Waterloo Road (series 6)

The sixth series of the British school drama series ***Waterloo Road*** was shown on BBC One, It was shown from 1 September 2010 to 6 April 2011.

## 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 a missing student, adultery, bulimia nervosa, bullying, sexism, contraception, an affair between a teacher and a pupil, child pornography, homelessness, young carers, a dog attack, Alzheimer's disease, postpartum psychosis, sexual exploitation, homosexuality, xenophobia and infertility.

## Cast and characters
### Staff
* Amanda Burton as Karen Fisher; headteacher (18 episodes)
* William Ash as Christopher Mead; Deputy headteacher and Science teacher (18 episodes)
* Karen David as Francesca "Cesca" Montoya; Head of Spanish (20 episodes)
* Jason Done as Tom Clarkson; Head of English (20 episodes)
* Philip Martin Brown as Grantly Budgen; English teacher (19 episodes)
* Elizabeth Berrington as Ruby Fry; Head of Food Technology (18 episodes)
* Chelsee Healey as Janeece Bryant; School secretary (18 episodes)
* Wil Johnson as Marcus Kirby; Geography teacher (10 episodes)
* Sharlene Whyte as Adanna Lawal; Head of Pastoral Care (10 episodes)
* Ian Puleston-Davies as Charlie Fisher; Supply teacher and Karen's husband (9 episodes)

### Pupils
* Ayesha Gwilt as Amy Porter (20 episodes)
* Darcy Isa as Lauren Andrews (20 episodes)
* Linzey Cocker as Jess Fisher (19 episodes)
* Ben-Ryan Davies as Ronan Burley (19 episodes)
* Lucien Laviscount as Jonah Kirby (19 episodes)
* Jack McMullen as Finn Sharkey (19 episodes)
* William Rush as Josh Stevenson (18 episodes)
* Rebecca Ryan as Vicki MacDonald (18 episodes)
* Ceallach Spellman as Harry Fisher (17 episodes)
* Reece Douglas as Denzil Kelly (14 episodes)
* Shannon Flynn as Emily James (14 episodes)
* Anna Jobarteh as Ruth Kirby (13 episodes)
* Tina O'Brien as Bex Fisher (11 episodes)
* Holly Kenny as Sambuca Kelly (10 episodes)
* George Sampson as Kyle Stack (10 episodes)
* Scott Haining as Nate Gurney (9 episodes)

### Others
#### Recurring
* Ralph Ineson as John Fry; Ruby's husband (7 episodes)
* Ciarán Griffiths as Dylan Hodge; Bex's abusive ex-boyfriend (5 episodes)
* Lorraine Cheshire as Fleur Budgen; Grantly's wife (4 episodes)
* Susan Cookson as Maria Lucas; Charlie's mistress (3 episodes)
* Lizzie Roper as Jackie Stack; Kyle's mother (2 episodes)
* Luke Tittensor as Connor Lewis; Pupil (2 episodes)
* Denise Welch as Steph Haydock; Former French teacher (2 episodes)

#### Guest
* Qasim Akhtar as Wayne Bodley; Pupil (1 episode)
* Jodie Comer as Sarah Evans; Pupil (1 episode)
* Reece Dinsdale as Matthew Gurney; Nate's father (1 episode)
* Joe Duttine as John Adams; Chair of Governors (1 episode)
* Neil Fitzmaurice as Dave Dowling; Martin's father (1 episode)
* Kieran Hardcastle as Martin Dowling; Pupil (1 episode)
* Jo Hartley as Laura Taylor; Billie's mother (1 episode)
* Jennifer Hennessy as Claire Evans; Sarah's mother (1 episode)
* Kelli Hollis as Chantel; Vicki's roommate (1 episode)
* Radosław Kaim as Lukas Wisniewski; Caretaker (1 episode)
* Martin Kemp as Kevin Burley; Ronan's gangster father (1 episode)
* Will Mellor as Dan Hargrove; Manager of a modelling agency (1 episode)
* Emil Marwa as Han Nichols; Business entrepreneur (1 episode)
* Nadine Rose Mulkerrin as Billie Taylor; Pupil (1 episode)
* Wanda Opalinska as Susan; Manager of Fleur's care home (1 episode)
* Elaine Symons as Rose Kelly; Sambuca and Denzil's mother (1 episode)
* Kaye Wragg as Hannah Kirby; Marcus' ex-wife and Jonah and Ruth's mother (1 episode)

## Episodes

## DVD release
Three different box sets of the sixth series was released. The first ten episodes of the series were released on 7 February 2011, and the back ten episodes were released on 20 June 2011. All twenty episodes were later released together on 16 January 2012. They were released with a "15" British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) certificate (meaning it is unsuitable for viewing by those under the age of 15 years).

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