Waterloo Road (series 2)

Waterloo Road
Starring	Jason Merrells Jamie Glover Angela Griffin Jason Done Jill Halfpenny Denise Welch Christine Tremarco Philip Martin Brown Camilla Power Nick Sidi
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	18 January (2007-01-18) – 26 April 2007 (2007-04-26)
Series chronology

The second series of the British school drama series Waterloo Road was shown on BBC One, It was shown from 18 January 2007 to 26 April 2007.^[1] It has 12 half-hour episodes. It was created by Ann McManus and Maureen Chadwick.

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 bullying, alcoholism, multiple sclerosis, losing a baby, an affair between a teacher and a pupil, online abuse, overactive bladder syndrome, suicide, knife crime and drug abuse.

Cast

Staff

• Jason Merrells as Jack Rimmer; headteacher (12 episodes)
• Jamie Glover as Andrew Treneman; deputy headteacher and English teacher (12 episodes)
• Angela Griffin as Kim Campbell; head of pastoral care and art teacher (12 episodes)
• Jason Done as Tom Clarkson; English teacher (12 episodes)
• Jill Halfpenny as Izzie Redpath; head of drama and English teacher (12 episodes)
• Denise Welch as Steph Haydock; head of French (12 episodes)
• Christine Tremarco as Davina Shackleton; school secretary (12 episodes)
• Philip Martin Brown as Grantly Budgen; head of English (11 episodes)
• Camilla Power as Lorna Dickey; English teacher (10 episodes)
• Nick Sidi as Roger Aspinall; investor (7 episodes)

Pupils

• Adam Thomas as Donte Charles (12 episodes)
• Katie Griffiths as Chlo Grainger (12 episodes)
• Lauren Drummond as Mika Grainger (12 episodes)
• Tom Payne as Brett Aspinall (12 episodes)
• Chelsee Healey as Janeece Bryant (9 episodes)
• Ellie Paskell as Maxine Barlow (8 episodes)
• Craig Fitzpatrick as Lewis Seddon; ex-pupil (7 episodes)
• Zeriozha Burtt-Skeete as Celine Dixon (4 episodes)
• Holly Grainger as Stacey Appleyard (4 episodes)
• Holly Matthews as Leigh-Ann Galloway (3 episodes)

Others

Recurring

• Mikey North as Helmsley; Lewis's friend (4 episodes)
• Robert Angell as Nigel Hinchcliffe; Chair of Governors (2 episodes)
• Paul Birchard as Jerry Preston; Investor (2 episodes)
• Kathryn Hunt as Gemma Seddon; Drug dealer and Lewis's aunt (2 episodes)
• Michael Keogh as Jed Seddon; Drug dealer and Lewis's cousin (2 episodes)
• Gary Whitaker as Kevin Hurst; Canteen Assistant (2 episodes)

Guest

• Robert Beck as Terry Appleyard; Stacey's father (1 episode)
• Stuart Graham as Russell Millen; Supply teacher and ex-police officer (1 episode)
• Michelle Holmes as Lyndsay Woodham; Headteacher candidate for Waterloo Road (1 episode)
• Jack O'Connell as Dale Baxter; Pupil (1 episode)
• Daisy Wignall as Holly Tattersall; Pupil (1 episode)

Episodes

See also: List of Waterloo Road episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
9	"Episode 1"	Barnaby Southcombe	Ann McManus & Maureen Chadwick	18 January 2007 (2007-01-18)
10	"Episode 2"	Barnaby Southcombe	Ann McManus & Maureen Chadwick	25 January 2007 (2007-01-25)
11	"Episode 3"	Jim Loach	Harriet Warner	1 February 2007 (2007-02-01)
12	"Episode 4"	Jim Loach	Ann McManus & Maureen Chadwick	8 February 2007 (2007-02-08)
13	"Episode 5"	Farren Blackburn	Harriet Warner	15 February 2007 (2007-02-15)
14	"Episode 6"	Farren Blackburn	Phil Ford	22 February 2007 (2007-02-22)
15	"Episode 7"	Mike Cocker	Ann McManus & Maureen Chadwick	1 March 2007 (2007-03-01)
16	"Episode 8"	Mike Cocker	Harriet Warner	29 March 2007 (2007-03-29)
17	"Episode 9"	David Innes Edwards	Ann McManus & Anne Marie O'Connor	5 April 2007 (2007-04-05)
18	"Episode 10"	David Innes Edwards	Harriet Warner	12 April 2007 (2007-04-12)
19	"Episode 11"	Lance Kneeshaw	Harriet Warner	19 April 2007 (2007-04-19)
20	"Episode 12"	Lance Kneeshaw	Phil Ford	26 April 2007 (2007-04-26)

DVD release

The second series of Waterloo Road was released on DVD in the UK on 10 March 2008. It has episodes such as: Miss Haydock Reveals All, and Mika's Video Diary. It was released with a "12" British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) certificate (meaning people under the age of 12 years shouldn't watch it).^[2]

References

1. "Waterloo Road re-commissioned". Shed Productions. 3 April 2006. Archived from the original on 30 May 2006.
2. "Waterloo Road: The Complete Series Two". British Video Association. Retrieved 2 November 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}