)
- Reece Noi as Earl Kelly (8 episodes)
- Ellie Paskell as Maxine Barlow (8 episodes)
Others
Recurring
- Malcolm Scates as Ralph Mellor; Chair of Governors and Flick's father (7 episodes)
- Tim Healy as Dave Miller; Head of Security (5 episodes)
- Lorraine Cheshire as Fleur Budgen; Grantly's wife (3 episodes)
- Alan McKenna as Mr. Parker; Deportation officer (3 episodes)
- Jamie Glover as Andrew Treneman; Former Deputy headteacher (2 episodes)
- Steve Money as Clarence Charles; Donte's father (2 episodes)
- Caroline O'Neill as Mrs. Bryant; Janeece's mother (2 episodes)
Guest
- Rachael Cairns as Tasha Lefton; Pupil (1 episode)
- Naveed Choudhry as Shahid Kapoor; Pupil (1 episode)
- Daniela Denby-Ashe as Jem Allen; Supply teacher (1 episode)
- Elize du Toit as Heather; Presenter of the North West Schools Choir competition (1 episode)
- Joe Duttine as Andy Harker; Danielle's father (1 episode)
- Sheraiah Larcher as Maaka Lacey; Supply teacher (1 episode)
- Conrad Nelson as Bill Willis; Songwriter and poet (1 episode)
- Rupert Procter as Mr. Peters; Kyle's father (1 episode)
- Jack Rigby as Kyle Peters; Pupil (1 episode)
- Natalie J. Robb as Charlotte Monk; School counsellor (1 episode)
- Colin Tierney as Reynold Kelly; Rose's ex-husband and Sambuca's father (1 episode)
- Tom Turner as Gregory; Head of Music and Drama at Forest Mount (1 episode)
Episodes
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DVD release
Three different box sets of the fourth series was released. The first ten episodes of the series were released on 21 September 2009,[1] and the back ten episodes were released on 26 April 2010.[2] All twenty episodes were later released together on 18 October 2010. They were released with a "12" British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) certificate.[3]
References
- ↑ "Waterloo Road: Series Four – Autumn Term". British Video Association. Retrieved 2 November 2012.[dead link]
- ↑ "Waterloo Road: Series Four – Spring Term". British Video Association. Retrieved 2 November 2012.[dead link]
- ↑ "Waterloo Road: The Complete Series Four". British Video Association. Retrieved 2 November 2012.[dead link]
