Grantly Budgen

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name = Grantly Budgen


first = Series One, Episode One
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color = #BBAAFF
spouse = Fleur Budgen
occupation = Head of English (suspended pending enquiry)
portrayer = Philip Martin Brown

Grantly Budgen is a character in the television series "Waterloo Road", portrayed by Philip Martin Brown.

Head of English

Grantly is the Head of English. He is a lazy teacher, holding little hope for his students' betterment. Aspinall was bullied by Grantly during their school years in Waterloo Road. He has fallen asleep on the job on occasion. He has been teaching English for 30 years and doesn't like his job, but is respected throughout by the staff. He was furious when autistic pupil Karla hit him with a chair during an anxiety attack, and his anger was compounded by the management's refusal to expel Karla.

Personal life

Grantly is a grumpy man in his fifties. His wife one of a few people who has earned Grantly's respect. He cannot wait to retire and yearns for a life without secondary school students.

Grantly Budgen has a primary role in a later storyline within the programme about his gambling problems.

He is a reader of the Racing Post.

On 13 December, his wife Fleur left their house for the first time in weeks. She saw that he had sold all their furniture to pay off his debts. When she confronted him about it, he confessed to having gambled it all away, and promising a fresh start. On her journey to school (at the end of which she fainted) she was taunted by a group of teenagers in a stolen car who called her Mrs Blobby.

Grantly also showed a devious streak when he played a group of Year 10 students off against each other during a cookery lesson where they prepared food for the visiting school governors.

Grantly was humiliated in Series 2 when he fell asleep in class following a heavy drinking session, and Brett Aspinall wrote "prat" on his balding forehead.

Grantly taught Brett's father Roger (who left the school around 1980) and once told a class of pupils that Roger was "the thickest pupil" he had ever come across; Roger remembered this when he arrived at the school as a sponsor governor in series 2.

External links

* [http://www.waterlooroad.co.uk "Waterloo Road" Website]