Waterloo Road

[SophJohns]

Fucking hell what is this the Thomas show?!

Waterloo Road casts Adam Thomas's real-life son

It's a real family affair.

www.digitalspy.com

Feels a bit like it, least Donte doesn't have any brothers that we know of! Fair play to the kids if they've been casted in their own right, but there will always be that question around of whether it was name or talent - which doesn't help them either. Long run they'd probably have been better on shows like The Dumping Ground (it's BBC/lots of kids hence the suggestion) where there is that separation.

 

[Rightsaidfred]

Why has Kim changed her accent? In the old ones she had a really strong Manchester accent now she seems to be a bit yorkshire

 

[Fifah1907]

how long ago was series 1... as if an ageing app has been used

hope they keep the same theme/teacher montage for the intro

I would not have recognised Jason series one was 2006 I think because I was in my last year of primary

Treneman was in the recent series of the crown and it really threw me off

Took me half the series to figure out where tf i recognised him from

 

[Merpedy]

I’m halfway through episode 1 and I hate how obvious some of the issues they’re trying to address feel:

Spoiler: Examples

1. The whole conversation about white privilege. It felt shoved in just to be shoved in
2. I dislike that the LGBTQ+ person is always so obvious and extra. The pronoun question also felt a bit weird? Idk
3. Uniforms costing a lot of money. I’m sure they could have had a side character to explore this story with from the start?

The school also feels very small in comparison to the original series I think. There never seems to be that many students

 

[Miss.Chanandler.Bong]

Kelly Jo was on the prison series on Time and she was fab in that too

She was. I didn’t recognise her at first

 

[Kay's Good Cooking]

The school felt very small? Like scenes in hall as if that’s whole school if there’s sixth form too. Old WR was realistic with amount of extras it had.

I can’t map the school in my head. Someone on FB said parts are filmed in a studio? I don’t know how true that is tho

 

[Miss.Chanandler.Bong]

Ah yes, It was playing on my mind all episode. Took me ages to recognise Natasha/Coral too

It took me a while to recognise Noel one of the boys. He was involved in Seb’s attack in corrie

 

[Miss.Chanandler.Bong]

Why is the school so small? It doesn’t look right

 

[user12342626367374]

I imagine they're filing ten at a time, as they usually film two episodes together. I am a bit surprised they're not making more use out of the longer days though, I remember being told it was a real pain in the winter months filming due to the short days.

The original first season was 8 so maybe they’ll reflect that.

 

[user12342626367374]

Do we reckon its going to be named like 'waterloo road future' something stupid abit different. also i hope it isnt based in scotland

pretty sure they’ve confirmed it’s in Manchester

 

[Kat5998]

 

[GossWhore]

I'm on season 9 because I was watching it on YouTube but now it's on BBC iplayer

Quite sure they are bringing Bad Girls on YouTube

Loved Waterloo Road. It was never the same after all they went to Scotland. It was also never the same after Rachel Mason left, best Headteacher Waterloo Road ever had!

Spoiler: Spoiler death

It wasn't the same when Tom died

 

[Laurst]

Really looking forward to this, although like other posters I'm probably a bit old now. Had a serious crush on Mr Clarkson, was gutted when they killed him off. Bring back Mr Rimmer - I found him attractive as well!

 

[nohopefletcher]

I wonder if Kim will be back for next series. I think it might be they’ve brought her back to keep similarities from the old series and encourage viewers who previously watch to watch now. But I think they’ll bring in a new head for next term.

deputy Joe reminds me of Chris mead

She hasn’t left she has been on set filming for over a year

 

[butterfliesandhurricanes]

My entire school were in extras in the first series , I might pop it on just to spot everyone I know or knew back then .
This thread has reminded me , the guy who played jack. I use to watch him in a hairdressing program I think it was called cutting it ?? If anybody else can remember that ? I may have got the title wrong …

yesss I used to watch that! With Amanda Holden too

 

[lozza96]

The 2nd episode cheered me up after the first episode slightly becasue of who comes back

 

[SophJohns]

She's onset before Adam then, pretty sure he has said he doesn't start until next week.

 

[lookwhatthecatdraggedin1]

Can’t believe i’ve binge watched it all already season 2 please BBC

 

[lozza96]

It's out

 

[nohopefletcher]

Watched the first episode last night, and like others have said, it dragged.

The thing that annoys me the most is how it just doesn’t properly resemble a modern day school. Where are the school governors? Why isn’t it an academy like 90% of today’s secondary schools are? Even in last night’s episode, the teacher just dumped a practice essay on his students without forewarning them a few lessons prior. That simply doesn’t happen in a modern day school. Why do none of the teachers seem to specialise in a specific subject? Today, unless a school is poorly funded, you don’t get a history teacher filling in for a PE teacher. Why isn’t there a designated student support department? Students today can’t just skip class and leave school grounds. Also you can’t just take students out of their classes for a charity football match like we witnessed in last night’s episode. Headteachers can’t just swing by your house either.

Even the children don’t properly resemble modern day teenagers but just adopt the stereotypes associated with Gen Z that are portrayed in the media. This “Free Danny Lewis” bollocks simply wouldn’t happen in a school because today’s generation aren’t anywhere near as morally righteous as the media likes to portray. Why are all the kids a part of the assemble cast portrayed as gobby, badly-behaved and low attaining?

As viewers why aren’t we learning more about these characters? For example, what subjects do they struggle in and whether or not they’ll be able to attain the grades they wish? At this point, it feels like the school is merely a set piece because it bares no relevance to any of the plot lines.

Quite a lot of what you said isn’t true lol I only left school last year and teachers do cover lessons I had a music teacher for re for a full year lol

And if you watch the other episodes there’s a meeting with governors quite a few times

We had charity football matches a few times a year wasn’t a big deal

And teachers did come to your house not offer but it did happen

If you haven’t been to school in the last few years then you obviously wouldn’t understand but it genuinely is what schools are like lol