First Look: Neil Pearson and Laurie Brett start filming final Waterloo Road

(Image credit: Photographer: Brian Grant)

Neil Pearson and Laurie Brett (Christine Mulgrew) are pictured as filming gets underway on the 10th and final series of Waterloo Road in Greenock, Scotland today.

Neil joins Waterloo Road as new headteacher Vaughan Fitzgerald in the final nine episodes of series nine later this year on BBC1, while the final 10-episode series will be broadcast some time in 2015.

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