Waterloo Road Series 6 **MAY CONTAIN SPOILER**

Denise Welch has announced that she is hoping to return to Waterloo Road for two one-off episodes in the New Year.

In August, the 51-year-old actress confirmed that she had quit her role as French teacher Steph Haydock on the BBC One school drama. The Loose Women star's decision means that she will not appear as a regular cast member on the forthcoming sixth run.

Reflecting on her choice to move on, Welch told The People: "I have loved it, but the problem is they plan to start filming another series straight after the latest one, which means I would be signed up for 12 months. It would effectively have meant me giving up Loose Women. I just didn't want to give up that side of my life.

"Also, I have my autobiography out next spring. I need time to finish it and promote it. The producers understood and they accepted my decision with good grace, but it was still very tough and I will be sad to go."

She added: "Having said that, they have asked me to come back in January for a couple of one-offs and if we can make that work, then I will be more than happy to do that."

Welch can currently be seen in Waterloo Road's fifth series, which airs on Wednesday nights on BBC One.

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Series 6 (2010)

Production and filming for the 20-part sixth series started on 9 November 2009, for broadcast in 2010. Former Silent Witness actress Amanda Burton will join the cast as new Head Teacher, Karen Fisher, whilst Linzey Cocker will play alongside Burton as on-screen daughter, Jess Fisher. Coronation Street actor Lucien Laviscount has also been cast as Jonathon Kirby.] Chelsee Healey (Janeece Bryant) has also confirmed on her Twitter page that she will be returning, later confirmed by her agent.]

On 21 December 2009, it was announced that former Coronation Street actress Tina O'Brien, aka (Sarah-Louise Platt), had been cast in an as yet unknown role.

The series will also be filmed in HD. The commission will bring the total number of episodes to 100.

I like it how tey are bringing it back quick

Angela Griffin has confirmed that her Waterloo Road character will not bow out of the show in dramatic fashion.

The actress confirmed last year that she was leaving her role as Kim Campbell on the BBC drama in order to concentrate on other projects.

Speaking to What's On TV about how her exit will work, Griffin explained: "When the next series of Waterloo Road comes on, I'll be in it - I've shot another ten episodes. But after that, [Kim leaves]."

Asked whether her alter ego's final storyline will be explosive, she replied: "No, it's not. It's not going to be dramatic. I don't die, I can tell you that much!"

Griffin is currently presenting talk show Angela and Friends, which airs as part of Sky1's daytime schedule.

Denise Welch's character Steph Haydock is also leaving Waterloo Road this year because the actress wants to concentrate on Loose Women and her autobiography.

I hope Kim dont die she was one of favourite characters

She said she does not die

Wednesday 21 April
8.00-9.00pm BBC ONE

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Kim and Chris come to blows over his introduction of an APU (Advanced University Preparation) scheme for Ros, the school's brightest pupil, as the drama set in a Rochdale school continues.

Kim believes the scheme should be open to everyone, but Chris thinks it's cruel to build up pupils' hopes of getting into a top university if their grades aren't strong enough.

It's a battle of wills, won when Michaela stages a protest demanding to be allowed on the scheme and Rachel opens it up to everyone. However, Michaela soon learns she's not cut out for the rigours of academic life and Kim is left lecturing Chris on their need to address the aspirations of all Waterloo Road's pupils.

Elsewhere, year 10 pupil Aiden Keen has a bad attitude and a tendency to blame every slight or joke on the fact that he's very overweight. When Kim confiscates snacks from him during lessons, Aiden sneaks back into her empty office to retrieve them. Caught in the act, Aiden goes on the defensive and persuades his doting mother to lodge a formal complaint against Kim, suggesting she's bullying him because of his size. Rachel gets involved but it's not until Mrs Keen sees her son's attitude towards his peers and teachers, that she realises she's spoiling Aiden rotten and endangering his health by letting him eat junk food all day.

Rachel hires a new head chef to double up as Waterloo Road's healthy school coordinator which puts Ruby's nose out of joint. In addition the successful and extremely well-qualified candidate, Adam Fleet, turns out to be a welcome blast from Rachel's past....

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Wednesday 28 April
8.00-9.00pm BBC ONE




Josh (William Rush) celebrates his birthdayIt's Josh's birthday and Tom is planning a party, as the drama set in a Rochdale school continues. Josh and Lauren's flirting picks up pace, only to come to an abrupt end when the secret of Lauren's large birthmark on her back is revealed to the whole school. Totally humiliated and desperate, Lauren steals hydrogen peroxide from the science lab to try to bleach the birthmark away.

Later, in an attempt to earn brownie points with Rachel, Ruby organises a clothes-swapping event at school for students to bring in old clothes and swap them for new ones. However, she abuses her position and takes the best clothes for herself to sell online. When she's caught, Rachel makes it clear that if she's not willing to ask for help, then she's on her last warning.

Adam sets about making sweeping changes in the canteen, much to Rose's annoyance. Nevertheless, his new-style "sit down" meals prove successful in getting the students and staff to talk and socialise over a healthy meal. Despite the success it is clear that he needs to be less bullish in his methods. When Rachel comes to discuss this with him Finn locks her and Adam into a store room, giving the pair plenty of time to catch up on old times.

Meanwhile, Grantly claims he is depressed in an attempt to get out of supervising an overnight trip, only to be quickly sussed by Kim. Sambuca tries to get Bolton's attention, and Steph makes a romantic connection of her own with the charming Oliver.

poor lauren ... i have a birthmark on my face so it will be good to see the issue covered and hopefully it will make some people realise birthmarks are just normal. i love the idea of lauren and josh as a couple :)

Isnt this the rest of Season 5 not Season 6 ??????????

Lizann - sorry if it is - I am so confused with the break in middle. Can some one please confirm if we are in the middle of 5 or if we have started 6, I will this post if I need to.

We are currently on Episode 11 of series 5, that was last nights episode, series 6 will start later in the year, htink the autumn.

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Lizann - sorry if it is - I am so confused with the break in middle. Can some one please confirm if we are in the middle of 5 or if we have started 6, I will this post if I need to.

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It is the second half of Season 5 thats back

Would a Mod please be kind enough to move this to Series 5 thread , as I have tried but not to sure how to??

I think itll be alright, if we just talk about series 5 in the thread that already exists from now on, series 6 is being filmed at the moment, so i think that this thread can be used for castings and general news relating to that.

Karen David has been cast as a new spanish teacher and Ceallach Spellman as a new pupil, he was good in Blue Murder. From Waterloo Road TV

can't wait for the rest of this and series 6 sounds like it will be good :)

[In series 6 josh is gay. I know this as I work on the show as a background artist.]

You should have put spoiler tags around that :(

How do i put spoiler tags around things because i know virtually the whol series 6 storyline.

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Pupil Jonah kirby (Lucien Laviscount) is having an affair with the headteacher Karen fisher (Amanda Burton) whithout his girlfriend lindsey knowing .

Tina o'brien will play the headtechers daughter

George Sampson will appear later in series 6 known as kyle stack and will rivel with Finn sharkey who is played by Jack McMullen

Ex pupil janceece bryent (chelsee heally) who graduated in series 4 will return in seres 6 as the new school secutery.

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Janeece coming back, good news :cheer:

I thought Linzey Cocker had been cast and not Tina OBrian in that role.

ok thanks and are the ones i added before your post ok have you read them.

Maybe you can edit the post about Josh please :) I think everything else is ok

Should i remove it.

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No need, just go into 'Edit Post' of that entry and put the [ ] at the start and end of your text, should do it :)

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I thought Linzey Cocker had been cast and not Tina OBrian in that role.

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Yeah, I thought so too :hmm:

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I believe she is her daughter aswell I may be wrong but if tina isint then she is close friends. So linzey's mum in waterloo road is having an affair with her daughers boyfriend.

There is not much point in putting spoiler tabs round the post. The whole thread relates to series 6 so it would be obvious that the thread would include spoilers. After all the first two posts in the thread contain what could be described as spoilers. Perhaps one of the mods could change the title of the thread to mention it includes spoilers.

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Sharlene Whyte joins the cast of popular BBC show Waterloo Road. She will play Adanna Lawal, the new head of Pastoral Care. Adanna is described as a 'big personality' and Sharlene will surely shine in this fabulous role.

She previously appeared as Alison Yates who was Jenna Louise Coleman's character Lindsay James' lawyer during her murder trial

Former Coronation Street beauty Tina O'Brien has found love again with a TV cameraman.

Tina, who split from Corrie co-star Ryan Thomas in November, is dating Waterloo Road crew member Nick Cox, 35.

They met this year when Tina, 26, started her new role in the BBC1 school drama.

Pals say the actress, who played Corries Sarah-Louise Platt, is completely smitten. Our source said: Tina has told people that she and Nick are an item. Now she is going to tell Ryan because she feels the relationship is going from strength to strength.

Yesterday, Tina was spotted going into Nicks apartment block in Manchester - shortly after he returned from a grocery trip

Tina and Nick, who has also worked on TV shows Where The Heart Is and Clocking Off, got together several weeks ago. The source said: It was difficult when she split from Ryan. They have an 18-month-old child and share a lot of history. There was talk about Ryan being annoyed about Tina introducing daughter Scarlett to boyfriends but shes not worried about telling him about Nick.

Blonde Tina's break-up with Ryan who plays Weatherfield builder Jason Grimshaw and has just signed a new £160,000 year-long contract came after a string of rows.

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Tina O'Brien has confirmed on today's Loose Women that she is playing the daughter of the new headmistress at WR, hopefully that means she is not returning to Corrie soon, if at all

yeah... my dance/drama teacher said he will be on it. he has been in it before but he just had cameo roles and no speech. I think he will have a speaking role this time. if he doesn't i will probably scream at him... oh well, hes used to it...

Robson Green and Mark Benton have joined Waterloo Road.

The Northern Lights pair will begin filming with the rest of the cast in Rochdale from next Monday, a BBC spokesperson told DS.

Philip Martin Brown, who plays Grantly Budgen in the show, broke the news to fans on his Twitter page.

While Green and Benton have committed to the drama for two series, their characters have not yet been revealed.

Waterloo Road will return to BBC One for its sixth series in the autumn.

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Yay, i love them to, they were so great in Northern Lights, i was thinking i hadnt seen Mark Benson in ages.

Coronation Street actor Ian Puleston Davies has been confirmed for series six of Waterloo Road.

Puleston Davies, who only recently started appearing as Owen Armstrong on Corrie, will play cheating husband Charlie to Silent Witness star Amanda Burton's new character Karen Fisher, who replaces Eva Pope's Rachel Mason when the show returns in the autumn.

Elsewhere, the BBC also revealed the casting of a "sexy, opinionated" Spanish teacher played by Karen David, and the principled Marcus (Wil Johnson).

Chelsee Healey will return to the school drama as Janeece, who will be the school secretary, while actors Philip Martin-Brown (Grantly), Jason Dome (Tom), Elizabeth Berrington (Ruby) and Will Ash (Chris) will all reprise their roles.

Meanwhile, Robson Green and Mark Benton will star in the seventh series, which kicks off next year.

Amanda Burton has described her Waterloo Road character as a mother figure.

Burton is joining the show in the next series as new headteacher Karen Fisher, the replacement for Rachel Mason (Eva Pope).

The actress explained that she was drawn to the role because it focuses on the difficulties of balancing a career and a home life.

"I think one of the interesting things about the character is she is very much a mother in the series," she said. "Having three children means you see her domestic life and all that goes with that."

She continued: "It's been a very good counter-balance, as you are not just seeing a woman who is holding down a responsible job but running a family too."

However, Burton explained that Karen will struggle when she first joins the school.

"I think it's quite realistic that any new person coming in feels slightly on the back foot, thinking, 'How is this going to be, how are they going to react to me?'" she said. "She does have to make some sweeping changes on behalf of the LEA [local education authority]. There are regimes that come into play in the school which not everyone will agree with which, again, I think many teachers will be able to identify with."

Waterloo Road will return for a new series later this year.

there are some good castings for these next two series. Looking forward to Series six, i think its back in the autumn 2010 so shouldnt be off screen too long hopefully.

I read somewhere, twitter i think waterloo road tv that series 7 is going to be 10 episodes and not 20 in length.

Day and time to be confirmed BBC ONE and BBC HD
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A new head teacher (played by Amanda Burton) joins Waterloo RoadWaterloo Road is back, and the arrival of dynamic new head teacher Karen Fisher, played by Amanda Burton, heralds a fresh start for the school.

Opinionated and ambitious, Karen is determined to bring change, making Waterloo Road a safe and vibrant place to learn. However, Karen's steely exterior masks a deeper fragility as she and her family wrestle with a recent tragedy.

Karen's first challenge at the school arrives in the form of the Kirbys – sixth-former Jonah and 13-year-old genius Ruth – who have both been home-schooled by their father, Marcus. Marcus's ex-wife, Hannah, wants her children to experience mainstream schooling, but he has little faith in the state education system. While Jonah relishes the opportunity to make new friends and have new experiences, high-achiever Ruth feels she's got little to learn and soon takes matters into her own hands by running away.

When the school discover Ruth's disappearance, they alert the police and form a search party. The process proves particularly hard for Karen, as it is a painful reminder of her own family situation.

Meanwhile, deputy head Chris Mead finds himself in the middle of a professional crisis. After meeting a young woman in a club the previous evening and spending the night with her, a smitten Chris arrives at school to discover that not only is she a new sixth-form student, but she's also Karen's daughter, Jess Fisher. He tries to draw a line under the incident but Jess has other ideas about their relationship, leaving Chris no choice but to resign.

Elsewhere, attractive new Spanish teacher Francesca "Cesca" Montoya makes an impression on staff and students alike, and former pupil Janeece returns to the school as the new secretary – complete with a surprise of her own.

In the playground, Lauren has fallen out with Sambuca, annoyed that her "best mate" ditched her over the summer – for a boy.

Day and time to be confirmed BBC ONE and BBC HD
Press pack www.bbc.co.uk/waterlooroad

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New head teacher Karen Fisher is clearly in her element at Waterloo Road and is joined at the school by her husband, Charlie, who is starting as a supply teacher, as the drama set in a Rochdale comprehensive continues.

However, when 15-year-old Harry finds a suspicious message on Charlie's mobile about a lunchtime assignation, he begins to suspect his dad is having an affair. Harry dials the number on the text and is shocked to hear new Spanish teacher Cesca answer. He desperately enlists Sambuca's help and they follow Charlie on his lunchtime rendezvous. Together they spy on Charlie with Cesca, taking a photo as evidence. When Harry later tells Karen she refuses to believe him and assures him that it must be innocent.

Meanwhile, Jess is jealous when Chris avoids her and seems to be getting on well with Karen. When Jess learns that Karen told Chris about her sister, Bex, she tries to put Chris off Karen by publishing an article in a school magazine about how her mum was responsible for Bex's disappearance. The article quickly circulates around the school and everyone reads it. Karen is shocked and argues with Charlie about what he sees as her over-reaction. The tension between husband and wife is obvious and the events of the day take their toll on Harry, who resorts to bingeing and vomiting to control his emotions.

Elsewhere, Ruby and John are planning to start a family, but it's not as easy as it seems. When confronted with the reality of Ruby's impaired fertility, they debate their other diminishing options such as IVF or adoption.