Waterloo Road/Trivia


 * Dawson Casting: Considering UK laws on child filming and the fact that the pupils are a major part of the show, it's pretty much a given.
 * A possible Lampshade Hanging in the third season when a teacher successfully passes herself off as a student for a football match.
 * Taken to the extreme with the casting of 28 year old Roxanne Pallett as a 17 year old.
 * Fake Nationality: Francesca Montoya is played by an Indian actress of British extraction, born in India.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Several, namely:
 * Philip Martin Brown. who was in The Professionals.
 * Robson Green (who plays Mr. Scotcher the caretaker) was McNair the werewolf.
 * Reality Subtext: A few times.
 * Real Life Relative: Steph and Dave the security guard are played by actors who are married to each other in real life.
 * You Look Familiar: Daniella Denby-Ashe played an incompetent substitute teacher in one episode and returned at the end of Series 7 in a full time role as businesswoman Lorraine Donnegan.
 * You Look Familiar: Daniella Denby-Ashe played an incompetent substitute teacher in one episode and returned at the end of Series 7 in a full time role as businesswoman Lorraine Donnegan.