Waterloo Road actor

[Prudie]

Don't usually watch this but just flicked on - who is the actor playing the teacher in the school cafe, mght be called Daniel Chalk in the programme?? I really recognise him, maybe from an advert?

[nicolab6]

Robson Green

[nicolab6]

Oh, don't thing that's the one you mean, you are thinking of the guy for the Building Society advert?

[nicolab6]

Actor Is called Mark Benton

[sherrardk]

Weren't Mark Benton and Robson Green in those Christmas specials where they tried to out-do each other with their Christmas lights?

[nicolab6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Benton

[bimbo123456]

Mark Benton

[nicolab6]

Sherrard, the programme was Northern Lights. Yes, they appeared together.

[Prudie]

Of course, the funny building society adverts. Thank you all, fountains of knowledge as usual.
Was hoping you might answer sherr - still think this series is enough to put anyone off teaching for life!!

[sherrardk]

Hi Prudie - I couldn't go back to it that's for sure! I used to work in a 'good' school and the stuff you heard about would make your hair curl (and I only heard snippets as I wasn't a 'pastoral' person). Hate to think what an inner-city school would be like. Whilst I find Waterloo Road a bit full-on it is like a condensed version of a whole school year (only a real school would have more staff).

[Prudie]

I do remember you making a very funny remark on here along the lines of preferring wasps up your bottom to returning to teaching! I taught in a smallish secondary modern and I suppose stuff did go on but I don't remember there being such aggression and nastiness amongst pupils and certainly not the staff. Still I can see it's probably an addictive programme, don't know why I stopped watching it.

[DosAmigos]

What sort of teacher were you then?? Obviously not english!

"Fountain" of knowledge?

[cupid04]

Yea it's fount of knowledge!

[Prudie]

Thought this thread was dead. Fount is short for fountain.
I was a maths teacher anyway but glad you two feel better for pointing out what you perceive as en error!

[cupid04]

sorry Prudie, am I forgiven?

[Prudie]

you are cupid. yes :-)

[cupid04]

thankyou.xx

[DosAmigos]

Prudie. How about i before e except after c ??

pah!

[Prudie]

sorry, don't get your point

[DosAmigos]

shame... ;(