Former EastEnders star Jo Joyner has been in Ackley Bridge since the very beginning as headmistress Mandy Carter. She has played an integral role in the show which is about two schools merging ...

Ackley Bridge season four aired last year on Channel 4 and included the departure of original character headteacher Mandy Carter (played by Jo Joyner). She led the way in merging two schools to ...

TV; TV News; Jo Joyner; Ackley Bridge star Jo Joyner says she wouldn't be tough enough to be a real teacher like her character The 40-year-old actress takes on the role of Mandy Carter, battling ...

Ackley Bridge’s Jo Joyner has opened up on her decision to quit the Channel 4 show after four seasons.. The actress, who plays Mandy in the drama, will leave midway through the current series as ...

Jo Joyner might be best-known and loved for her role as Tanya Branning in EastEnders, but Ackley Bridge fans are slowly but surely claiming her as their own.. As the Channel 4 drama aired yet ...

Actress Jo Joyner has admitted the real reason she's set to wave goodbye to her character and Ackley Bridge. Speaking on Tuesday's Lorraine, the EastEnders star revealed it was "time to move on ...

JO Joyner stars as driven headteacher Mandy Carter in Ackley Bridge Credit: Channel 4 Jo Joyner is a 41-year-old actress best known for playing Tanya Branning in the BBC One saop EastEnders.

The Ackley Bridge cast have been reflecting on their own school memories as filming has wrapped on the second series of the popular Channel 4 drama. As the action continues tonight, some of the ...

Jo Joyner has said Channel 4 school drama Ackley Bridge will become more gritty. The actress believes the series has now established itself, and will now tackle more difficult issues. That’s a ...