A New Start is the eleventh episode of Series 10, the first episode of the second part (Spring Term) of Series 10, and the first episode to air on BBC Three instead of the usual BBC One.
Synopsis[]
With the Lowsleys and Hector gone, Vaughan brings in a new deputy, Lorna Hutchinson, and there is a new pupil, budding cycle champion Dale Jackson, and his surly trainer Danny Spencer. Dale's single-mindedness alienates the other boys. Other new pupils include kleptomaniac Kenzie Calhoun and Scott Fairchild, both having been excluded from several schools, and both already knowing and hating each other. Vaughan is shocked to find Olga has arrived as a supply teacher, and there is worse to come when, thanks to Olga turning on the tannoy, Vaughan's conversation with Lorna regarding taking on problem pupils and the proposed merger with Havelock High is heard by the whole school. Kenzie's disruptive actions warrant a home visit from Lorna, who discovers that she looks after her sick mother and both are dyslexic. The handsome Scott hooks up with Bonnie Kincaid, a former ugly duckling who now has a very glamorous image but lacks confidence.
Main cast[]
Staff[]
- Laura Aikman as Lorna Hutchinson (First appearance)
- Laurie Brett as Christine Mulgrew
- Victoria Bush as Sonya Donnegan
- Angus Deayton as George Windsor
- Georgie Glen as Audrey McFall
- Melanie Hill as Maggie Budgen
- Neil Pearson as Vaughan Fitzgerald
- Pooky Quesnel as Olga Fitzgerald
Students[]
- Charlotte Beaumont as Kenzie Calhoun (First appearance)
- Mark Beswick as Darren Hughes
- Max Bowden as Justin Fitzgerald
- Rebecca Craven as Rhiannon Salt
- Zebb Dempster as Leo Fitzgerald
- Caitlin Gillespie as Lisa Brown
- Je'Taime Morgan Hanley as Shaznay Montrose
- Holly Jack as Bonnie Kincaid (First appearance)
- Tommy Knight as Kevin Chalk
- Tahirah Sharif as Carrie Norton (First appearance)
- Joe Slater as Lenny Brown
- Andrew Still as Scott Fairchild (First appearance)
- Finlay MacMillan as Dale Jackson (First appearance)
Others[]
- Emma Cunniffe as Ailsa Calhoun (First appearance)
- Andy Rush as Danny Spencer (First appearance)
