Waterloo Road (series 3)

The third series of the British school drama series Waterloo Road was shown on BBC One, It was shown from 11 October 2007 to 13 March 2008..

 The series 
The show follows the lives of the teachers and the pupils at Waterloo Road, a failing comprehensive school.

The school has a lot of problems such as death, running away from home, prostitution, child grooming, HIV/AIDS, child abuse, homosexuality, Asperger syndrome, deportation, activism, blackmail, plagiarism and assault.

Cast and characters
Staff
 Jason Merrells as Jack Rimmer; headteacher (7 episodes)
 Neil Morrissey as Eddie Lawson; Deputy headteacher and Maths teacher (20 episodes)
 Jason Done as Tom Clarkson; Head of Pastoral Care and English teacher (20 episodes)
 Philip Martin Brown as Grantly Budgen; Head of English (20 episodes)
 Christine Tremarco as Davina Shackleton; Teaching Assistant (19 episodes)
 Shabana Bakhsh as Jasmine Koreshi; English teacher (19 episodes)
 Chris Geere as Matt Wilding; Head of Music and Drama (18 episodes)
 Denise Welch as Steph Haydock;  Head of French (18 episodes)
 Jacqueline Kington as Bridget Morley; School secretary (16 episodes)
 Eva Pope as Rachel Mason; Jack’s replacement as headteacher (14 episodes)
 Kay Purcell as Candice Smilie; Senior Canteen Assistant (9 episodes)
 Craig Fitzpatrick as Lewis Seddon; Canteen Assistant (8 episodes)

Pupils
 Lauren Drummond as Mika Grainger (20 episodes)
 Katie Griffiths as Chlo Grainger (19 episodes)
 Tachia Newall as Bolton Smilie (19 episodes)
 Tom Payne as Brett Aspinall (17 episodes)
 Lauren Thomas as Aleesha Dillon (17 episodes)
 Lucy Dixon as Danielle Harker (17 episodes)
 Adam Thomas as Donte Charles (16 episodes)
 Chelsee Healey as Janeece Bryant (16 episodes)
 Ellie Paskell as Maxine Barlow (16 episodes)
 Jessica Baglow as Karla Bentham (11 episodes)
 Zeriozha Burtt-Skeete as Celine Dixon (9 episodes) 
 Thomas Milner as Paul Langley (8 episodes)
 Zaraah Abrahams as Michaela White (4 episodes)

Others
Recurring
 Silas Carson as Stuart Hordley; Investor and Rachel's blackmailer (9 episodes)
 Chris Finch as Colin Scott; Matt's fiancé (5 episodes)
 Robert Angell as Nigel Hinchcliffe; Chair of Governors (4 episodes)
 Joel Goonan as Dominic Hammond; Pupil (4 episodes)
 Naveed Choudhry as Shahid Kapoor; Pupil (3 episodes)
 Maria Lennon as Ria Cheetham; School governor (3 episodes)
 Lorraine Cheshire as Fleur Budgen; Grantly's wife (2 episodes)
 James Rawlings as Wilson Bingham; Supply teacher (2 episodes)
 Fiona Wade as Sameen Azizi; Pupil (2 episodes)
 Sean Wilson as Darren Briggs, Sr.; Darren's father (2 episodes)
 Lee Worswick as Darren Briggs, Jr.; Pupil (2 episodes)

Guest
 Tara Berwin as Sally Froggart; Pupil (1 episode)
 Antony Edridge as Claude Legard; Investor (1 episode)
 Sally Ann Matthews as Alison Lawson; Eddie's ex-wife (1 episode)
 Steve Money as Clarence Charles; Donte's father (1 episode)
 James Varley as Ben McNulty; Pupil (1 episode)

Episodes

Autumn Term No. Title Directed by Written by Original air dateSpring Term

DVD release
Three different box sets of the third series were released. The first ten episodes were released on 2 March 2009, episodes 11–20 were released on 11 May 2009. All twenty episodes were later released together as a complete six-disc set on 24 May 2009. It has episodes such as: Autumn Term Scrap Book, Pupil Reports, Teacher Evaluation and a Spring Term Scrap Book. All box sets for the third series were released with a "12" British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) certificate (meaning people under the age of 12 years shouldn't watch it).

References

Category:2007 British television seasons
Category:2008 British television seasons
Category:Waterloo Road (TV series) seasons