Waterloo Road series 6
| Waterloo Road | |
|---|---|
| Season 6 | |
 DVD cover | |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 1 September 2010 – 6 April 2011 |
| Series chronology | |
The sixth series of the British television drama series Waterloo Road began broadcasting on 1 September 2010, and ended on 6 April 2011 on BBC One. The series follows the lives of the faculty and pupils of the Eponymous school, a failing inner-city comprehensive school. It consists of twenty episodes, divided into two half series of ten episodes each. The sixth series achieved an average of 5.11 million viewers in the ratings.[1]
Plot
The show follows the lives of the teachers and the pupils at the eponymous school of Waterloo Road, a failing inner-city comprehensive, tackling a wide range of issues often seen as taboo such as a missing student, adultery, bulimia nervosa, bullying, contraception, an affair between a teacher and a pupil, child pornography, homelessness, young carers, a dog attack, Alzheimer's disease, postpartum psychosis, sexual exploitation, homosexuality, xenophobia and infertility.
Cast and characters
Staff
- Amanda Burton as Karen Fisher; Headteacher (18 episodes)
- William Ash as Christopher Mead; Deputy Headteacher and Science teacher (18 episodes)
- Karen David as Francesca "Cesca" Montoya; Head of Spanish (20 episodes)
- Jason Done as Tom Clarkson; Head of English (20 episodes)
- Philip Martin Brown as Grantly Budgen; English teacher (19 episodes)
- Elizabeth Berrington as Ruby Fry; Head of Food Technology (18 episodes)
- Chelsee Healey as Janeece Bryant; School secretary (18 episodes)
- Wil Johnson as Marcus Kirby; Geography teacher (10 episodes)
- Sharlene Whyte as Adanna Lawal; Head of Pastoral Care (10 episodes)
- Ian Puleston-Davies as Charlie Fisher; Supply teacher and Karen's husband (9 episodes)
Pupils
- Ayesha Gwilt as Amy Porter (20 episodes)
- Darcy Isa as Lauren Andrews (20 episodes)
- Linzey Cocker as Jess Fisher (19 episodes)
- Ben-Ryan Davies as Ronan Burley (19 episodes)
- Lucien Laviscount as Jonah Kirby (19 episodes)
- Jack McMullen as Finn Sharkey (19 episodes)
- William Rush as Josh Stevenson (18 episodes)
- Rebecca Ryan as Vicki MacDonald (18 episodes)
- Ceallach Spellman as Harry Fisher (17 episodes)
- Reece Douglas as Denzil Kelly (14 episodes)
- Shannon Flynn as Emily James (14 episodes)
- Anna Jobarteh as Ruth Kirby (13 episodes)
- Tina O'Brien as Bex Fisher (11 episodes)
- Holly Kenny as Sambuca Kelly (10 episodes)
- George Sampson as Kyle Stack (10 episodes)
- Scott Haining as Nate Gurney (9 episodes)
Others
Recurring
- Ralph Ineson as John Fry; Ruby's husband (7 episodes)
- Ciarán Griffiths as Dylan Hodge; Bex's abusive ex-boyfriend (5 episodes)
- Lorraine Cheshire as Fleur Budgen; Grantly's wife (4 episodes)
- Susan Cookson as Maria Lucas; Charlie's mistress (3 episodes)
- Lizzie Roper as Jackie Stack; Kyle's mother (2 episodes)
- Luke Tittensor as Connor Lewis; Pupil (2 episodes)
- Denise Welch as Steph Haydock; Former French teacher (2 episodes)
Guest
- Qasim Akhtar as Wayne Bodley; Pupil (1 episode)
- Jodie Comer as Sarah Evans; Pupil (1 episode)
- Reece Dinsdale as Matthew Gurney; Nate's father (1 episode)
- Joe Duttine as John Adams; Chair of Governors (1 episode)
- Neil Fitzmaurice as Dave Dowling; Martin's father (1 episode)
- Kieran Hardcastle as Martin Dowling; Pupil (1 episode)
- Jo Hartley as Laura Taylor; Billie's mother (1 episode)
- Jennifer Hennessy as Claire Evans; Sarah's mother (1 episode)
- Kelli Hollis as Chantel; Vicki's roommate (1 episode)
- Radosław Kaim as Lukas Wisniewski; Caretaker (1 episode)
- Martin Kemp as Kevin Burley; Ronan's gangster father (1 episode)
- Will Mellor as Dan Hargrove; Manager of a modelling agency (1 episode)
- Emil Marwa as Han Nichols; Business entrepreneur (1 episode)
- Nadine Rose Mulkerrin as Billie Taylor; Pupil (1 episode)
- Wanda Opalinska as Susan; Manager of Fleur's care home (1 episode)
- Elaine Symons as Rose Kelly; Sambuca and Denzil's mother (1 episode)
- Kaye Wragg as Hannah Kirby; Marcus' ex-wife and Jonah and Ruth's mother (1 episode)
Episodes
| Autumn Term | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (million)[1] | ||
| 81 | "Episode 1" | Fraser MacDonald | Lisa Holdsworth | 1 September 2010 | 5.53 | ||
| 82 | "Episode 2" | Fraser MacDonald | Louise Ironside | 2 September 2010 | 4.42 | ||
| 83 | "Episode 3" | Roger Goldby | Liz Lake | 8 September 2010 | 4.66 | ||
| 84 | "Episode 4" | Roger Goldby | Philip Dodds | 15 September 2010 | 5.16 | ||
| 85 | "Episode 5" | Julie Edwards | Katie Douglas | 22 September 2010 | 4.82 | ||
| 86 | "Episode 6" | Julie Edwards | Paul Louge | 29 September 2010 | 4.98 | ||
| 87 | "Episode 7" | Joss Agnew | Ellen Taylor | 6 October 2010 | 4.87 | ||
| 88 | "Episode 8" | Joss Agnew | Ryan Craig | 13 October 2010 | 4.89 | ||
| 89 | "Episode 9" | Dermot Boyd | Neil Jones | 20 October 2010 | 5.11 | ||
| 90 | "Episode 10" | Dermot Boyd | Nick Hoare | 27 October 2010 | 4.48 | ||
| Spring Term | |||||||
| 91 | "Episode 11" | Jill Robertson | Ann McManus & Eileen Gallagher | 2 February 2011 | 5.54 | ||
| 92 | "Episode 12" | Jill Robertson | Ann McManus & Eileen Gallagher | 9 February 2011 | 5.44 | ||
| 93 | "Episode 13" | Fraser MacDonald | Carol Ann Docherty & Aileen Goss | 16 February 2011 | 5.29 | ||
| 94 | "Episode 14" | Fraser MacDonald | Paul Louge | 23 February 2011 | 5.16 | ||
| 95 | "Episode 15" | Robert Knights | Nick Hoare | 2 March 2011 | 5.53 | ||
| 96 | "Episode 16" | Robert Knights | Ellen Taylor | 9 March 2011 | 5.54 | ||
| 97 | "Episode 17" | Jon Sen | Ryan Craig | 16 March 2011 | 5.67 | ||
| 98 | "Episode 18" | Jon Sen | Liz Lake | 23 March 2011 | 5.27 | ||
| 99 | "Episode 19" | Julie Edwards | Georgia Pritchett | 30 March 2011 | 5.21 | ||
| 100 | "Episode 20" | Julie Edwards | Philip Dodds | 6 April 2011 | 5.02 | ||
DVD release
Three different box sets of the sixth series was released. The first ten episodes of the series were released on 7 February 2011,[2] and the back ten episodes were released on 20 June 2011.[3] All twenty episodes were later released together on 16 January 2012. They were released with a "15" British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) certificate (meaning it is unsuitable for viewing by those under the age of 15 years).[4]
References
- ^ a b "Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018)". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Waterloo Road: Series Six – Autumn". British Video Association. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Waterloo Road: Series Six – Spring". British Video Association. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Waterloo Road: The Complete Series Six". British Video Association. Retrieved 2 November 2012.