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Waterloo Road (series 8)

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Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Original network
  
BBC One

No. of episodes
  
30

Original release
  
23 August 2012 (2012-08-23) – 4 July 2013 (2013-07-04)

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. 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.

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Cast and characters

  • Philip Martin Brown as Grantly Budgen; English Teacher, Housemaster
  • Jason Done as Tom Clarkson; English Teacher, Deputy Head (until episode 30)
  • Chelsee Healey as Janeece Bryant; Secretary (until episode 6)
  • Tachia Newall as Bolton Smilie; Ex-Pupil (episode 16 only)
  • William Rush as Josh Stevenson; Pupil (until episode 7, episode 24)
  • George Sampson as Kyle Stack; Pupil (episode 30 only)
  • Mark Benton as Daniel Chalk; Maths Teacher (until episode 20)
  • Katie McGlynn as Jodie 'Scout' Allen; Pupil (until episode 20)
  • Lisa Riley as Tina Allen; Parent (episode 19-20)
  • Alec Newman as Michael Byrne; Head Teacher (until episode 28)
  • Jaye Jacobs as Sian Diamond; Science Teacher, Deputy Head (until episode 19)
  • Naveed Choudhry as Tariq Siddiqui; Pupil (until episode 10)
  • John Thomson as Nelson Smith; Parent (episode 12 only)
  • Kaya Moore as Phoenix Taylor; Pupil (until episode 12)
  • Kane Tomlinson-Weaver as Harley Taylor; Pupil
  • Georgia Henshaw as Madi Diamond; Pupil (episode 2 to episode 8)
  • Melanie Hill as Maggie Budgen (née Croft); Senior Canteen Assistant, Housemistress
  • Heather Peace as Nikki Boston; Head of PRU, Deputy Head (episode 11 onward)
  • Daniela Denby-Ashe as Lorraine Donnegan; School Benefactor (until episode 28)
  • Alex Norton as Gerard Findlay; Head Teacher of Havelock High (episode 1 to 5)
  • Paigey Cakey as Jade Fleming; Pupil (episode 1 to 20)
  • Georgie Glen as Audrey McFall; Head of History Teacher (episode 1 onward)
  • Laurie Brett as Christine Mulgrew; Head of English Teacher, Head Teacher(episode 1 onward)
  • Rebecca Craven as Rhiannon Salt; Pupil (episode 1 onward)
  • Benjamin Gur as Angus Hancock; Pupil (episode 1 to 8)
  • Shane O'Meara as Connor Mulgrew; Pupil, later Imogen's husband (episode 1 onward)
  • Kirstie Steele as Imogen Stewart; Pupil, later Connor's wife (episode 1 onward)
  • Marlene Madenge as Lula Tsibi; Pupil (episode 1 onward)
  • Ron Donachie as Billy Byrne; Michael's Father (episode 4 to 10)
  • Jenny Ryan as Sally Stewart; Parent (episode 4, episode 13, episode 29)
  • Adiza Shardow as Liberty Gordon; Pupil (episode 5 to 30)
  • Tommy Lawrence Knight as Kevin Chalk (previously Skelton); Pupil (episode 8 onward)
  • Victoria Bush as Sonya Donnegan; Personal Assistant to Michael (episode 9 onward)
  • Carl Au as Barry Barry; Pupil (episode 11 onward)
  • Zöe Lucker as Carol Barry; Parent (episode 11 to 13, 19, 28 to 29)
  • Abby Mavers as Dynasty Barry; Pupil (episode 11 onward)
  • Brogan Ellis as Kacey Barry; Pupil (episode 11 onward)
  • Taylor Rhys as Jack McAllister; Pupil (episode 11 to 30)
  • Richie Campbell as Ndale Kayuni; Handyman (episodes 21 to 27)
  • Daniela Nardini as Esther Fairclough; Acting Head of Science (episodes 25-28)
  • Jody Latham as Stevo Malone; Dynasty's Former Boyfriend (episodes 23-26)
  • Shaun Prendergast as Robert Bain; Head of Education (episode 27 to 28)
  • Angus Deayton as George Windsor; Modern Foreign Languages Teacher (episode 27 onward)
  • Elizabeth Tan as Princess Windsor; George's Wife (episode 29 only)
  • Richard Mylan as Simon Lowsley; English Teacher and Deputy Head (episode 29 onward)

    • DVD release

    The Autumn Term (episodes 1–10) was released on 4 February 2013. The Spring Term (episodes 11–20) was released on 3 June 2013. The Summer Term (episodes 21–30) was released on 7 October 2013. The Complete Series Eight was released on 15 September 2014.

    References

    Waterloo Road (series 8) Wikipedia
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