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Is it her? Is that the one off of Silent Witness? Yes. Yes, it is, and she makes a convincing headmistress. Amanda Burton has stepped into the role of Karen Fisher, Waterloo Road’s new head, and she’s not taking any messing around. Unfortunately, before we even hit assembly, there’s plenty of it. And we love it. Waterloo Road might be ‘crap’ TV, but it is fantastic. In the same way people glue themselves to Jeremy Kyle, this is compulsive ‘OMG he did NOT just do/have sex with/say that’ viewing.
This series definitely looks as though it’s not going to let the side down. Already in episode one, we have moral conflict, sex scandals, painful memories, runaways and teachers behaving badly. Okay, so there are moments where you have to seriously suspend your disbelief, but hey, we watch Hollyoaks don’t we? As for the criticism about repetitious storylines, well, OK, but do we really watch stuff like this to be challenged and confronted with new concepts?
Sadly, some of the more colourful characters have dropped from the mix. There is no more Steph Haydock (Denise Welch), and no more Jo (Sarah-Jane Potts). However, on the plus side we don’t have to experience any more filler from Kim (Angela Griffin) as the writers struggle with what to do with her character. Apart from Jo, these guys had been around a while, and completed their story-arcs once too many times already perhaps. This doesn’t mean we won’t miss watching Steph, though. Nothing compared to her capacity for inducing cringe.
The new characters should hopefully be able to pull their weight, anyway. The Kirby family has joined the school, and have already caused much unrest in the first episode. They include the father, Marcus (Will Johnson) who does a very good, if slightly over the top, ‘indignant dad’ routine. Johnson should be fantastic if his performance in Waking the Dead is anything to go by. Obviously, there’s something about the happy-go-nutty nature of this programme which has attracted actors from the more serious “this is the tenth dead body and it’s only ten past eight” kind of BBC drama.
What’s best about this new series of Waterloo Road, though?
It’s on twice this week. Get ready to scream at your screens, folks.
- The sixth series of Waterloo Road continues this evening at 8pm on BBC1 and on Wednesdays from next week.
I should probably give Waterloo Road another chance but I just think the actors playing the students are too annoying for words. And why are they all mixed race? It's unrealistic.
It's only worth giving it a chance if you want something ridiculous to kick back to. If you're watching it hoping for high-class acting and drama, you're on the wrong track. It is unrealistic- as witnessed in every episode so far, but that's kind of the joy of it...
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