Series 5

Series Five
The fifth series first aired on the 25th October 2009 and finished after 20 episodes on the 15th of July 2010. The first series of Waterloo Road aired in the UK on Wednesdays at 8.00pm GMT on BBC One. It received an average of 5.03 million viewers per episode.

Plot
Series five begins with a bus load of new pupils joining the school as John Foster's have had to merge with Waterloo Road due to parents no longer being able to pay for the school's expensive fees. This causes tension between the staff and students from each school. Also in series 5 a major storyline was Lindsey James being charged for murdering her father despite the sexual abuse he had put her through.

Series five also has an episode where Danielle Harker drinks ethanol and Bolton and Paul put other pupils at risk of poisoning by selling it, they are however caught by Max before anyone else drinks the chemical. Another centre storyline is that Tom Clarkson finds out that he has a biological son, Josh Stevenson. He tries to bond with his son but it takes a while for the pair to get on.

In series five Lauren Andrews also tries to burn off her birthmark after being bullied about it by Josh and Finn, this leaves her with an acid burn. The end of series five sees Finn Sharkey and Amy Porter make a suicide pact as Finn's parents reveal that they are moving to America. The pair are found by staff before they do anything they would regret and Finn stays at Waterloo Road.

Staff

 * English Teacher Grantly Budgen - Played by Philip Martin Brown (20 eps)
 * Head of Pastoral Care and Art Teacher Kim Campbell - Played by Angela Griffin (20 eps)
 * Head of English Teacher Tom Clarkson - Played by Jason Done (20 eps)
 * French Teacher Steph Haydock - Played by Denise Welch (20 eps)
 * Headmistress Rachel Mason - Played by Eva Pope (20 eps)
 * Senior Canteen Assistant Candice Smiley - Played by Kay Purcell (5 eps)
 * Canteen Assistant Rose Kelly - Played by Elaine Symons (17 eps)
 * Head of Food Technology Ruby Fry - Played by Elizabeth Berrington (20 eps)
 * NQT English Teacher Helen Hopewell - Played by Vinette Robinson (8 eps)
 * Head of Modern Languages Jo Lipsett - Played by Sarah-Jane Potts (20 eps)
 * Deputy Head and Science Teacher Christopher Mead - Played by William Ash (20 eps)
 * Executive Head Max Tyler - Played by Tom Chambers (10 eps)

Students

 * Aleesha Dillon - Played by Lauren Thomas (20 eps)
 * Karla Bentham - Played by Jessica Baglow (20 eps)
 * Danielle Harker - Played by Lucy Dixon (20 eps)
 * Bolton Smiley - Played by Tachia Newall (20 eps)
 * Michaela White - Played by Zaraah Abrahams (20 eps)
 * Paul Langley - Played by Thomas Milner (20 eps)
 * Denzil Kelly - Played by Reece Douglas (20 eps)
 * Sambuca Kelly - Played by Holly Kenny (20 eps)
 * Phillip Ryan - Played by Dean Smith (20 eps)
 * Lauren Andrews - Played by Darcy Isa (20 eps)
 * Emily James - Played by Shannon Flynn (20 eps)
 * Lindsey James - Played by Jenna-Louise Coleman (9 eps)
 * Siobhan Mailey - Played by Phoebe Dynevor (20 eps)
 * Ros McCain - Played by Sophie McShera (20 eps)
 * Luke Pendle - Played by Richie Jeeves (10 eps)
 * Josh Stevenson - Played by William Rush (20 eps)
 * Amy Porter - Played by Ayesha Qwilt (20 eps)
 * Vicki MacDonald - Played by Rebecca Ryan ( 2 eps)
 * Finn Sharkey - Played by Jack McMullen (9 eps)

Others

 * Ruby Fry's husband John Fry - Played by Ralph Ineson (16 eps)
 * Healthy Schools Co-ordinator Adam Fleet - Played by Steven Waddington (8 eps)

DVD Release Edit
The fifth series of Waterloo Road was released in three different box sets. The first 10 episodes were released on DVD in June 2010, and the last 10 were released on a seperate DVD in September 2010. All episodes were then released together in a DVD set in May 2011.