John Alderton married his co-star, Jill Browne, but they later divorced. After an uncredited role in "Cleopatra" (1963), and appearing in British films such as "The System" (1964), "Assignment K" (1968), "Duffy" (1968) and "Hannibal Brooks" (1969), he played the lead in the comedy series "Please Sir!", as hapless teacher Mr Hedges, which later resulted in him also playing the character in the 1971 feature film of the same name. In 1972 he appeared with Hannah Gordon in the BBC comedy series "My Wife Next Door" which ran for 13 episodes, and for which he won a Jacob's Award in 1975. He
Karen David 2010, David played the Spanish teacher, Francesca "Cesca" Montoya, in series six of BBC One's drama, "Waterloo Road". While "Waterloo Road" was still airing, David landed the role of legend hunter Alexia Alderton in "Pixelface", a CBBC children's comedy series about six video game characters and what they do when they are not inside their games. The second series aired on 3 January 2012. David appeared on American television with a guest role on the Fox series "Touch" in 2012, playing Kayla Graham. On the episode she performed the song "Three Little Birds", which was then released as a soundtrack