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Waterloo Road
Season 9
Promotional image for Series 9
Starring
No. of episodes20
Release
Original networkBBC One
BBC One HD
Original release5 September 2013 (2013-09-05) –
12 March 2014 (2014-03-12)
Series chronology
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Series 10
List of episodes

The ninth series of the British television drama series Waterloo Road began airing on 5 September 2013 on BBC One and ended on 12 March 2014. The series follows the lives of the staff and pupils of the eponymous school, a troubled Scottish comprehensive school.[1] It consists of twenty episodes. This series also marks the departure of Grantly Budgen (Philip Martin Brown), the last of the original cast members.

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 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

See also: List of Waterloo Road episodes
Autumn Term
No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date UK viewers
(million)[2]
161"Beyond the Call of Duty"Patrick HarkinsLiz Lake5 September 2013 (2013-09-05)N/A (<4.01)[a]
162"Sue Spark's Bad Day"Patrick HarkinsJaden Clark12 September 2013 (2013-09-12)N/A (<3.76)[a]
163"The Madness of King Windsor"Roberto BanguraPaul Mousley19 September 2013 (2013-09-19)N/A (<3.61)[a]
164"Text Rated"Roberto BanguraKaren Laws26 September 2013 (2013-09-26)N/A (<3.86)[a]
165"Crossing the Line"David Innes EdwardsPaul Farrel3 October 2013 (2013-10-03)N/A (<3.84)[a]
166"Grantly's Perfect Poetry"David Innes EdwardsDavid McManus10 October 2013 (2013-10-10)N/A (<3.78)[a]
167"Lies Mothers Tell"Craig PicklesKelly Jones17 October 2013 (2013-10-17)N/A (<3.97)[a]
168"Don't Mention the War"Craig PicklesKeith Brumpton24 October 2013 (2013-10-24)N/A (<4.07)[a]
169"Father Figure"Jamie AnnettViv Adam31 October 2013 (2013-10-31)N/A (<3.94)[a]
170"Happy Ever After"Jamie AnnettChris Murray7 November 2013 (2013-11-07)N/A (<3.94)[a]
Spring Term
171"Bad Girl"Audrey CookeWendy Granditer8 January 2014 (2014-01-08)N/A (<4.60)[a]
172"Sugar Daddy"Audrey CookeLauren Klee15 January 2014 (2014-01-15)N/A (<4.40)[a]
173"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"Fiona WaltonMatthew Barry22 January 2014 (2014-01-22)N/A (<4.29)[a]
174"Suspicious Minds"Fiona WaltonCat Jones29 January 2014 (2014-01-29)N/A (<4.48)[a]
175"Out of Bounds"Richard PlattAnn Marie Di Mambro5 February 2014 (2014-02-05)N/A (<4.60)[a]
176"A Bolt from the Blue"Richard PlattDavid McManus12 February 2014 (2014-02-12)N/A (<4.72)[a]
177"Nowhere to Run"Alex KalymniosAnn McManus & Diane Burrows19 February 2014 (2014-02-19)N/A (<4.55)[a]
178"Dynasty's Choice"Alex KalymniosKaren Laws26 February 2014 (2014-02-26)N/A (<4.71)[a]
179"End of the Road"Patrick HarkinsCat Jones5 March 2014 (2014-03-05)N/A (<4.52)[a]
180"New Highs, New Lows"Patrick HarkinsAlexander Lamb12 March 2014 (2014-03-12)N/A (<4.40)[a]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Not reported in the weekly top 30 programmes for BBC One.

References

  1. ^ "'Waterloo Road': Series nine launch date confirmed". Digital Spy. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018)". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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