It's the penultimate episode of this series of Waterloo Road and it's an exciting one because both Jack Rimmer and Steph Haydock are back. Meanwhile, the net starts to close in on Darius and several very serious stories are given short shrift. Tom Beasley and Luke Stevenson are your podcast hosts, as always.

Watch SERIES 17, EPISODE 7 of Waterloo Road here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002phhb/waterloo-road-series-17-episode-7/

Prepare for SERIES 17, EPISODE 8 of Waterloo Road here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002phhf/waterloo-road-series-17-episode-8/

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