Series 6

## Series Six

The sixth series first aired on the 1st of September 2010 and finished after 20 episodes on the 6th of April 2011. The sixth series of Waterloo Road aired in the UK on Wednesdays at 8.00pm GMT on BBC One. It received an average of 5.11 million viewers per episode.

## Plot

In the first episode of the sixth series we see Chris waking up for work with a mystery girl in his bed from the night before, little does Chris know that she isn't as old as she claims to be an is a student at Waterloo Road. Not only that, but she is the new heads daughter, which leaves Chris' career hanging in the balance when all is revealed later in the series.

Karen Fisher arrives as the new head of Waterloo Road and is confident that she can change and improve Waterloo Road, however behind her confident posterior she is hiding the fact that her family is struggling with the disappearance of her eldest daughter, Bex. Bex returns to Waterloo Road and carries on as normal, however, her past is revealed when another student finds a video of her online and she is forced to tell her mother what happened. Hodge, the boy she had ran away with was using her to gain money from videos, and he finds Bex and demands she comes back to him or he'll upload a video of Jess who has also slept with Hodge not knowing exactly who he was. Bex tells Jess she is running away and the pair are held captive when Jess tries to stop Bex from leaving, the police catch up with Hodge and the girls are able to return to normality.

Also in series 6 former student Janeece Bryant returns as the new school secretary and is heavily pregnant, later in the series she gives birth to baby girl and names her Cheryl. Another returning character is former French teacher Steph Haydock, she returns for only a couple of episodes to help Grantly move his Wife, Fleur into suitable accommodation as she suffers with Dementia.

Two major storylines in this series is the affair between student Jonah Kirby and teacher Francesca Montoya, the pair fall for eachother and keep it a secret, Francesca falls pregnant and therefore hands in her resignation which reveals the affair to the school. The police are informed and Francesca is put on bail, she breaches her bail and is arrested but the pair are married before the police arrive at their wedding. Josh Stevenson also struggles with his sexuality in series six and finds it difficult to confide in his friends and family. He tries to kiss Finn and the pair fall out, when Josh first comes out as gay to Tom, Tom isn't as supportive as Josh hoped. Tom learns to accept his sons sexuality later in the series and everything carries on as it was.

In the final episode the school have planned a play named CinderFella with Sambuca and Kyle playing the main roles. Finn is not happy that Kyle with have to kiss his girlfriend Sambuca in the play and winds Kyle up purposely knowing he will lose the role and Finn will be given it. Kyle and Denzil scheme revenge with dangerous consequences. Also in the last episode Kyle convinces Denzil to perform a dangerous stunt and when Denzil nearly falls, Finn saves him which lands Finn in hospital.

## Cast of Series Five

### **Staff**

* Headteacher Karen Fisher - Played by Amanda Burton (20 eps)

* English Teacher Grantly Budgen - Played by Philip Martin Brown (20 eps)
* Head of English Tom Clarkson - Played by Jason Done (20 eps)
* School Secretary Janeece Bryant - Played by Chelsee Healey (20 eps)
* Head of Food Technology Ruby Fry - Played by Elizabeth Berrington (20 eps)
* Deputy Head and Science Teacher - Played by William Ash (20 eps)
* Supply Teacher Charlie Fisher - Played by Ian Puleston-Davies (10 eps)
* Geography Teacher Marcus Kirby - Played by Wil Johnson (12 eps)
* Head of Spanish Francesca Montoya - Played by Karen David (20 eps)
* Head of Pastoral Care Adanna Lawal - Played by Sharlene Whyte (19 eps)

### **Students**

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

### **Others**

* Grantly's wife Fleur - Played by Lorraine Cheshire (5 eps)
* Ex-Teacher Steph Haydock - Played by Denise Welch (2 eps)
* Parent Rose Kelly - Played by Elaine Symons (1 ep)
* Ruby Fry's Husband John - Played by Ralph Ineson (10 eps)
* Parent Unknown Stack - Played by Unknown (Unknown)

## DVD Release

The sixth series of Waterloo Road was released in three different box sets. The first 10 episodes were released on DVD in February 2011, and the last 10 were released on a seperate DVD in June 2011. All episodes were then released together in a DVD set in January 2012.

*Info from Waterloo Road Wikipedia*