Waterloo Road series 8

Waterloo Road Series 8
Waterloo Road Series 8
Series 8
No. of episodes	30
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	23 August 2012 –; 4 July 2013
Series chronology
	← Previous; Series 7 Next →; Series 9
	List of episodes

The eighth series of the British television drama series Waterloo Road began broadcasting on 23 August 2012, and ended on 4 July 2013 on BBC One. It consisted of thirty episodes. The series follows the lives of the faculty and pupils of the Eponymous school, a failing inner-city school. While a comprehensive school in all other series, Waterloo Road is a privately funded independent school for the majority of the eighth series. Production also relocated to Greenock, Scotland beginning with this series.

Cast and characters

Philip Martin Brown as Grantly Budgen
Jason Done as Tom Clarkson (until episode 30)^[1]
Chelsee Healey as Janeece Bryant (until episode 6)
Tachia Newall as Bolton Smilie (episode 16 only)
William Rush as Josh Stevenson (until episode 7, episode 24)
George Sampson as Kyle Stack (episode 30 only)
Mark Benton as Daniel Chalk (until episode 20)
Katie McGlynn as Jodie 'Scout' Allen (until episode 20)
Alec Newman as Michael Byrne (until episode 28)^[1]
Jaye Jacobs as Sian Diamond (until episode 19)
Naveed Choudhry as Tariq Siddiqui (until episode 10)
John Thomson as Nelson Smith (episode 12 only)
Kane Tomlinson-Weaver as Harley Taylor
Kaya Moore as Phoenix Taylor (until episode 12)
Georgia Henshaw as Madi Diamond (until episode 8)
Melanie Hill as Maggie Croft/Budgen
Heather Peace as Nikki Boston (episode 11 onwards)
Daniela Denby-Ashe as Lorraine Donnegan (until episode 28)^[1]
Alex Norton as Gerard Findlay (episode 1 to 5)
Paige Meade as Jade Fleming (episode 1 to 20)
Benjamin Gur as Angus Hancock (episode 1 to 8)
Georgie Glen as Audrey McFall (episode 1 onward)
Laurie Brett as Christine Mulgrew (episode 1 onward)
Shane O'Meara as Connor Mulgrew (episode 1 onward)
Rebecca Craven as Rhiannon Salt (episode 1 onward)
Kirstie Steele as Imogen Stewart (episode 1 onward)
Marlene Madenge as Lula Tsibi (episode 1 onward)
Ron Donachie as Billy Byrne (episode 4 to 10)
Adiza Shardow as Liberty Gordon (episode 5 to 30)
Tommy Lawrence Knight as Kevin Skelton/Chalk (episode 8 onward)
Victoria Bush as Sonya Donnegan (episode 9 onward)
Carl Au as Barry Barry (episode 11 onward)
Zöe Lucker as Carol Barry (episode 11 to 13, 19, 28 to 29)
Abby Mavers as Dynasty Barry (episode 11 onward)
Brogan Ellis as Kacey Barry (episode 11 onward)
Taylor Rhys as Jack McAllister (episode 11 to 30)
Richie Campbell as Ndale Kayuni (episode 21 to 27)
Jody Latham as Steve-O Malone (episode 23 to 26)
Daniela Nardini as Esther Fairclough (episode 25 to 28)
Angus Deayton as George Windsor (episode 27 onward)
Richard Mylan as Simon Lowsley (episode 29 onward)
Elizabeth Tan as Princess Windsor (episode 29 only)

Episodes

Autumn Term
#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (million)^[2]
131	"New Beginnings"	Paul Murphy	Ann McManus & Eileen Gallagher	23 August 2012 (2012-08-23)	4.44
132	"Spirit Child"	Paul Murphy	Paul Logue	30 August 2012 (2012-08-30)	4.05
133	"Troubled Waters"	Diakin Marsh	Jake Riddell	6 September 2012 (2012-09-06)	4.47
134	"Read My Lips"	Diakin Marsh	Jake Riddell	13 September 2012 (2012-09-13)	4.35
135	"Future Proof"	Paul Cotter	Sally Tatchell	20 September 2012 (2012-09-20)	4.16
136	"We Need to Talk About Cheryl"	Paul Cotter	Gabbie Asher	27 September 2012 (2012-09-27)	4.31
137	"A Woman Scorned"	Fraser MacDonald	Chris Murray	4 October 2012 (2012-10-04)	N/A^{[N 1]}
138	"The Price of Love"	Fraser MacDonald	David McManus	11 October 2012 (2012-10-11)	N/A^{[N 1]}
139	"Skin Deep"	Roberto Bangura	Chris Bucknall	18 October 2012 (2012-10-18)	4.26
140	"Paradise Lost"	Roberto Bangura	Liz Lake	25 October 2012 (2012-10-25)	N/A^{[N 1]}
Spring Term
141	"Bad Boy"	Steve Brett	Viv Adam	3 January 2013 (2013-01-03)^[3]	N/A^{[N 1]}
142	"Whole Lotto Trouble"	Steve Brett	Paul Mousley	10 January 2013 (2013-01-10)^[4]	N/A^{[N 1]}
143	"A Woman's Worth"	Fiona Walton	Graham Mitchell	17 January 2013 (2013-01-17)^[5]	N/A^{[N 1]}
144	"Sins of the Father"	Fiona Walton	Paul Farrell	24 January 2013 (2013-01-24)^[5]	N/A^{[N 1]}
145	"Mr. Chalks's Waterloo"	Nigel Douglas	Chris Murray	31 January 2013 (2013-01-31)^[5]	N/A^{[N 1]}
146	"Sanctuary"	Nigel Douglas	Davey Jones	7 February 2013 (2013-02-07)^[5]	N/A^{[N 1]}
147	"Baby Be Mine"	Jamie Annett	Philip Dodds	14 February 2013 (2013-02-14)^[5]	N/A^{[N 1]}
148	"Man of the Match"	Jamie Annett	Katie Douglas	21 February 2013 (2013-02-21)^[5]	4.38
149	"Spartacus"	David Holroyd	David McManus	28 February 2013 (2013-02-28)^[5]	N/A^{[N 1]}
150	"Paradise Found"	David Holroyd	Liz Lake	7 March 2013 (2013-03-07)^[5]	4.75
Summer Term
151	"Nowhere to Run"	Daniel Wilson	Viv Adams	2 May 2013 (2013-05-02)^[6]	4.16
152	"Princess of the Spices"	Daniel Wilson	Keith Brumpton	9 May 2013 (2013-05-09)^[7]	3.22 (overnight)
153	"Grandmaster"	Craig Pickles	Kim Millar	16 May 2013 (2013-05-16)^[8]	2.73 (overnight)
154	"Tan-Tastic"	Craig Pickles	Liz Lake	23 May 2013 (2013-05-23)^[9]	2.87 (overnight)
155	"Love Hurts"	Patrick Harkins	David McManus	29 May 2013 (2013-05-29)^[10]	3.64
156	"Revenge"	Patrick Harkins	Paul Mousley	6 June 2013 (2013-06-06)^[11]	2.48 (overnight)
157	"Sugar Mummy"	Roberto Bangura	Paul Logue	13 June 2013 (2013-06-13)^[12]	3.12 (overnight)
158	"Journey's End"	Roberto Bangura	Stephen McAteer	20 June 2013 (2013-06-20)^[13]	2.82 (overnight)
159	"The Adrian Pile Show"	Roberto Bangura	Liz Lake	26 June 2013 (2013-06-26)^[14]	2.46 (overnight)
160	"Hero"	Dermot Boyd	Paul Farrell	4 July 2013 (2013-07-04)^[15]	2.78 (overnight)

DVD release

The Autumn Term (episodes 1–10) was released on 4 February 2013.^[16] The Spring Term (episodes 11–20) was released on 3 June 2013.^[17] The Summer Term (episodes 21-30) was released on 7 October 2013.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k The episode did not appear in the top 30 viewings on the BARB website

References

[BARB-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k The episode did not appear in the top 30 viewings on the BARB website

[digitalspy.co.uk-1] ttp://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s24/waterloo-road/news/a471966/waterloo-road-exit-for-tom-clarkson-confirmed.html

[Audience-2] "Weekly Top 30 Programmes (See relevant weeks)". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[4] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/search/?medium=tv&channel=BBC_ONE&yearweek=&day=6

[5] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/02/waterloo-road.html

[bbc.co.uk-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/03/waterloo-road.html

[7] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/18/waterloo-road.html

[8] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/19/waterloo-road.html

[9] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/20/waterloo-road.html

[10] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/21/waterloo-road.html

[11] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/22/waterloo-road.html

[12] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/23/waterloo-road.html

[13] ttp://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s24/waterloo-road/spoilers/a484037/s08e27-sonya-could-ruin-audreys-wedding.html

[14] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/25/waterloo-road.html

[15] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/25/waterloo-road.html

[16] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/25/waterloo-road.html

[17] "Waterloo Road: Series 8 - Autumn". Acorn. Retrieved 23 December 2012.

[18] ttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Waterloo-Road-Eight-Spring-Term/dp/B00BQX08BG/ref=sr_1_35?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1363009610&sr=1-35

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