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Jason Done to leave Waterloo Road
10 Apr 2013
TV gossip
Jason Done is leaving 'Waterloo Road'. The actor - who has played teacher Tom Clarkson since the show started in 2006 - will bow out of the BBC One drama in the forthcoming ninth series, it has been confirmed. The show's executive producer Cameron…
Laurie Brett wants Christine relapse in Waterloo Road
22 Mar 2013
TV gossip
Laurie Brett wants her 'Waterloo Road' character to turn to alcohol again because she loves playing a "nutter". The 43-year-old actress portrays recovering alcoholic Christine Mulgrew in the BBC One drama series and she insists it is "more exciting…
Chelsee Healey wants to do I'm a Celebrity
5 Mar 2013
TV gossip
Chelsee Healey wants to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'. The former 'Waterloo Road' star was runner-up in the 2011 series of 'Strictly Come Dancing' and is keen to take part in another reality show. She said: "I wouldn't say no…
Waterloo Road's Zoe Lucker left 'shocked' at on-screen violence
27 Dec 2012
TV gossip
'Waterloo Road's Zoe Lucker was "shocked" when her character hit her child. The 38-year-old actress, who plays Carol Barry in the hit BBC One series, struggled filming the scene where the "feisty" mum-of-three lashes out at her on-screen son Barry…
Angela Griffin wants soldier TV role
20 Nov 2012
TV gossip
Angela Griffin is desperate to play a soldier in a TV drama. The 36-year-old actress - who has portrayed a hairdresser in 'Coronation Street', a beautician in 'Cutting It' and a teacher in 'Waterloo Road' - is keen to portray a woman with a gun in…
Why Scottish television drama goes beyond Rebus and Taggart
1 Nov 2012
Recent TV drama includes Lip Service, Single Father, Waterloo Road and The Field of Blood
Not so very long ago, Scottish television drama was dominated by Rebus and Taggart. The audience-conquering popularity of STV’s Edinburgh and Glasgow cops was such that you could be forgiven for thinking Scotland hosted or produced little but crime…
Lisa Riley becomes Strictly sex symbol
21 Oct 2012
TV gossip
Lisa Riley says 'Strictly Come Dancing' has turned her into an unlikely sex symbol. The curvy star - who rose to fame playing bubbly Mandy Dingle on 'Emmerdale' - has been inundated with requests for dates since wowing the public with her footwork on…
Zoe Lucker to star in Waterloo Road
25 Jun 2012
TV Gossip
Zoe Lucker has joined the cast of 'Waterloo Road'. The former 'Footballers Wives' actress will play Carol Barry, the wife of a prisoner, who along with her children Barry, Dynasty and Kacey "ruffle plenty of feathers" in the BBC school drama. Zoe…
Roxanne Pallett's 'awkward' Waterloo Road kiss
13 Apr 2012
TV Gossip
Roxanne Pallett found it "awkward" kissing George Sampson on 'Waterloo Road'. The 29-year-old actress - who plays 17-year-old Shelby Dixon in the BBC One series - admits the 18-year-old star (Kyle Stack) was "more calm" than she was despite it being…
Laurie Brett joins Waterloo Road
16 Mar 2012
TV Gossip
Laurie Brett has joined the cast of 'Waterloo Road'. The former 'EastEnders' actress - who portrayed Jane Beale in the BBC One soap - will play Scottish-born English teacher Christine Mulgrew when the school drama moves north of the border next…
Jane Asher joins Waterloo Road
15 Aug 2011
TV Gossip
Jane Asher has joined the cast of 'Waterloo Road'. The 65-year-old actress will play a no-nonsense inspector in the BBC One school drama and bosses are delighted to have secured her because they have promised the eighth series will be the most…
Paul Nicholls axed over drug test refusal
5 Jul 2011
TV Gossip
Paul Nicholls was sacked from 'Waterloo Road' for reportedly refusing to take a drugs test. The former 'EastEnders' actor was axed from his role as PE teacher Jez Diamond in the BBC One school drama last month for his "erratic" behaviour and it has…
Paul Nicholls 'sacked' from Waterloo Road
27 Jun 2011
TV Gossip
Paul Nicholls has been sacked from 'Waterloo Road' after just three days on set. The former 'EastEnders' actor - whose role as PE teacher Jez Diamond in the BBC One school drama was announced last month - was reportedly behaving "erratically" during…
Waterloo Road to get online spin-off
2 Mar 2011
TV Gossip
BBC One is hoping to capitalise on the popularity of 'Waterloo Road' by launching an online spin-off. The new show - which will be available on the BBC website and via the red button service from today (02.03.11) onwards - will catch up with the…
