First episode of Series 11, and the first episode in the revived series of Waterloo Road, airing nearly eight years after the previous episode.
Synopsis[]
It is the start of a new term at 'William Beswick High School', and headteacher Kim Campbell finds herself confronted with a full-on student rebellion, which threatens to ruin the order of the school. Meanwhile, Izzy's first day of school ends in disaster due to a car accident, and former pupil Danny is found to have been squatting in the school boiler room. Following the protest, Kim announces that the name of the school will be changed from 'William Beswick High School' to the first available name on the council's list, which happens to be 'Waterloo Road'. After being hit by a car that morning, Chlo later collapses and dies of her injuries, leaving Donte and their children devastated.
Main cast[]
Staff[]
- Angela Griffin as Kim Campbell (first appearance since S5E20)
- Kym Marsh as Nicky Walters (first appearance)
- Vincent Jerome as Lindon King (first appearance)
- James Baxter as Joe Casey (first appearance)
- Rachel Leskovac as Coral Walker (first appearance)
- Jo Coffey as Wendy Whitwell (first appearance)
- Shauna Shim as Valerie Chambers (first appearance)
- Neil Fitzmaurice as Neil Guthrie (first appearance)
- Katherine Pearce as Amy Spratt (first appearance)
- Barrie Greenwood as Rolf Higgins (first appearance, uncredited)
Students[]
- Chiamaka Ulebor as Shola Aku (first appearance)
- Adam Abbou as Danny Lewis (first appearance)
- Summer Bird as Tonya Walters (first appearance)
- Priyasasha Kumari as Samia Choudhry (first appearance)
- Noah Valentine as Preston Walters (first appearance)
- Adam Ali as Kai Sharif (first appearance)
- Alicia Forde as Kelly Jo Rafferty (first appearance)
- Scarlett Thomas as Izzy Charles (first appearance since S4E20)
- Thapelo Ray as Dwayne Jackson (first appearance)
- Inathi Rozani as Zayne Jackson (first appearance)
- Francesco Piacentini-Smith as Dean Weever (first appearance)
- Liam Scholes as Noel McManus (first appearance)
- Ava Flannery as Verity King (first appearance)
- Lucy Begg as Caz Williams (first appearance)
- Randi Agyare as Millie Adebayo (first appearance, uncredited)
Others[]
- Adam Thomas as Donte Charles (first appearance since S4E20)
- Katie Griffiths as Chlo Charles (first appearance since S4E20, final appearance)
- Sue Vincent as Erica Thorne (first appearance)
- Ryan Clayton as Mike Rutherford (first appearance)
- Sonia Ibrahim as Jamilah Omar (first appearance)
- Teddy Thomas as Tommy Charles (first appearance)
- Lisa Faulkner as Hannah King (first appearance)
- Lucia Saavedra as Alicia (one-off appearance)
- Monica Sagar as A&E Doctor (one-off appearance)
Notes[]
The second song heard in this episode is SKYLAR's cover of I Predict a Riot by Kaiser Chiefs, which is almost certainly a deliberate reference to the opening scene of Series 1 Episode 1, in which the first song heard was the original Kaiser Chiefs version of the song.