The fifth series of the British television drama series Waterloo Road began broadcasting on 25 October 2009, and ended on 15 July 2010 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. Due to extensive news coverage on 11 May 2010, EastEnders and Holby City were instead shown on 12 May, and Waterloo Road was postponed for two weeks, due to the already scheduled Holby City episode on 19 May. The final two episodes of the series were delayed by four weeks, due to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, airing on 14 and 15 July respectively. The fifth series achieved an average of 5.03 million viewers in the ratings. It featured one of the biggest cast changes of the show's history.
Cast and characters
Philip Martin Brown as Grantly Budgen; English Teacher
Jason Done as Tom Clarkson; Head of English
Angela Griffin as Kim Campbell; Art Teacher and Head of Pastoral Care (until episode 20)
Denise Welch as Steph Haydock; French Teacher (until episode 20)
Tachia Newall as Bolton Smilie (until episode 20)
Lauren Thomas as Aleesha Dillon (until episode 20)
Lucy Dixon as Danielle Harker (until episode 20)
Jessica Baglow as Karla Bentham (until episode 20)
Kay Purcell as Candice Smilie; Senior Canteen Assistant (until episode 5)
Thomas Milner as Paul Langley (until episode 20)
Eva Pope as Rachel Mason; Head Teacher (until episode 20)
Zaraah Abrahams as Michaela White (until episode 20)
Reece Douglas as Denzil Kelly
Holly Kenny as Sambuca Kelly
Dean Smith as Philip Ryan (until episode 20)
Darcy Isa as Lauren Andrews
William Ash as Christopher Mead ; Science Teacher and Deputy Head (episode 1 onward)
Jenna-Louise Coleman as Lindsay James (episode 1 to 9)
Shannon Flynn as Emily James (episode 1 onward)
Elizabeth Berrington as Ruby Fry; Head of Food Technology (episode 1 onward)
Sarah-Jane Potts as Jo Lipsett; Head of Modern Foreign Languages (episode 1 to 20)
Ayesha Gwilt as Amy Porter (episode 1 onward)
Phoebe Dynevor as Siobhan Mailey (episode 1 to 20)
William Rush as Josh Stevenson (episode 1 onward)
Sophie McShera as Ros McCain (episode 1 to 20)
Tom Chambers as Max Tyler; Darma Teacher(episode 1 to 10)
Vinette Robinson as Helen Hopewell; NQT English Teacher (episode 1 to 8)
Richie Jeeves as Luke Pendle (episode 1 to 10)
Rebecca Ryan as Vicki MacDonald (episode 5 to 6)
Ralph Ineson as John Fry (episode 6 to 10)
Jack McMullen as Finn Sharkey (episode 11 onward)
Steven Waddington as Adam Fleet; Healthy Schools Co-ordinator (episode 13 to 20)
Elaine Symons as Rose Kelly; Canteen Assistant (17 episodes)
Three different box sets of the fifth series were released. The first ten episodes of the series were released on 14 June 2010, and the back ten episodes were released on 27 September 2010. All twenty episodes were later released together on 23 May 2011. 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).
