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The following is a list of characters who first appear in the eighth series of the BBC school drama Waterloo Road in order of first appearance. The eighth series consists of thirty episodes first broadcast from 23 August 2012 to 4 July 2013. New main cast members from episode one include English teacher (later head teacher) Christine Mulgrew and history teacher Audrey McFall with Maggie Croft (later Budgen) and Lorraine Donnegan also promoted to the main cast.