‘Loved my time’: TV legend says his goodbyes as he quits major show

Comedian and histrion Jason Manford has shared a tribute to Waterloo Road aft leaving the show.

The star, who is besides a theatre performer, played the relation of Steve Savage successful the latest bid of the school-based drama.

As the caller headteacher, Mr Savage arrived alongside his lad Billy (Olly Rhodes).

Their departures happened astatine the aforesaid time, erstwhile begetter and lad were arrested aft the decease of a pupil called Boz. Boz and Schuey Weaver (Zak Sutcliffe) had spent weeks tormenting Billy, until helium yet snapped.

In shocking scenes, Billy tied a portion of chord crossed the tow path, knowing that Schuey would beryllium coming to find him that night.

However, it was Boz who turned up, and erstwhile his motorcycle instrumentality deed the chord, helium was sent flying implicit the grip bars, with the interaction of the pavement sidesplitting him instantly.

Following his last episode, Jason has taken to societal media level X to bespeak connected his clip connected the show.

Sharing a assortment of snaps of him arsenic Steve, the prima wrote alongside: ‘Such an honour to person been trusted with this role, loved my clip connected the show, fantastic squad from catering to producers, to everyone successful beforehand and down the lens.

‘Great penning & directing passim & everyone made it truthful casual for maine to articulation the Waterloo Road family’.

Steve volition beryllium replaced by caller headteacher Dame Stella Drake, played by EastEnders’ Lindsey Coulson.

The actress, 64, is champion known to BBC viewers for playing matriarch Carol Jackson successful their flagship soap opera for implicit 10 years across three abstracted stints.

Fans person been hoping she would beryllium the adjacent successful enactment to marque a immense instrumentality to Albert Square for the show’s 40th day celebrations, following successful the footsteps of her co-stars Patsy Palmer and Michael French.

Whilst a Walford accomplishment isn’t connected the cards, Lindsey is set to caput northbound as the caller headteacher of troubled Mancunian school Waterloo Road.

On her casting, Lindsey said: ‘I’m delighted to beryllium joining Waterloo Road arsenic the caller headteacher, Dame Stella Drake.’

‘It’s a relation I haven’t played earlier truthful I’m truly enjoying peeling backmost the layers of who Stella is and seeing however the teachers and students respond to her no-nonsense approach.

‘Waterloo Road tackles societal issues caput connected which is truthful important to spot connected tv and this bid volition beryllium nary different.’

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