Waterloo Road series 9
season of television series
The nineth series of the British school drama series Waterloo Road was shown on BBC One, It was shown from 5 September 2013 to 12 March 2014.
| Waterloo Road series 9 | |
|---|---|
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One BBC One HD |
| Original release | 5 September 2013 – 12 March 2014 |
| chronology | |
The series
changeThe show follows the lives of the teachers and the pupils at Waterloo Road, a failing comprehensive school.[1]
The school has a lot of problems such as drug dealing, sexting, catfishing, stuttering, prescription drug abuse, stroke, identity fraud, stalking, human trafficking, deportation, drink driving and empty nest syndrome.
Cast and characters
changeStaff
change- Laurie Brett as Christine Mulgrew; headteacher (19 episodes)
- Richard Mylan as Simon Lowsley; Deputy headteacher and English teacher (20 episodes)
- Angus Deayton as George Windsor; Deputy headteacher and Head of Modern Foreign Languages (20 episodes)
- Heather Peace as Nikki Boston; Head of Pupil Referral Unit and English teacher (20 episodes)
- Melanie Hill as Maggie Budgen; Home Economics teacher and Housemistress (20 episodes)
- Georgie Glen as Audrey McFall; Head of History (20 episodes)
- Vanessa Hehir as Sue Lowsley; Science teacher (20 episodes)
- Victoria Bush as Sonya Donnegan; School secretary (20 episodes)
- Zöe Lucker as Carol Barry; Canteen assistant and mother of the Barry children (12 episodes)
- Leon Ockenden as Hector Reid; Head of Physical Education (10 episodes)
- Philip Martin Brown as Grantly Budgen; English teacher and Housemaster (4 episodes)
- Elizabeth Tan as Princess Windsor; Mandarin Teaching Assistant and George's wife (3 episodes)
Pupils
change- Mark Beswick as Darren Hughes (20 episodes)
- Rebecca Craven as Rhiannon Salt (20 episodes)
- Abby Mavers as Dynasty Barry (20 episodes)
- Kirstie Steele as Imogen Stewart (20 episodes)
- Kane Tomlinson-Weaver as Harley Taylor (20 episodes)
- Caitlin Gillespie as Lisa Brown (19 episodes)
- Je'Taime Morgan Hanley as Shaznay Montrose (19 episodes)
- Tommy Lawrence Knight as Kevin Chalk (19 episodes)
- Joe Slater as Lenny Brown (19 episodes)
- Marlene Madenge as Lula Tsibi (17 episodes)
- Carl Au as Barry Barry (16 episodes)
- Shane O'Meara as Connor Mulgrew (15 episodes)
- Christopher Chung as Archie Wong (12 episodes)
- Brogan Ellis as Kacey Barry (12 episodes)
- Naomi Battrick as Gabriella Wark (10 episodes)
Others
changeRecurring
change- Kristin Atherton as Vix Spark; Sue's sister and Nikki's fiancée (10 episodes)
- Shaun Prendergast as Robert Bain; Director of the Department for Education and Sue and Vix's father (4 episodes)
- Sophie Skelton as Eve Boston; Nikki's estranged daughter (2 episodes)
- Connie Hyde as Amelia Wark; Gabriella's mother (2 episodes)
- Sarah Niles as Cecile Tsibi; Lula's mother (2 episodes)
Guest
change- Tomasz Aleksander as Josef Kowalski; Shopkeeper (1 episode)
- Mark Benton as Daniel "Chalky" Chalk; Former Mathematics teacher and Kevin's adoptive father (1 episode)
- Daniel Brocklebank as Stuart Cooper; Nikki's ex-husband and Eve's father (1 episode)
- Naveed Choudhry as Tariq Siddiqui; Ex-pupil (1 episode)
- Wendy Craig as Marjorie Windsor; George's mother (1 episode)
- Nicola Jo Cully as Avril Mack; Stevie's mother (1 episode)
- Charles De'Ath as Vincent Wark; Gabriella's father (1 episode)
- Keeley Forsyth as Sammy Hughes; Darren's mother (1 episode)
- Grant Gillen as Stevie Mack; Pupil (1 episode)
- John Kazek as Mr. Kowalski; Shop owner (1 episode)
- Duncan Pow as Jim Ronsley/"Frankie McGregor"; Fraudulent supply teacher (1 episode)
- Clive Russell as Sergeant Major Lawrence Brown; Lenny and Lisa's estranged grandfather (1 episode)
- Jenny Ryan as Sally Stewart; Governor and Imogen's mother (1 episode)
- James Young as Larry Brown; Lenny and Lisa's older brother (1 episode)
Episodes
change| Autumn Term | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 161 | "Beyond the Call of Duty" | Patrick Harkins | Liz Lake | 5 September 2013 |
| 162 | "Sue Spark's Bad Day" | Patrick Harkins | Jaden Clark | 12 September 2013 |
| 163 | "The Madness of King Windsor" | Roberto Bangura | Paul Mousley | 19 September 2013 |
| 164 | "Text Rated" | Roberto Bangura | Karen Laws | 26 September 2013 |
| 165 | "Crossing the Line" | David Innes Edwards | Paul Farrel | 3 October 2013 |
| 166 | "Grantly's Perfect Poetry" | David Innes Edwards | David McManus | 10 October 2013 |
| 167 | "Lies Mothers Tell" | Craig Pickles | Kelly Jones | 17 October 2013 |
| 168 | "Don't Mention the War" | Craig Pickles | Keith Brumpton | 24 October 2013 |
| 169 | "Father Figure" | Jamie Annett | Viv Adam | 31 October 2013 |
| 170 | "Happy Ever After" | Jamie Annett | Chris Murray | 7 November 2013 |
| Spring Term | ||||
| 171 | "Bad Girl" | Audrey Cooke | Wendy Granditer | 8 January 2014 |
| 172 | "Sugar Daddy" | Audrey Cooke | Lauren Klee | 15 January 2014 |
| 173 | "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" | Fiona Walton | Matthew Barry | 22 January 2014 |
| 174 | "Suspicious Minds" | Fiona Walton | Cat Jones | 29 January 2014 |
| 175 | "Out of Bounds" | Richard Platt | Ann Marie Di Mambro | 5 February 2014 |
| 176 | "A Bolt from the Blue" | Richard Platt | David McManus | 12 February 2014 |
| 177 | "Nowhere to Run" | Alex Kalymnios | Ann McManus & Diane Burrows | 19 February 2014 |
| 178 | "Dynasty's Choice" | Alex Kalymnios | Karen Laws | 26 February 2014 |
| 179 | "End of the Road" | Patrick Harkins | Cat Jones | 5 March 2014 |
| 180 | "New Highs, New Lows" | Patrick Harkins | Alexander Lamb | 12 March 2014 |
References
change- ↑ "'Waterloo Road': Series nine launch date confirmed". Digital Spy. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
