Jeremy "Jez" Diamond is a former footballer-turned PE Teacher.
Jez remains a vain, fitness-obsessed disciplinarian. He starts up a military-style "Fat Club" – aiming to target the less healthy pupils and staff in order to shape their futures. He proves a popular teacher with the gifted kids, but tends to overlook the weaker ones – almost bullying them into defeat when they don't quite measure up. His ripped body doesn't go unnoticed by the female pupils.
He's father to Zack and Madi from his previous marriage, which ended when he embarked on an affair with Sian at their previous school. When their affair became public knowledge, Sian and Jez quickly left the school under a cloud of controversy and hastily married to justify their actions. Inseparable, they think themselves as the 'golden couple', but this image proves short-lived when Jez's ex-wife dumps their kids at Waterloo Road. Jez lacks a degree of responsibility and maturity when it comes to Zack and Madi and it soon becomes apparent that he puts his marriage to Sian before the needs of his own kids. Following Sian's affair with Michael, Jez has a brief fling with Janeece, but later reconciles with Sian. Later, the two of them realise their relationship isn't working and Jez moves away.
Trivia[]
- The character of Jez Diamond was originally going to be portrayed by former EastEnders actor Paul Nicholls, however he quit 3 days into filming as he felt he wasn't in the right frame of mind for filming following his grandfather's recent death. He was immediately replaced by Alex Walkinshaw.
Quotes[]
- "Leave our troubles behind us." (first line)
- Jez: "Why can't he just call me 'Jez'? It really winds me up."
- Sian: "There's your answer."
- "Mr Byrne, this is...my ex-wife, Sarah, and these are my children."
- "It's um-it's-it's a boxing club, Mr Byrne. I uh, I thought the pupils needed to learn how to defend themselves, and I was just uh, demonstrating a jab and Tariq seemed to have got the better of me on that one."
- Jez: "The beauty clinic thing, it isn't her. It's me."
- Sian: "What?"
- Jez: "I've had a few...I've had some work done. Botox. I mean, just the eyes, nowhere else."
- "It's Michael, innit? You were with him last night?"
- "Well I haven't got much choice. When my boss has been shagging my wife."
- "How am I gonna trust you? Look, when we got married, I believed every single word of those vows. And you've just made me feel like a mug for loving you."
- "And I'm glad that we're different. I don't want you to change. So, I want you to know, that whatever the results are, I love you for who you are. I mean, we're the A-team, you and me, right?"
- "About wanting a baby? Or about wanting a baby with me? I think that just about sums it up then, dunnit? You know, I may not be as clever as you, Sian, but at least I'm honest."
- "And d'you know what, I don't care. I've had enough. I've had enough of you, and I've had enough of this place. I resign."
- Zack: "No, Dad, I'm not going!"
- Jez: "Look, what is it with you two?! Why don't you just do as you're told?! Now get in the car! Get in the car!"
- Jez: "Look, I know that we can't fix this...but I need you to know that I'll never regret falling in love with you."
- Sian: "I really really hope that everything works out for you."
- Jez: "Thanks." (final line)