Former Corrie star Ryan Thomas has spoken of his pride as his family grace our screens for the revival of the school drama Waterloo Road. The popular Rochdale-based show, which launched back in 2006 and ran until 2015 after relocating to Scotland, returns to BBC One tonight (Tuesday January 3) with episodes airing on TV each week and the full series now available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
Ryan, 38, who played Jason Grimshaw in Coronation Street, is thrilled that not only is younger brother Adam, 34, back as Waterloo Road pupil Donte Charles, he's joined by Ryan's daughter Scarlett, 14, and nephew Teddy, eight. Scarlett, Ryan's daughter with his ex Tina O'Brien, and Teddy, Adam's son with dancer Caroline Daly, play Donte and wife Chlo Grainger's children Tommy and Izzie.
At just 17-years-old Adam joined the cast of the first ever series of Waterloo Road as bad boy Donte Charles, whose relationship with Chlo, played by Katie Griffiths, became a staple of the show. Viewers followed the pair's rocky relationship that saw them get married at just 16 and in one of the show's most memorable moments Chlo gave birth to Izzie in the school toilets.
