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"Waterloo Road bosses have announced that Z\u00F6e Lucker is joining the cast of the BBC show. The former Footballers&amp;#039; Wives and EastEnders actress has signed up for the role of Carol Barry, the head of a Liverpudlian criminal family who have been tipped to cause mayhem in upcoming storylines.   Pictured: Z\u00F6e Lucker and Alec Newman. As Carol&amp;#039;s husband is in prison, she is the lone parent of three unruly children - bad boy Barry (Carl Au) and daughters Dynasty and Kacey (Abby Mavers and Brogan Ellis). Viewers will see the kids arrive at Waterloo Road&amp;#039;s new home in Scotland as the latest recruits for headmaster Michael Byrne&amp;#039;s pupil referral unit. Michael (Alec Newman) hopes to turn them into model students, but it quickly becomes apparent that top grades are the last thing on their minds. Lucker commented: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m delighted to join the cast of Waterloo Road and work with Shed and the BBC again. It&amp;#039;s a show I&amp;#039;ve always enjoyed and I&amp;#039;m thrilled to be part of the outrageous Barry family. &amp;quot;Carol and her kids are going to ruffle plenty of feathers in Waterloo Road - you can&amp;#039;t trust them as far as you can throw them! They&amp;#039;re a family of great characters - you just wouldn&amp;#039;t want the Barrys in your neighbourhood!&amp;quot; Waterloo Road is Lucker&amp;#039;s first major project since bowing out as Vanessa Gold in EastEnders last year.   Pictured: Lucker as Vanessa in EastEnders. Cameron Roach, head of drama for Shed Productions and executive producer of Waterloo Road, said: &amp;quot;Z\u00F6e is a terrific addition to our ensemble cast. It is incredibly exciting to be working with her again after working together on Footballers&amp;#039; Wives. This time her character&amp;#039;s not about the glamour but keeping the family together.&amp;quot; BBC Scotland&amp;#039;s executive producer Gaynor Holmes added: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;d like to extend a warm welcome to Z\u00F6e as she arrives in Scotland. It&amp;#039;s very exciting to see Waterloo Road continue to attract such star casting as the show goes from strength to strength.&amp;quot; Waterloo Road fans will see the Barry family make their on-screen debut next year, in episodes currently being filmed at the programme&amp;#039;s new base in Greenock, Scotland. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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