thats a bit harsh Dawn!!! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessie Wallace
i think he should be with Izzie as i prefetr her character
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thats a bit harsh Dawn!!! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessie Wallace
i think he should be with Izzie as i prefetr her character
Harsh but true Bryan, she could do so much better than him.
i just read in the paper that head teachers are complaining about it saying its unrealistic and portrays all schools in a negative light!i think thats ridiculous i mean its just a tv programme for goodness sake!anyone else think they pretty much need to get a life?
omg how stupid is that! it isnt showing that all schools are like that, and i dont think its unrealistic as some schools are as bad as that. i bet the heads that are complaining are the ones who have awful schools!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crazy Gal 88
anyway, going back to the programme, i thought the second epi was great, they have a good bunch of really great actors and actresses, im hooked, i cant wait til next week
i think waterloo road is fantastic.
i think he should be with izzie
i think tom should be with Izzie
Waterloo Road is on of the best drama's on tv at the moment
Wow!! I never watched this before but it was well good!! :eek:
Anyone, someone, please what happened in today episode, i forgot to record it
lorna had an abortion but told tom she had a miscarriage
a girl gave birth in the school
Last nights was fab! I am completly hooked on this show fab stuff x-x-x
Here's a bit about it if people are new to the show:
Waterloo Road Comprehensive is on the scrap heap. It can be found very near the bottom of every league table there is. Its despondent teachers have given up trying to make a difference as they struggle to cope with their own personal problems as well as their nightmare day jobs. When the current Headmaster has a nervous breakdown, Jack Rimmer (Jason Merrells) is reluctantly thrown into the hot seat.
He recruits optimistic, educational zealot Andrew Treneman (Jamie Glover) who wants to give up his comfortable private school job to bring the benefits of his elite educational experience to Waterloo Road.
Together with feisty Guidance Head Kim Campbell (Angela Griffin) the three teachers - all committed in their very different ways - set to turn round Waterloo Road, painful step by painful step.
Meanwhile English teacher Tom Clarkson's (Jason Done) life is in a mess. He's about to be married to live-in girlfriend and fellow teacher Lorna Dickey (Camilla Power) and can't face telling her he is no longer in love. But much worse, he has fallen for Lorna's closest friend - drama teacher Izzie Redpath (Jill Halfpenny).
Man-eating French teacher Steph Haydock (Denise Welch) is delighted Jack Rimmer has been promoted - she's always fancied him but now he's headmaster, his powerful, manly charms are impossible to resist.
INTERESTING FACTS ON "WATERLOO ROAD"
The key creator and writer behind Waterloo Road is Shed Production's own Creative Director, Ann McManus. Education is a subject close to Ann's heart. Before landing a job as a television writer, helping create Footballers' Wives and Bad Girls Ann taught English for five years in some of Glasgow's toughest comprehensive schools.
The school used for the fictional Waterloo Road is situated in the heart of a housing estate in Rochdale. It used to be a middle school and was used as an infant school prior to the production team moving in. They had to empty out the tiny chairs and desks to transform it into Waterloo Road Comprehensive.
Creating the show . . .
Paul Rowan, the show's designer, designed the Waterloo Road Crest and it was down to Producer Claire Phillips to choose a school motto. They came across ' Ex Nihilo Omnia' - meaning Everything From Nothing. It was thought this was quite appropriate both in terms of the story they were telling but also from a production point of view.
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Waterloo Road, BBC1, Thursdays @ 9pm - MIMO (Miss It Miss Out!) :cartman:
the shows actually at 8pm - just in case you dont want to missit - youll be dispponte dif you do!
I've already added it to the soapboards calendar, if that helps!!
a new girl started at the school, she was pregnant and accused jack of being the father. she tried to blackmail jack by asking for 10 grand. it turned out the father of the baby was actually an expupil of the school who wanted revenge on jack for expelling him. the girl gave birth in toms classroom. chlo skipped school to go and see holly in hospital. they introduced houses into the school. lorna went for an abortion cos she thought tom didnt want the baby, izzy went with her and tried to talk her out of it, but lorna went through with it anyway. she went home and told tom she had had a miscarriage, tom however had decided that he did actually want the baby after seeing the girl give birth and assumed it was all his fault that lorna had miscarried. izzy told jimmy that she was going to make sure he wasnt allowed to see the kids againQuote:
Originally Posted by Jessie Wallace
Thanks, bit late now tho, i've downloaded it now, so i've seen it!!
oh sorry, i didnt see it til yesterday and then forgot to write it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessie Wallace
That's ok. you weren't to know. Least anyone else now who missed it also knows what happened.
Wow this is a brilliant show, totally gripping from start to finnish.
where did you download it from
erm, i can't post it on here, but if you e-mail me i'll let you know.
but what is your email addressQuote:
Originally Posted by Jessie Wallace
You've just added me to your hotmail. Well i've just accepted something for someone with a name like yours!!
i want on it and it said something like i couldnt have it
Well, i've e-mail you for the address that the msn just gave me for you, so i hope you got it. Any way we'll get told off in a min, for talking about it in this thread!!
Did you see it this week?
'Waterloo Road' given second series'
New education drama Waterloo Road has been recommissioned for a second series.
BBC drama controller Jane Tranter has ordered 12 more episodes of the Rochdale-based show, a 50% increase on the first series of eight - four of which are still to air.
The drama has pulled in solid numbers for BBC One in its Thursday 8pm slot, with an average of 4.8 million viewers each week.
A spokeswoman for production company Shed told DS: We're delighted with the success of the first series so far and we're thrilled to have a second series commissioned."
Oh yey another series, oh that is good i love waterloo road its brill :cheer:
cant wait waterloo road is great
i love it. i like donte and clo the best and izzy
didnt think i wud like this show but i gave it a chance and its great:)
Waterloo Road is one of the best shows i,ve watched in a long time.
i totally agree tasha - im so glad its been given a second series!wouldn't mind there being a third and fourth either!!!lol
I have to agree with every one on this, I like it, PArts of it actually remind me of grange hill back in the day.
And as for some schools complaining that it is helping to make them all look bad and is not true to life. This is exactly what my school was like, covered in graffiti and kids smoking , fighting, skipping class and all that i was a bit like clo at school. and my younger brothers sais its still like that 10 years on !so just shows there are schools out there like this.
i've never watched this but after reading through this i think i'll watch it tonight. will i be able to follow it by only starting tonight.
What's that song that was just played near the end?? I know it but I just can't think!! :mad: :(
Oh also, I thought i'd give this show a go for the first time tonight as everyone gave it positive reviews. And I have to say... I loved it! :cheer:
Shall definitely be tuning in next week! :cool:
Wow, a new series, that's excellent news, i miss all the good things when i go away!!
i recorded it last night and watched a few mins of it. what is the houses thing?
erm in the school they have set up a house system where all the pupils are in one of the 4 houses, you can get points for your house for doing good work and stuff. not really sure how else to explain it, we had a house system similar to it when i was in junior schoolQuote:
Originally Posted by Skits
i really really hate that teacher who was being horrible to the boy and that other teach i dont know there names but people shud know who i mean if they say it!