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Waterloo Road
2006
Waterloo Road is a British television drama series set in a comprehensive school of the same name, first broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006, and concluding its original run on 9 March 2015. It was recommissioned in 2021, and resumed starting 9 January 2023. At the failing comprehensive school, and later academy of the same name, the professional and personal lives of the students and staff are examined. Affairs, scandals, blackmail and many, many headteachers. Who said education was easy?
Scott Haining
Actor known for BBC drama series Waterloo Road and the Mike Leigh film Peterloo.
Reece Douglas
Cast · Known for Waterloo Road
Reece Douglas is an actor, known for Waterloo Road (2006), Cleft Lip (2018) and Cruel Summer (2016).
Shane O'Meara
Shane O'Meara is an Irish actor best known for playing Connor Mulgrew in Waterloo Road and Sean Donoghue in BBC One daytime soap, Doctors. Wikipedia
Maureen Chadwick
Creator · Known for Waterloo Road
Maureen Chadwick is a writer and producer, known for Bad Girls (1999), Waterloo Road(2006) and Eldorado (1992).
Ann McManus
Creator · Known for Waterloo Road
Ann McManus is a writer and producer, known for Bad Girls (1999), Waterloo Road (2006) and Rock Rivals (2008).
Craig Fitzpatrick
Craig Fitzpatrick is an English actor, best known for his role as Lewis Seddon in Waterloo Road from 2006 - 2007. Following his acting career, Fitzpatrick gained several criminal convictions, including assault offences in the late 2000s and a prison sentence in 2020 following an incident involving a machete during a family dispute.
Alan French
Alan French is known for Soldiers of the Damned (2015), Waterloo Road (2006) and Coronation Street (1960).
Hylton Collins
Hylton Collins is known for Actors (2004), Rebels Without a Clue (2010) and Waterloo Road (2006).
Sophie Allen
Sophie Allen is an Actor known for Love Is Blind (2015), Ludwig (2024) and Waterloo Road (2006).
Mark Cameron
Mark Cameron is an actor and scriptwriter. Television credits include Waterloo Road; Eastenders; and The Roman Mysteries. Film includes D.I. Hackman in Scar Tissue (UK cinema release 2012); The Boss in The Boss (2012 Reed Festival short film winner);and Norman Hunter in The Damned United. Theatre includes the Dame in Sleeping Beauty (Salisbury Playhouse); Chancer in Mathematics of the Heart (Theatre 503); and Dorante in The Game of Love and Chance (national tour).
Alexander Lamb
Alexander Lamb is a Producer known for EastEnders (1985), Ackley Bridge (2017) and Waterloo Road (2006). He is currently at ITV and is an Executive Producer for their Happy Prince Drama Label.
Mark Benton
Mark Benton is an English actor and TV presenter known for his roles in Early Doors, Waterloo Road, Shakespeare & Hathaway and Strictly Come Dancing.
William Rush
Cast · Known for Waterloo Road
William Edward Rush (6 July 1994 – 17 December 2025) was an English actor and singer-songwriter. He was best known for portraying the role of Josh Stevenson in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2009–2013). In 2016, Rush appeared as a contestant on the thirteenth series of The X Factor.
Angela Griffin
Cast · Known for Waterloo Road
Angela Griffin is a British actress, television presenter and director who has been active on British television since the early 1990s. She is best known for her regular roles in Coronation Street, Holby City, and Waterloo Road.
Denise Welch
Cast · Known for Waterloo Road
Jacqueline Denise Welch is an English actress, television personality, writer and broadcaster. Her roles include Natalie Barnes in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, Steph Haydock in Waterloo Road, and Trish Minniver in Hollyoaks. Welch also appears as a regular panellist on the ITV chat show Loose Women.
Dare Aiyegbayo
Dare Aiyegbayo is a Writer, Screenwriter and Playwright. Since completing a Screenwriting MA at the prestigious London College of Printing Dare has written for Channel 5 and BBC continuing drama series including Eastenders and Waterloo Road. She has also written an award winning short, several unproduced features and been commissioned to develop original television drama series. In addition to her writing career Dare has worked in a Development capacity for a number of UK film companies including the award winning Vertigo Films and the BBC and served as member of the film committee for the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain. Alongside developing TV and film projects Dare is currently Writer in Residence for Papatango Theatre Company where she is writing her first play and a mentee on the 2018 WFTV membership programme.
Lucien Laviscount
Lucien Leon Laviscount (born 9 June 1992) is a British actor and recording artist best known for his portrayal of Jonah Kirby on popular BBC One drama Waterloo Road. He first came to prominence in 2007 after starring in teen dramedy Grange Hill. In 2009, Laviscount had a recurring role on iconic British soap opera Coronation Street as Ben Richardson. In 2011, he competed in the rebooted series of Celebrity Big Brother, where he became involved in a love triangle with Amy Childs and Kerry Katona. In 2012, he made the transition to recording artist with the release of his debut single "Dance With You". He was set to play the lead in the potential series Supernatural: Bloodlines, a spin-off to the CW show Supernatural, which did not get picked up. In 2015, he played a regular character, Earl Grey, in the first season of the horror comedy Scream Queens on FOX.
Iain Fletcher
Iain Fletcher is a British actor best known for his portrayal of DC Rod Skase in The Bill, a role he played from 1994 to 2000. Other television credits include Band of Brothers, Murphy's Law, Family Affairs, Holby City, Waterloo Road, Casualty, Slow Horses, and Armada: Twelve Days to Save England in which he portrayed Sir Francis Drake. He also had recurring roles in Doctors as Gary Lucas in 2013 and 2015, and EastEnders as Councillor Barker from 2025-2026. His film credits are Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man and Fuze. Stage credits include Sam Carmichael in the musical Mamma Mia! in the West End, and Bill Sikes in Cameron Mackintosh's production of Oliver!. He also played the King in The Three Musketeers at Rose Theatre Kingston. In 2021, he was in Hugh Salmon's Into Battle play at Greenwich Theatre.
Karen David
Cast · Known for Fear the Walking Dead
Karen Shenaz David (born 15 April 1979) is an Indian-born English/Canadian actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for starring as Spanish teacher Francesca 'Cesca' Montoya in Waterloo Road (2010–2011), Princess Isabella in Galavant (2015–2016), and Grace Mukherjee in Fear the Walking Dead (2019–2023). Other television credits include Cold Feet, Once Upon a Time, Legacies, Barry, and The Irrational. She has appeared in films such as Batman Begins (2005), The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008), Red Lights (2012), and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014).
Elizabeth Berrington
Elizabeth Berrington (born 3 August 1970) is an English actress and graduate of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art; she is best known for her roles as Ruby Fry in Waterloo Road, Paula Kosh in Stella, Mel Debrou in Moving Wallpaper, and Dawn Stevenson in The Syndicate. She has also featured in British television series such as The Bill, Doctor Who, The Office, Casualty, The Lakes, The Grimleys, and Rose and Maloney.
Leon Ockenden
Leon Ockenden was born in 1978 in Cornwall, England. He is an actor and director, known for Mr Selfridge (2013), Waterloo Road (2006) and Coronation Street (1960). He has been married to Vanessa Hehir since October 2010.
Philip Martin Brown
Cast · Known for Waterloo Road
Philip Martin Brown is a British actor best known for his role as cantankerous teacher Grantly Budgen across the first nine series of the BBC television series Waterloo Road.
Georgia Mackenzie
Georgia Mackenzie is a British actress whose TV credits include roles in Border Cafe, Outlaws, Hot Money, Murphy's Law and Waterloo Road. Her father Colin Mackenzie, a journalist, is the man who famously tracked down Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs in Rio. Her grandmother is writer and producer Hazel Adair, who created amongst others TV hits Compact and Crossroads. She was previously married to actor Richard Coyle and they have one child.