THREE sisters from Wilmslow will become stars of the small screen after joining a host of famous faces for the filming of a BBC drama, airing this month.
Alderley Edge School for Girls student Phoebe Ridley-Fink and sisters Emily , 15 and Francesca, 14 who both go to Withington School for Girls, will grace our television screens in the coming weeks in the new series of Waterloo Road, performing alongside well-known actors and actresses including Jason Merrells, Angela Griffin, Jill Halfpenny and Denise Welch.
The teenagers were snapped up for the parts in the BBC One school-based drama, set in the chaotic world of a failing northern comprehensive, along with fifty other children who are on the books at Model Child Ltd agency on Macclesfield's Duke Street.
Samantha Crompton, the managing director of Model Child, a family run model agency, said: "All the children thoroughly enjoyed the work and the experience. Wearing the Waterloo Road uniform of a maroon blazer with the school motto 'Ex Nihilo Omina' - Everything From Nothing - really helped the children to quickly adapt into their roles."
The young actors were whisked off to a middle school in the heart of a Rochdale housing estate to film the primetime programme, produced by the company responsible for Footballers Wives and Bad Girls.
"Prior to the production team moving in and the children arriving on set, the school, used as an infant school had to be emptied of the tiny chairs and desks to transform it into the fictional Waterloo Road comprehensive," said Samantha.
"Registered chaperones were working with all the under 16s and hot Ribena, sausage sandwiches and apple crumble were tucked into in between filming on the BBC production trailers," she said.
And the young performers proved they really are model children after being highly commended on the set for all their hard work, polite and professional attitude.
Samantha added: "The producers said the children showed great potential as actors and actresses which has been a real boost for them. This kind of work has also been a great experience, especially for those who are doing drama at GCSE."
