The main cast from Series 3
Series Three of Waterloo Road premiered on BBC One in October 2007 and finished its 20-episode run on the 13th March 2008. The series introduced several new characters, including Eddie Lawson, Waterloo Road's new deputy head introduced in the first episode, and Rachel Mason, the new headteacher, who started her run in Episode 7. The series was split into two parts, the first ten episodes airing before Christmas, and the final ten airing in the New Year after a three-week break
The series begins by directly following the events at the end of Series 2 - teacher Izzie Redpath getting stabbed to death in front of then-headteacher Jack Rimmer. The series also aired on TV One in New Zealand, and both parts of the series have been released on two DVDs.
Rachel fights through the fire in the last episode of Series 3
Main cast[]
Staff[]
- Grantly Budgen - Philip Martin Brown
- Tom Clarkson - Jason Done
- Steph Haydock - Denise Welch
- Jack Rimmer - Jason Merrells
- Rachel Mason - Eva Pope
- Davina Shackleton - Christine Tremarco
- Jasmine Koreshi - Shabana Bakhsh
- Eddie Lawson - Neil Morrissey
- Candice Smilie - Kay Purcell
- Matt Wilding - Chris Geere
- Bridget Morley - Jacqueline Kington
- Lewis Seddon - Craig Fitzpatrick
Students[]
- Chlo Grainger - Katie Griffiths
- Mika Grainger - Lauren Drummond
- Donte Charles - Adam Thomas
- Janeece Bryant - Chelsee Healey
- Celine Dixon - Zeriozha Burt-Skeete
- Maxine Barlow - Ellie Paskell
- Karla Bentham - Jessica Baglow
- Aleesha Dillon - Lauren Thomas
- Danielle Harker - Lucy Dixon
- Bolton Smilie - Tachia Newall
- Paul Langley - Thomas Milner
- Michaela White - Zaraah Abrahams
- Dominic Hammond - Joel Goonan
- Shahid Kapoor - Naveed Choudhry
- Ben McNulty - James Varley
- Sally Froggart - Tara Berwin
- Darren Briggs - Lee Worswick
- Sameen Azizi - Fiona Wade
Character Changes[]
Characters who did not appear in Series 3
- Izzie Redpath (played by Jill Halfpenny) was stabbed and killed at the end of Series 2. She does not appear but is often referenced in Series 3.
- Kim Campbell does not appear after taking a job in Rwanda.
- Andrew Treneman does not appear after taking a headteacher job at Batalla High School in Rwanda.
Characters introduced in Series 3
- Eddie Lawson (played by Neil Morrissey) is introduced in the first episode as Jack Rimmer's deputy head.
- Rachel Mason (played by Eva Pope) begais her role as head teacher in Episode 7.
Other Changes
- Jack Rimmer resigns in episode 6 and is replaced as headteacher by Rachel.
Episodes[]
Series 3 episodes.
- Episode 1
- Episode 2
- Episode 3
- Episode 4
- Episode 5
- Episode 6
- Episode 7
- Episode 8
- Episode 9
- Episode 10
- Episode 11
- Episode 12
- Episode 13
- Episode 14
- Episode 15
- Episode 16
- Episode 17
- Episode 18
- Episode 19
- Episode 20
Plot Points[]
- The School attemps to rebuild itself after Izzie Redpath's death
- Chlo and Donte get married
- Chlo cheats on Donte with her sister's boyfriend Brett Aspinal
- Jack Rimmer resigns after it is discovered he has paid parents to send their children to Waterloo Road.
- Rachel Mason takes over as head, but it is soon revealed that she has been involved in a crackdown and is hiding something about her past.
- Chlo Grainger disappears she is then taken in by a prostitute but Tom saves her.
- Tom and Davina start dating
- Jack comes back and Davina has to choose out of Jack or Tom
- Donte starts dating Celine
- Rachel is blackmailed by Stuart Hordley, a man who knows about Rachel's past troubles.
- Hordley reveals to the whole school that Rachel was a prostitute, but Rachel is allowed to stay on as headteacher.
- An explosion rips through the school, and Rachel gets trapped after trying to save Stuart.
The two Series 3 DVDs
DVD Releases[]
Series Three: Autumn Term, the first half of the series, was released on the 2nd of March 2009. The second half of the season, Series Three: Spring Term, was released on the 11th of May 2009.