Series 1

Series One
The first series first aired on the 9th of March 2006 and finished after 8 episodes on the 27th of April 2006. The first series of Waterloo Road aired in the UK on Thursdays at 8.00pm GMT on BBC One. It received an average of 4.54 million viewers per episode.

Plot
The first series focused on Jack Rimmer, the newheadmaster's attempts to keep Waterloo Road open following bad reports from the LEA, falling pupil numbers and of course the mental breakdown of the previous headmaster which had been attracting bad press.

Jack employs Andrew Treneman as Deputy Head, Andrew is enthusiastic but does not seem to connect with the staff and pupils to start with, having come from an upper class school and background.

A memorable storyline from series one is the death of pupil Adam Deardon, who dies in a car crash caused by Donte Charles. Both pupils were underage to be drinking or driving. Another central storyline in series one is a bullying storyline, pupil Lewis Seddon bullies fellow student Rory Bears for being homosexual and behaves badly in class. His behaviour leads to him sexually harrasing Pastoral Care teacher Kim Campbell.

In the first series Tom Clarkson is involved in a central storyline regarding his relationship and short-lived marriage with Lorna Dickey. Tom falls in love with his partners best friend Izzie Redpath, this leads to Lorna attempting to take her own life at the end of the series, we however find out in series 2 that she survives.

Staff

 * Headmaster Jack Rimmer - Played by Jason Merrells (8 eps)
 * Deputy Head Andrew Treneman - Played by Jamie Glover (8 eps)
 * Head of Pastoral Care/Art Teacher Kim Campbell - Played by Angela Griffin (8 eps)
 * Head of English Grantly Budgen - Played by Philip Martin Brown (8 eps)
 * English Teacher Tom Clarkson - Played by Jason Done (8 eps)
 * English Teacher Lorna Dickey - Played by Camilla Power (8 eps)
 * French Teacher Steph Haydock - Played by Denise Welch (8 eps)
 * Drama Teacher Izzie Redpath - Played by Jill Halfpenny (8 eps)
 * School Secretary Estelle Cooper - Played by Judith Barker (8 eps)

Students

 * Adam Deardon - Played by Jon Ball (1 ep)
 * Yasmin Deardon - Played by Rhea Bailey (8 eps)
 * Donte Charles - Played by Adam Thomas (8 eps)
 * Chlo Grainger - Played by Katie Griffiths (8 eps)
 * Mika Grainger - Played by Lauren Drummond (7 eps)
 * Janeece Bryant - Played by Chelsee Healey (7 eps)
 * Lewis Seddon - Played by Craig Fitzpatrick (6 eps)
 * Holly Tattersall - Played by Daisy Wignell (4 eps)
 * Zoe Ramsden - Played by Claire Cooper (1 ep)
 * Ahmed Patel - Played by Shane Zaza (2 eps)
 * Zak Walker - Played by Scott Kay (1 ep)
 * Rory Bears - Played by Josh Hanlon (3 eps)

Others

 * Jimmy Grainger - Played by David Crellin (4 eps)
 * Clarence Charles - Played by Steve Money (6 eps)

DVD Release
The first series of Waterloo Road is avaliable on DVD in the UK, Australia, US and Canada.