Oh no, they’re introducing a load of chavs
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Just read the first girl is Sally Webster’s daughter and sister of Phoebe Dynevor
Wonder how she got this role!
The first one reminds me a bit of Flick Mellor from series 4.
Yes same here!!!
I binged both series on the days they were released.
I’m not enjoying it anywhere near as much as I enjoyed the OG Waterloo Road.
The biggest issue for me is that it is almost taking itself too seriously? The old show was a bit camp and ridiculous, but still managed to handle hard-hitting stories amongst the exaggerated shenanigans. It has come back trying to be a “serious drama” but absolutely nobody on the cast is talented enough to pull that off.
I think someone said earlier on in the thread that it doesn’t feel like a school. The corridors aren’t busy and we don’t get to see many actual lessons nor storylines about teaching and learning. I completely agree. They may as well have set this revamp in a 6th Form college as it feels like all of the pupils are much older and more mature. You definitely got the sense that Finn Sharkey and Scout etc were 15 or 16 back in the day. This current incarnation all seem much older.
I’m not enjoying it anywhere near as much as I enjoyed the OG Waterloo Road.
The biggest issue for me is that it is almost taking itself too seriously? The old show was a bit camp and ridiculous, but still managed to handle hard-hitting stories amongst the exaggerated shenanigans. It has come back trying to be a “serious drama” but absolutely nobody on the cast is talented enough to pull that off.
I think someone said earlier on in the thread that it doesn’t feel like a school. The corridors aren’t busy and we don’t get to see many actual lessons nor storylines about teaching and learning. I completely agree. They may as well have set this revamp in a 6th Form college as it feels like all of the pupils are much older and more mature. You definitely got the sense that Finn Sharkey and Scout etc were 15 or 16 back in the day. This current incarnation all seem much older.
Finally watched the final episode of the newest series...
They went too far.
They went too far.
I’ve re-watched Series 12, giving it my full attention this time
+Topical storylines (cost of living, mental health etc.)
+Continuity from the last series/term
+Treneman’s return
+Val Chambers’ defence of the arts
+Steph/Grantly/Mica mentions
-Lack of resolution/consequences for some storylines (brush it under the rug mentality)
-Too many re-used establishing shots to that bloody instrumental
-The (supposedly explosive) Myles was a bit of a non-entity until
- his mother and Guthrie though… 
-Is Coral now an recurring character/extra?! She was my favourite character in the last series
-Every episode seems to have some ‘spectacular’ overarching initiative (Chlo wish thing, radio, ofsted, that brick-wall poetry whichever), rather than being a more character-focused ordinary school day - immediate execution without build-up
Series 13
+Topical storylines (cost of living, mental health etc.)
+Continuity from the last series/term
+Treneman’s return
+Val Chambers’ defence of the arts
+Steph/Grantly/Mica mentions
-Lack of resolution/consequences for some storylines (brush it under the rug mentality)
-Too many re-used establishing shots to that bloody instrumental
-The (supposedly explosive) Myles was a bit of a non-entity until
- his mother and Guthrie though… -Is Coral now an recurring character/extra?! She was my favourite character in the last series
-Every episode seems to have some ‘spectacular’ overarching initiative (Chlo wish thing, radio, ofsted, that brick-wall poetry whichever), rather than being a more character-focused ordinary school day - immediate execution without build-up
Series 13
I cannot believe Kim’s still head. I hope they introduce some new teachers. I see there’s a new student called Libby Guthrie… does every teacher need to be related to a student? (assuming she is a relative of the history teacher)
Scrolling through my Facebook I thought this was Kacey Barry 
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Apparently they're relocating to a new build school after the next series. Unlike the Rochdale set, there's nothing memorable about the one used for the new series imo
Does this mean it’ll blow up or something? Not more deaths
It's too small and doesn't give the right feel of a secondary school. So would be good for them to move location. And given how many schools are new builds these days, wouldn't be the worst decision to make.
Is that huge sports hall actually on-site? Are there any proper tours of the set (not the crap/over-produced iPlayer ones)
Do you think we'll get Series 13 this Autumn? By the trailer at the end of Series 12, it looks as if it's already been filmed. I also know they're now filming Series 14 in a newbuild school
I need my WR fix
I need my WR fix
Apparently it’ll be shown early next yearDo you think we'll get Series 13 this Autumn? By the trailer at the end of Series 12, it looks as if it's already been filmed. I also know they're now filming Series 14 in a newbuild school
I need my WR fix
She’s also best friends with Scarlett, so she spends time with the Thomas family too…. So, really hard to guess isn’t it? LolJust read the first girl is Sally Webster’s daughter and sister of Phoebe Dynevor
Wonder how she got this role!
I'm not at all an "anti-woke" person but I do feel that classic Waterloo Road did the social stuff without ramming it down your throat as the new one does. I just don't find it entertaining.
This is not something unique to Waterloo Road of course, I see it constantly in TV now. I feel like I grew up towards the end of the "golden era" of a lot of TV where things could just be entertaining for the sake of being entertaining. I feel like now every TV show needs to have some kind of "progressive", "woke" message which makes me sound really old I do realise that but I think the quality of a lot of things has really dropped off and they've tried to negate that with "look how progressive we are", which doesn't work.
I had exactly the same thing with Gossip Girl. The original wasn't anti-woke (I actually thought it had quite a lot of fairly progressive stuff, e.g. one of the main characters was gay) but it wasn't trying to create a message, it was just fun and poking fun at rich people and itself. I can't really see why that had to end? It's not condoning what they do or what they are like, it's just entertainment.
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He was a fairly terrible man who improved over time and learned to get better. It is called development.
The problem now is they go "oh you're gay, trans, whatever, wahey for you", I can tell you for a categorical fact that's not how it happens. Original WR was not condoning the behaviour, just being realistic.
This is not something unique to Waterloo Road of course, I see it constantly in TV now. I feel like I grew up towards the end of the "golden era" of a lot of TV where things could just be entertaining for the sake of being entertaining. I feel like now every TV show needs to have some kind of "progressive", "woke" message which makes me sound really old I do realise that but I think the quality of a lot of things has really dropped off and they've tried to negate that with "look how progressive we are", which doesn't work.
I had exactly the same thing with Gossip Girl. The original wasn't anti-woke (I actually thought it had quite a lot of fairly progressive stuff, e.g. one of the main characters was gay) but it wasn't trying to create a message, it was just fun and poking fun at rich people and itself. I can't really see why that had to end? It's not condoning what they do or what they are like, it's just entertainment.
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A young Jack O'Connell! And Jodie Comer was in it too.
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Yes but that's the point, it's realistic for the time.
He was a fairly terrible man who improved over time and learned to get better. It is called development.
The problem now is they go "oh you're gay, trans, whatever, wahey for you", I can tell you for a categorical fact that's not how it happens. Original WR was not condoning the behaviour, just being realistic.
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The girl that plays Kelly-Jo is in the second series of Time. It’s weird seeing her in such a different role
Took me a few minutes to figure out where I knew her from!
Has there been any word on when the new series of waterloo road is coming out yet?
Janruary
Took me ages to figure out who she was.