Learning curve

Comedian Jon Richardson joins Waterloo Road as a troubled teacher

- WORDS: CAREN CLARK, MICHAEL DARLING, HANNAH DAVIES, RICHARD MCCLURE, VICTORIA WILSON

Earlier this year, Jon Richardson 'April Fooled' the nation when he announced on social media that he was quitting stand-up comedy to become a teacher, later to reveal he would be playing media-studies teacher Darius Donovan as BBC1's Waterloo Road begins a new term. Here, the star, who turns 43 on 26 September, tells us more...