Wept? I was keeping kleenex in business last night. What a fantastic episode.
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Wept? I was keeping kleenex in business last night. What a fantastic episode.
Oh I went thru some tissues too, omg, it was TOUCHING,, the guy playing Grantly ( Phillip something ) showed such raw emotion,, it just wrenched my heartQuote:
Originally Posted by moonstorm
Yeah it was sad that Grantly's wife died,maybe now he might have a relationship with her that works in the kitchens.
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Originally Posted by N.Fan
he loved his wife alot, I think he will have proper mourning time before he has a THING with the lunch lady,,,but again with TV shows who knows,,
Waterloo Road star Philip Martin Brown has spoken of how epilepsy almost destroyed his theatre career.
The actor, best known for playing strict teacher Grantly Budgen on the BBC One show, was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy at the age of 19. He later had to quit the stage as his seizures became increasingly frequent.
Brown told The Sun that doctors finally cleared him for successful brain surgery 15 years after he was first diagnosed.
"Epilepsy affected my life, my career, everything," he explained. "It took away a lot of confidence because I never knew where it would happen or who I would be with."
Recalling one occasion when he suffered a seizure on stage, Brown continued: "I'm told the cast covered for me and the audience didn't know. I suppose it looked like I had gone blank and started to do odd things. Once that happened, I realised that I couldn't continue on stage."
He added: "Now that I'm seizure-free, you can't keep me away. I was in panto last year and in the West End, which is fantastic after all those years that the door was firmly closed."
Brown spoke out as part of his support for Young Epilepsy, which offers help to youngsters who have the condition.
The 55-year-old is currently appearing in the seventh series of Waterloo Road and begins filming a new run next month, when the show relocates to Scotland.
Glad he made a full recovery.
Waterloo Road stars Jaye Jacobs and Alec Newman have launched the drama's move to Scotland.
The upcoming eighth series of the school drama has been relocated from Rochdale to Greenock's former Academy, and Jacobs said that she is looking forward to begin filming.
"It's incredibly exciting," the former Holby City actress told The Scottish Sun. "We've just had our first tour of the new school and it looks fantastic.
"There's a real buzz about the place and I just can't wait to start shooting next week."
Jacobs - who plays deputy head Sian Diamond - explained that she instantly agreed to join several other cast members for the move to Scotland, and is excited about the changes that will improve the series.
"I jumped at the chance. To get to travel and explore new places is so exciting. I can't wait to get to know Greenock and Glasgow.
"And in terms of the show, I've read the first two scripts and they are incredibly powerful. They really are Waterloo Road at its very best and the viewers are in for some real surprises. They're very exciting, especially the youth stories."
On her character Sian's upcoming storylines, she added: "Sian has been through a really tough time in her personal life - and once her marriage breaks down she has no hesitation in making the move to Scotland. It'll be a really fresh start for her."
The soap's move to Scotland will occur after new character Lorraine Donnegan - (My Family's Daniela Denby-Ashe) - convinces headteacher Michael Byrne (Alec Newman) to run a new independent school.
Eileen Gallagher, CEO of Shed Productions, explained: "Michael comes up to Scotland with a lot of passion. His vision for the school is that he wants every kid to be able to come in and give them a quality education.
"So we won't find the tone of the children changing. We won't suddenly find they become a lot of posh kids. It will feel like a comprehensive, it's a non-fee paying school."
She added: "Michael has to convince key staff to come to Scotland. But he also doesn't want to abandon pupils who are about to sit exams. So he offers to bring about half a dozen of them with him and puts them up in a boarding house next to the school. Therefore we maintain the continuity."
The BBC recently rejected claims that Waterloo Road had glamorised knives in particular storylines.
It's about time more dramas were being made in Scotland,hopefully there will be more Scottish actors involved in the new series.:)
Wednesday, 18th April
It’s the day of Scout’s wedding to asylum seeking pupil Danilo and she is having doubts - but her mum persuades her to go through with it.
At school Scout becomes jealous when Danilo flirts with Em, and calls the wedding off. Later Danilo convinces Scout that he does like her and he thought she didn’t like him. Scout decides to go ahead with the marriage even though Phoenix tries to persuade her not to. When Danilo fails to show up to football practice, Phoenix lets slip to Tom about the marriage and it’s a race against time to find the happy couple.
Meanwhile, Finn is pressured into committing an act of retaliation on Tariq’s gang. Michael is forced to install extra security measures at the school due to the escalating gang violence. But when the funding is cut and he approaches the LA to find out why, he discovers the future of the school is under threat.
Elsewhere, Lorraine continues to chase Michael about her job offer, Zak struggles with his identity now that his father has gone and Maggie and Grantly take their relationship to the next level.
Taggart star Alex Norton has been cast in the new series of Waterloo Road.
The actor will play the headmaster of a rival private school who clashes with Waterloo Road head Michael Byrne (Alec Newman) when the school drama moves to Scotland.
Gaynor Holmes, acting head of drama for BBC Scotland and executive producer of Waterloo Road, told the Sunday Mail: "Alex will be joining as the character Gerard Findlay, the headmaster of rival school Havelock High.
"He has a very different philosophy to *teaching from Michael and they are going to clash and butt heads. A lot of the local pupils will be attracted to Waterloo Road at the expense of the roll call at Havelock and that's going to get right up his nose.
"So, you have two strong headmasters with very different approaches to teaching on the same patch and that is going to cause friction. Alex is brilliant. He's not just a well-loved Scottish actor but is also known across the UK."
The set is moving to Scotland from Rochdale as part of the BBC's commitment to producing drama around the country. The move will be written into the show, with headmaster Michael setting up an *independent school in Scotland, funded by a dot-com millionaire and former pupil, following the closure of the old school.
The BBC has commissioned Shed Productions to make 50 episodes over the next two years, generating an estimated £25m and 230 new jobs in the area.
EastEnders star Laurie Brett has also signed up for the new series, which starts filming tomorrow and airs in the autumn.
The current series of Waterloo Road continues on BBC1 on Wednesday at 8pm.