Waterloo Road (series 9)
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| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Original network | BBC One BBC One HD |
| Original release | 5 September 2013 – 12 March 2014 |
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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.
The series
The 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
Staff
- 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
- 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
Recurring
- 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
- 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
| Autumn Term | ||||
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| 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
- ↑ "'Waterloo Road': Series nine launch date confirmed". Digital Spy. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.