At this point, we have to assume that the Waterloo Road writing team is packed with listeners to our podcast. The BBC has announced that Jack Rimmer will return to the show in the next series, with Jason Merrells back in the cast. What does this mean for the show? What does this mean for the rumours of Steph Haydock's return? And, most importantly, what does this mean for our fanfic?

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