Radio Times

Review by:

Jane Rackham

Over the years there have been many reasons why pupils have left Waterloo Road. But this is a new one. Phoenix and Harley Taylor have won the lottery. And not just a tenner. They’ve pocketed £200,000 and are merrily blowing it on trainers and designer T-shirts when their dad (John Thomson) turns up to see them. You don’t need a psychology GCSE to realise it’s because he’s heard about their windfall.

The Barry family are keeping an unusually low profile despite mum Carol (Zöe Lucker) acting like a female Fagin, but Michael Byrne and Christine Mulgrew are behaving like daft teenagers – that’s a relationship none of us saw coming.

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12/20. Kim's day gets off to a bad start when Grace's uncle shows up at school threatening to expose a secret. Desperate for help, she turns to Steph - who proves to be suspicious of her motives. Meanwhile, Janeece goes under the knife in an effort to pursue a modelling career, and Rachel and Eddie inadvertently end up on a date when Philip ducks out of going bowling.

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