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Did Charlotte Hoyle first appear in 2007?

PyramidbreadPyramidbread Posts: 10,448
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When David set his exam paper, the invigilator was played by Becky Hindley...so is it not too far of a jump to say that she was playing the same character? :confused::D

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    wallo mr slugwallo mr slug Posts: 9,734
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    It would be fun to think that...BUT teachers aren't meant to be used as exam invigilators...it's part of their union rights. So if we were to go on that picky point, maybe it was a different character...
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,352
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    Her twin sister. ;)
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    davey_waveydavey_wavey Posts: 27,406
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    gmc93 wrote: »
    Her twin sister. ;)

    I'd love it if she had a twin sister, and she turned up on the Street and John freaks out it's Charlotte and he has to keep her sweet..
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    teenagemartyrteenagemartyr Posts: 6,782
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    wallo mr slug wrote: »
    It would be fun to think that...BUT teachers aren't meant to be used as exam invigilators...it's part of their union rights. So if we were to go on that picky point, maybe it was a different character...

    Or maybe Charlotte was an exam invigilator in between teaching jobs?
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    DippitDippit Posts: 3,685
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    I think Charlotte Hoyle was definitely supposed to be working at Weatherfield Comprehensive back in 2007 (as John Stape was fired from the school early 2008) so the main issue would be whether teachers can invigilate for exams.

    I actually checked this out and while a school hasn't been able to contractually oblige their teachers to invigilate for exams since 2005, its possible that she (if we consider this Invigilator and Charlotte Hoyle as the same character) could have volunteered. Although the National Union of Teachers prefers that the school employs trained invigilators rather than volunteers out of the school's teaching staff.

    The following document notes that despite the change in the rule regarding teachers being used as invigilators, some schools were still doing it (with teachers that apparently volunteered) so you could imagine that this sort of thing was still going on in 2007 as it does sometimes take a few years for new guidelines to be followed. Perhaps the head Teacher didn't hire enough invigilators for that particular set of exams and got Charlotte to do it on the sly. Charlotte's obviously willing to go along with her colleagues scams!

    http://www.suffolknut.org.uk/invigilation06.doc

    It's a word document so if you don't want to download it just google "Can teachers be invigilators" go to the first result and look at the quick view like I did.


    So yeah I guess you could actually consider them to be the same character in a bit of accidental continuity. Its definitely not intentional though.
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    callumfreemancallumfreeman Posts: 12,399
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    Has anyone got any clips of the episode?
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    TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 633
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    Just credited as "Invigilator" on IMDB in 2007 but appeared as "Mrs. Smith" in 2006!

    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1385443/filmoseries#tt0053494
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    wallo mr slugwallo mr slug Posts: 9,734
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    davey_wavey wrote: »
    I'd love it if she had a twin sister, and she turned up on the Street and John freaks out it's Charlotte and he has to keep her sweet..

    That would be glorious :D
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    PyramidbreadPyramidbread Posts: 10,448
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    callumfreeman wrote: »
    Has anyone got any clips of the episode?
    Been looking for one xD
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    big danbig dan Posts: 7,878
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    I sat my GCSE's in the same year, 2007, and some of our teachers acted as invigilators then so yes, is possible. :D
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    Milleniumqueen7Milleniumqueen7 Posts: 548
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    She appeared in 2 one off episodes

    (2 October 2006) - Mrs. Smith
    (11 June 2007) - Invigilator
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