Tonight at 8pm on BBC 1. Just seen an advert for it and so excited! :w00t: Apparently there are 10 episodes in the autumn term, concluding on 25 October.

 

Here's a clip from the website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00x9mr3

Actually ridiculously excited for this. Only got into it last series but it's so addictive!

I gave up on the last season but I adore Daniela Denby-Ashe so will get back into it <3

I gave up on the last season

 

Series 1-5 will forever remain the best moments of Waterloo Road. The recent series have quite a few really great moments, but also quite a few average episodes and storylines.

It well uphill when Rachel arrived and downhill when she left :(

Rachel will always be the best headteacher! :wub:

Might watch this after seeing what others think. The last block of ten episodes were so farcical withthe gang crap and the silly move to Scotland. The only gem was Grantly's very emotional storyline.

Actually ridiculously excited for this. Only got into it last series but it's so addictive!

Seasons 1-4 were genuinely brilliant. Since then it's been shit.

 

I'm one of the few that actually think that the last series was the best. maybe that's because I paid more attention to it than the other series, but I still enjoyed it a lot. not sure what the new setting will be like though, I didn't like the idea of the school moving to scotland and taking the kids with them because it doesn't make much sense. I'm still looking forward to it though!

For me, the show peaked at Series 3 with arrival and early stages of Rachel's headship. They made a crap exit for her and then was succeeded by the awful Karen Fisher. There's been a bit of a lull in quality since then. I'm worried this is going to be even worse after the ridiculous and unrealistic move to Scotland.

 

Surely they could have just said they moved the school to a new building in Rochdale rather than making up this ridiculous storyline.

 

Excited to see Laurie Brett on here (formally Jane in EastEnders)!

Seasons 1-4 were genuinely brilliant. Since then it's been shit.

 

 

The death scenes back then were some of the best scenes in the history of TV - Lorna's, Izzie's, Maxine's. And the characters involved in their storylines were fantastic too, especially Steph's incredible bond with Maxine - I bet Steph's tears at her death scene were real!

 

 

The audio isn't too good, it sounds like someone speaking into a microphone to close to their mouth, but it was the best quality clip I could find showing just that scene. This scene gives me major goosebumps! And when Steph is talking to Rachel on the stairs! :cry:

I also gave up last series, I watched up until the Dale Sken Crew crap started taking off and then just went off it. I do miss it though and will be interested to see how the move works, because it was a totally ridiculous storyline. Perhaps moving to Scotland in real life was the only option but it's not like anyone would notice that the set is actually in Scotland, I mean they could have least just moved to an adjacent town or something not all the way up in Scotland :/

I don't know why but in season 5 they started focusing on random students who came in for one episode, had an 'issue' storyline (bullying/mental health/drugs/gay etc) then were never seen again. What a bloody stupid method of storytelling. Nobody cares about one episode guest characters. Also they shifted the focus from the teachers and older students to the younger students who were all bratty and uninteresting. Tom hooking up with Rose was the final straw for me I think. As if.

 

The end to series 7 was the worst thing I've ever scene. What on EARTH were they thinking sending a lorry hurtling towards pretty much the whole cast of Waterloo Road! Far to over the top and completely unnecessary.

I LOVED the first two series with Jack and Andrew and Kim! Rachel was great too, I'm glad she was in it for a while. Series 4 and 5 were also very good. The latter with the Max/Kim/Rachel/Chris storylines were so gripping. :wub:

 

It went very downhill when Karen took over. And more one-off character stories happened. And I wasn't a great fan of the Jess/Bex/Karen storyline.

 

And since Michael took over, the flowing storylines have improved IMO, but I would like less of the one-off characters.

 

But I am looking forward to the new series and the new cast as well!

Oh god the whole Bex/Jess thing was absolutely awful, so glad them and Karen are long gone!

What actually happened last series for them to move to Scotland?

What actually happened last series for them to move to Scotland?

 

Some blonde bitch who used to be a student at Michael's old school asked Michael to set up a school with her in Scotland. I think that sounds about right! :D

So nothing dramatic or major :lol: they coulda gone up the road then.

Also the school in Rochdale was closed despite the fact that standards there were better than they had been in earlier series where they escaped this fate.

 

Last series the teachers were dull as. The only ones with personality were underused. I miss the strive you could feel in Jack and Rachel to improve the school for the kids. Andrew and Kims will they/won't they was actually interesting to watch. Poor Lorna and her fate. Grantly and Steph bitching about everyone. Even later characters like Jasmine, Matt and Ruby were all interesting. I hope some of the newies can help restore this.

 

But the focus should shift a little more to the teachers. And I don't want any stupid students of the week with an issue. Storylines need to run through the whole series not just a single episode.