Waterloo Road series 4


The fourth series of Waterloo Road, a British television school drama series created by Ann McManus and Maureen Chadwick and produced by BBC Scotland and Shed Productions, commenced airing in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2009 and concluded after 20 episodes on 20 May 2009.
Waterloo Road's fourth series aired in the United Kingdom on Wednesdays at 8:00 pm GMT on BBC One, a terrestrial television network, where it received an average of 4.76 million viewers per episode.

Plot

The show follows the lives of the teachers and the pupils at the eponymous school of Waterloo Road, a failing inner-city comprehensive, tackling a wide range of issues often seen as taboo such as steroid abuse, teenage pregnancy, childbirth, adoption, bigamy, gun violence, burn injury, homeschooling, virginity, Type 1 diabetes, breast augmentation, poverty, alcoholism and smuggling.

Premise

The fourth series picks up after the events of the third series finale, which involved a fire almost destroying the school and left the fate of several staff and pupils unknown.
The Kelly family are introduced as prominent characters this series, often referred to as the "family from hell". The family consists of alcoholic mother, Rose Kelly, and her five children, who all enrol at Waterloo Road and bring many problems with them. Later in the series, a major plot sees pupil Maxine Barlow led to tragedy after getting together with Earl Kelly.
Other plots this series include new Head of PE Rob Cleaver, who trains pupil Bolton Smilie using pills that give him an unfair advantage and more of headteacher Rachel Mason's secrets being exposed following the arrival of her sister, Melissa Ryan as well as her nephew, Phillip. Also, troubled pupil Chlo Grainger giving birth and, finally, the return of former Head of Pastoral Care Kim Campbell, who smuggles a baby girl into the country on her return from Rwanda.

Cast and characters

Staff

Pupils

Others

Recurring

Guest

  • Rachael Cairns as Tasha Lefton; Pupil
  • Naveed Choudhry as Shahid Kapoor; Pupil
  • Daniela Denby-Ashe as Jem Allen; Supply teacher
  • Elize du Toit as Heather; Presenter of the North West Schools Choir competition
  • Joe Duttine as Andy Harker; Danielle's father
  • Sheraiah Larcher as Maaka Lacey; Supply teacher
  • Conrad Nelson as Bill Willis; Songwriter and poet
  • Rupert Procter as Mr. Peters; Kyle's father
  • Jack Rigby as Kyle Peters; Pupil
  • Natalie J. Robb as Charlotte Monk; School counsellor
  • Colin Tierney as Reynold Kelly; Rose's ex-husband and Sambuca's father
  • Tom Turner as Gregory; Head of Music and Drama at Forest Mount

Episodes


DVD release

Three different box sets of the fourth series was released. The first ten episodes of the series were released on 21 September 2009, and the back ten episodes were released on 26 April 2010. All twenty episodes were later released together on 18 October 2010. They were released with a "12" British Board of Film Classification certificate.