Waterloo Road’s Tillie Amartey teases huge storylines and fate of character in new series after scooping award
TILLIE Amartey has teased huge new Waterloo Road storylines for her character ahead of the new series.
The fan-favourite, 21, will return for the BBC school-based drama’s next series in the New Year.
Fans watched as Stacey Neville arrived just this year, immediately making her mark as one student with a very poor attendance.
Speaking about her future, Tillie told The Sun: “So there’s lots of good things coming for Stacey. I think they like me in the audience.
“I don’t think I’m getting killed off. So, you know, I think she’s still going to be a comfort blanket for the audience.”
Jason Manford recently departed the show after just one series, paving the way for EastEnders icon Lindsey Coulson to take over as head teacher.
While scripts are being closely guarded by Beeb bosses, Tillie did tease: “Everything we do, we try and keep it as authentic and real as possible so that the audience can really connect to it.
“So we’ve got a load of big storylines coming up. Obviously I can’t give you any spoilers. But Stacey Neville did just win the Biggest Breakthrough Award for I Talk Telly.”
Tillie was speaking on behalf of the Department of Education’s Skills for Life campaign, which aims to help young people, adults and businesses realise their full potential by engaging in a range of skills and technical education offers.
It supports the government in their attempts to grow the economy by ensuring people have the skills they need for the future.
Tillie said: “Arming yourself with knowledge, because knowledge is power, and the Skills for Life website is definitely full of knowledge.
“So even if you think, ‘oh I can only do this with the qualifications I’ve got’, as soon as you put your qualifications in on the Skills for Life website, you’ve got a numerous amount of jobs that you didn’t know you could do.”
Meanwhile, The Sun recently revealed how Loose Women star Denise Welch is reprising her role on Waterloo Road.
She played French teacher Steph Haydock for four years before leaving in 2010.
A BBC insider said: “Waterloo Road fans love a comeback, particularly when it is someone of Denise’s calibre.
“The character is certainly one which will live long in the memory of devotees, and it’s an absolute no brainer to have her return.”
Waterloo road main cast - past and present
Who was part of the main cast of Waterloo Road series 13?
Parents and Staff
- Angela Griffin – Headteacher Kim Campbell
- James Baxter – Deputy Head Joe Casey
- Vincent Jerome – Deputy Head Lindon King
- Ryan Clayton – School security Sergeant Mike Rutherford
- Jo Coffey as PA to headteacher, Wendy Whitwell
- Neil Fitzmaurice – History teacher Neil Guthrie
- Rachel Leskovac – Head of English Coral Walker
- Kym Marsh – School Canteen worker Nicky Walters
- Katherine Pearce – Junior teacher Amy Spratt
- Shauna Shim – Music teacher Valerie Chambers
- Adam Thomas – School caretaker Donte Charles
- Jamie Glover – Former deputy head Andrew Treneman
Pupils
- Noah Valentine – Preston Walters
- Priyasasha Kumari – Samia Choudhry
- Adam Ali – Kai Sharif
- Alicia Forde – Kelly Jo Rafferty
- Francesco Piacentini-Smith – Dean Weever
- Liam Scholes – Noel McManus
- Lucy Eleanor Begg – Caz Williams
- Summer Violet Bird – Tonya Walters
- Scarlett Thomas – Izzy Charles
- Thapelo Ray – Dwayne Jackson
- Inathi Rozani – Zayne Jackson
- Chiamaka Ulebor – Shola Aku
- Hattie Dynevor – Libby Guthrie
- Zak Sutcliffe – Schumacher “Schuey” Weever
- Tillie Amartey – Stacey “Stace” Neville
- Maisie Robinson – Portia Weever
- Aabay Noor Ali – Mollie ‘Mog’ Richardson
- Zanele Nyoni – Jess Clarke
- Teddy Wallwork – Declan Harding
Returning
- Lauren Drummond – Mika Grainger
Who were some of the past notable characters from across the years?
Previous Heads
- Jack Rimmer – Jason Merrells
- Rachel Mason – Eva Pope
- Karen Fisher – Amanda Burton
- Michael Byrne – Alec Newman
- Christine Mulgrew – Laurie Brett
- Vaughan Fitzgerald – Neil Pearson
Notable Teachers
- Drama teacher Izzy Redpath – Jill Halfpenny
- English teacher Tom Clarkson – Jason Done
- English teacher Lorna Dickey – Camilla Power
- English teacher Grantley Budgen – Philip Martin Brown
- French teacher Steph Haydock – Denise Welch
- Deputy Head Eddie Lawson – Neil Morrissey
- Deputy Head Chistopher Mead – William Ash
- Executive Head Max Tyler – Tom Chambers
- Drama and Music teacher Matt Wilding – Chris Geere
- English teacher Jasmine Koreshi – Shabana Bakhsh
- Special needs assistant Davina Shackleton – Christine Tremarco
- Home Economics teacher – Ruby Fry Elizabeth Berrington
- Head of Foreign Languages Jo Lipsett – Sarah-Jane Potts
- Foreign Languages teacher Francesca “Cesca” Montoya – Karen David
- Geography teacher Marcus Kirby – Wil Johnson
- Head of Pastoral Care Adanna Lawal – Sharlene Whyte,