Waterloo Road series 7

Plot

The show follows the lives of the teachers and the pupils at the eponymous school of Waterloo Road, a failing inner-city comprehensive.

Cast and characters

Staff

• Amanda Burton as Karen Fisher; Headteacher (10 episodes)
• William Ash as Christopher "Chris" Mead; Deputy Headteacher and Science teacher (10 episodes)
• Jason Done as Tom Clarkson; Head of English later Deputy Headteacher and English teacher (30 episodes)
• Philip Martin Brown as Grantly Budgen; Acting Head of English (30 episodes)
• Mark Benton as Daniel "Chalky" Chalk; Maths teacher (29 episodes)
• Chelsee Healey as Janeece Bryant; School secretary (27 episodes)
• Alec Newman as Michael Byrne; Headteacher replacing Karen Fisher (20 episodes)
• Chris Geere as Matt Wilding; returning Head of Music and Drama (20 episodes)
• Jaye Jacobs as Sian Diamond; Deputy Headteacher and Head of Science (20 episodes)
• Alex Walkinshaw as Jeremy "Jez" Diamond; Head of Physical Education (18 episodes)
• Robson Green as Rob Scotcher; Site manager (10 episodes)
• Melanie Hill as Maggie Croft; Senior Canteen Assistant (10 episodes)
• Poppy Jhakra as Eleanor Chaudry; English teacher (10 episodes)
• Sarah Hadland as Linda Radleigh; Head of English (9 episodes)
• Heather Peace as Nikki Boston; Head of English and Media Studies (8 episodes)

Pupils

• Reece Douglas as Denzil Kelly (29 episodes)
• Millie Katana as Shona Mansfield (29 episodes)
• Darcy Isa as Lauren Andrews (28 episodes)
• Hope Katana as Rhona Mansfield (28 episodes)
• Jack McMullen as Finn Sharkey (28 episodes)
• William Rush as Josh Stevenson (25 episodes)
• Shannon Flynn as Emily "Em" James (24 episodes)
• Katie McGlynn as Jodie "Scout" Allen (24 episodes)
• Ben-Ryan Davies as Ronan Burley (21 episodes)
• Kaya Moore as Phoenix Taylor (20 episodes)
• Aryana Ramkhalawon as Trudi Siddiqui (20 episodes)
• Rebecca Ryan as Vicki MacDonald (20 episodes)
• Naveed Choudhry as Tariq Siddiqui (19 episodes)
• Lee Abbate as Zack Diamond (19 episodes)
• Georgia Henshaw as Madi Diamond (19 episodes)
• George Sampson as Kyle Stack (18 episodes)
• Kane Tomlinson-Weaver as Harley Taylor (18 episodes)
• Linzey Cocker as Jess Fisher (10 episodes)
• Oliver Lee as Aiden Scotcher (10 episodes)
• Shifaa Arfann as Naseem Siddiqui (9 episodes)
• Ayesha Gwilt as Amy Porter (9 episodes)
• Ceallach Spellman as Harry Fisher (8 episodes)
• Holly Kenny as Sambuca Kelly (6 episodes)

Others

Recurring

• Elaine Symons as Rose Kelly; Sambuca and Denzil's mother and Canteen Assistant (6 episodes)
• Nicholas Gleaves as Richard Whitman; Director of Education (6 episodes)
• Robert Haythorne as Wayne Johnson; Michael's attacker (6 episodes)
• Matt Kennard as Craig O'Leary; Janeece's fiancé and con artist (6 episodes)
• Stefan Gumbs as Eugene Garvey; Gang leader (5 episodes)
• Jo-Anne Knowles as Rosie Matthews; Matt's pregnant best friend (5 episodes)
• Lisa Riley as Tina Allen; Scout's mother (4 episodes)
• Debra Stephenson as Naomi Scotcher; Rob's ex-wife and Aiden's mother (4 episodes)
• James Gaddas as Alan Dixon; Director of Education (3 episodes)
• John Thomson as Nelson Smith; Phoenix and Harley's father (3 episodes)
• Daniela Denby-Ashe as Lorraine Donnegan; Businesswoman (3 episodes)
• Ian Aspinall as Dr. Kanda; Sambuca's oncologist (2 episodes)
• Andrew McNair as Darren; Scout's drug dealer (2 episodes)
• Jonathan Wrather as Dr. Alex Stoneham; Neonatal consultant caring for Matt and Rosie's baby (2 episodes)

Guest

• Kirstie Armstrong as Ali Redback; Pupil (1 episode)
• Jane Asher as Margaret Harker; Investor (1 episode)
• Gemma Atkinson as Mandy; Businesswoman (1 episode)
• Kaine Barr as Mason Price; Pupil (1 episode)
• Mish Boyko as Danilo Babicz; Pupil (1 episode)
• Kaya Brady as Mia Willington; Woman who hires Scout as a live-in carer (1 episode)
• Daniel Brocklebank as Karl Johnson; Chair of Governors (1 episode)
• Lorraine Cheshire as Fleur Budgen; Grantly's wife (1 episode)
• Margi Clarke as Bette Mansfield; Rhona and Shona's grandmother (1 episode)
• Matthew Crompton as Simon Walker; Scout's foster father (1 episode)
• Amelia Curtis as Vanessa Cooper; Head of English candidate (1 episode)
• Louise Delamere as Marion James; Emily's mother (1 episode)
• Tupele Dorgu as Keely James; Garden centre manager (1 episode)
• Kriss Dosanjh as Mr. Siddiqui; Tariq, Trudi and Naseem's father (1 episode)
• Alicya Eyo as Sandi Mansfield; Rhona and Shona's mother (1 episode)
• Keicha Greenidge as Mercedes Garvey; Pupil and Eugene's sister (1 episode)
• Matt Greenwood as Martin Dunbar; Pupil (1 episode)
• Abigail Hardingham as Andi O'Donnell; Pupil (1 episode)
• Dominique Jackson as Evie Prior; Pupil (1 episode)
• Emily Joyce as Viv O'Donnell; Radio presenter and Andi's mother (1 episode)
• Andrew Knott as Greg Barrington; Journalist undercover as a teaching assistant (1 episode)
• Greg Kolpakchi as Yevhen Babicz; Danilo's brother (1 episode)
• Maeve Larkin as Julie Walker; Scout's foster mother (1 episode)
• Jacqueline Leonard as Pamela Dunbar; Martin's mother (1 episode)
• Tracy-Ann Oberman as Alison Drew; Schools' inspector (1 episode)
• Kai Owen as Ken Watling; Professional rugby player (1 episode)
• Samuel Holland as Grady; Josh's drug-dealing "boyfriend" (1 episode)
• Roxanne Pallett as Shelby Dixon; Pupil (1 episode)
• Paul Popplewell as Callum Pearson; Ali's abusive stepfather (1 episode)
• Jodie Prenger as Linda Wickes; Photographer (1 episode)
• Kelly Price as Sarah Diamond; Jez's ex-wife and Madi and Zack's mother (1 episode)
• Samantha Power as Sarah Pearson; Ali's mother (1 episode)
• Meriel Scholfield as Eileen Jackson; Freddie's mother (1 episode)
• Joseph Slack as Stuart Foley; Pupil (1 episode)
• Niek Versteeg as Freddie Jackson; Pupil (1 episode)

Episodes

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="100%" |- ! style="background-color: #69359C; color: #FFFFFF;" colspan="8"|Autumn Term |- ! style="background-color: #69359C; color: #FFFFFF;" | No. ! style="background-color: #69359C; color: #FFFFFF;" | Title ! style="background-color: #69359C; color: #FFFFFF;" | Directed by ! style="background-color: #69359C; color: #FFFFFF;" | Written by ! style="background-color: #69359C; color: #FFFFFF;" | Original air date ! style="background-color: #69359C; color: #FFFFFF;" | UK viewers (million) |-

Note: First appearance of Eleanor Chaudry, Rhona and Shona Mansfield, Rob and Aiden Scotcher, and Daniel Chalk.

Note: Rose Kelly returns.

Note: First appearance of Naomi Scotcher.

Note: Final appearance of Sambuca Kelly.

Note: First appearance of Jodie 'Scout' Allen. Final appearance of Rose Kelly and Naomi Scotcher.

Note: Final appearance of Christopher "Chris" Mead, Amy Porter, Karen, Jess and Harry Fisher, Rob and Aiden Scotcher, Eleanor Chaudry and Kyle Stack (until episode 21). |- ! style="background-color: #69359C; color: #FFFFFF;" colspan="8"|Spring Term |-

Norte: First appearance of Michael Byrne, Phoenix and Harley Taylor, Sian and Jez Diamond, Wayne Johnson, Tariq and Trudi Siddiqui, and Nelson Smith. Matt Wilding returns.

First appearance of Madi and Zack Diamond.

Note: First appearance of Linda Radleigh.

Note: Final appearance of Vicki MacDonald, Wayne Johnson and Ronan Burley (until episode 30). |- ! style="background-color: #69359C; color: #FFFFFF;" colspan="8"|Summer Term |-

Note: First Appearance of Naseem Siddiqui and Maggie Croft. Final Appearance of Linda Radleigh. Kyle Stack returns.

Note: First appearance of Nikki Boston

Note: Final appearance of Fleur Budgen.

Note: First appearance of Eugene Garvey.

Note: First appearance of Lorraine Donnegan. Final appearance of Jez Diamond.

Note: Final appearance of Matt Wilding, Finn Sharkey, Emily James, Lauren Andrews, Denzil Kelly, Ronan Burley, Rhona and Shona Mansfield, Trudi and Naseem Siddiqui, Eugene Garvey, Kyle Stack, Madi Diamond and Nikki Boston (all three of them until Series 8). |}

DVD release

Four box sets of the seventh series have been released. Episodes 1-10 (Autumn Term) of the series were released on 17 October 2011,. Episodes 11-20 (Spring Term) were released on 26 March 2012. Episodes 21-30 (Summer Term) were released on 10 September 2012. All episodes in one boxset were released on 8 April 2013. They were released with a "12" British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) certificate (meaning it is unsuitable for viewing by those under the age of 12 years).

References

References

1. "Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018)". [[Broadcasters' Audience Research Board]].
2. "Waterloo Road: Series Seven – Spring". British Video Association.