[Denver]

EastEnders star Jo Joyner and Casualty's Sunetra Sarker will reunite to lead Channel 4's new school drama The ABC.

The pair previously starred together in No Angels, which ran for three series from 2004 to 2006, but have since gone on to find fame as Tanya Branning and Zoe Hanna in EastEnders and Casualty respectively.

However, they will come back together to star in The ABC - which is based around two multicultural Yorkshire comprehensive schools being merged together to make an academy.

Jo has been cast in the role of the new academy's headteacher Mandy Carter, alongside fellow EastEnders alumni Paul Nicholls, who will play her PE teacher husband.

Sunetra, who departed Casualty last May after eight years with the show, will play dinner lady and single mother Kaneez Paracha.

The weekly 8pm hour-long show has already begun filming and will air later this year. It is being produced by Alex Lamb, who previously worked on both EastEnders and Waterloo Road.

Jo previously teased that she was working on something exciting up north when she took to Twitter to address rumours that Tanya could be returning to EastEnders.

A scene in last month's episode of the BBC soap left fans wondering if Tanya could be on her way back to Albert Square after her daughter Lauren and friend Jane had a long - and not-so-subtle - conversation about her.

Her message read: "Ahhh. I miss them all too! But I'm up north filming at the moment. I'll tell more when I'm able."

Tanya left the show in 2013, with Jo briefly reprising the role for the show's live week in 2015 - where she made her unforgettable 'How's Adam?' error.

However, after Tanya's on-screen husband Max returned to Walford after a year long break last Christmas, and with her daughters Lauren and Abi still very much around, fans are holding out hope that we could still see her again one day.

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/eastend...drama-the-abc/

[Denver]

Great cast so far aswell

[Denver]

Youtube video

Looks fantastic

[Will.]

Looks decent

[UserSince2005]

I had a friend who was working on this?
always complained about it lol
although i think that was just having to drive over to halifax everyday.
filming wrapped about a month ago, so its done and dusted for him

[Wizard.]

Waterloo Road teas

[Ross.]

Oh this looks really go-

It is being produced by Alex Lamb

Oh

[Black Dagger]

Originally Posted by Ross.

Oh this looks really go-



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Hew!

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Ross.

Oh this looks really go-



Oh

So it'll have an excellent beginning, an ok middle and a bloody atrocious ending?

[Daniel-X]

I'm definitley going to be watching this

[UserSince2005]

My friend said i have to watch the first episode.
dont have to bother with the rest
but i must watch the first episode, and ill know why when i watch it.
wont tell me anything more

[Morgan.]

You know everyone User.

[reece(:]

I'll be watching

[reece(:]

Lorraine Cheshire who played Fleur Budgeon on WR is starring

[Nicky91]

what is this

[Denver]

CH4 are re-editing the 1st episode to take out a bomb hoax after this weeks events

[storybrooke]

Recognise the young actress from The Dumping Ground. Seems like it could be a potential replacement for Waterloo Road as someone else has suggested, looks very promising

[hbk4894]

Don't know if I am a big fan based on the first episode.

[UserSince2005]

what happened in the first episode?
my friend told me to watch it and id know why when i saw it.
but i didnt watch lol

[Denver]

already a thread

[Denver]

Basically Waterloo Road

[reece(:]

Liz and Sunetra are ICONS

[reece(:]

MESS at Jo Joyner's fella pulling a gals head scarf off

[reece(:]

This was surprisingly rather good, and I didn't see it as a Waterloo Road carbon copy

Some cliches, as expected, but it mostly worked, everyone played their part well.. even the annoying school kid. Hope it rates well

[reece(:]

Time to catch up!