Breaker High School was no ordinary school – it was a luxury cruise ship (the Universe Explorer) that had been refitted as a floating high school for 500 teens in a Beverly Hills 90210-meets-The Love Boat scenario.
The main eight characters were quirky misfit Tamira Goldstein (Rachel Wilson); nerdy wannabe ladies’ man Sean Hanlon (Ryan Gosling in one of his earliest television roles); Southern Belle Princess Ashley Dupree (Terri Conn); class clown Jimmy Farrell (Tyler Labine); Max Ballard (Scott Vickaryous), the brooding, moody son of the ship’s captain (Andrew Airlie); academic overachiever and staunch feminist Denise Williams (Persia White); preppy tomboy hottie Cassidy Cartwright (Wendi Kenya); and the athletic Alex Pineda (Kyle Alisharan).
Teachers included the camp Tony Gifford (Richard Ian Cox), Ana Mitchell (Anne Openshaw), and the sadistic Miss Pesler (Layne Macdonald). Nigel Mumford (Bernard Cuffling) was the British head chef on the ship.
Serial-like stories recounted the students’ adventures as they studied and sailed around the world, exploring various ports of call along the way (though the Canadian-produced series was filmed entirely in Burnaby, British Columbia).
The ship had its own college radio station called “Shipwreck Radio”.
Tamira Goldstein
Rachel Wilson Sean Hanlon
Ryan Gosling Ashley Dupree
Terri Conn Jimmy Farrell
Tyler Labine Alex Pineda
Kyle Alisharan Cassidy Cartwright
Wendi Kenya Denise Williams
Persia White Max Ballard
Scott Vickaryous Tony Gifford
Richard Ian Cox Captain Ballard
Andrew Airlie Ana Mitchell
Anne Openshaw Nigel Mumford
Bernard Cuffling
The main eight characters were quirky misfit Tamira Goldstein (Rachel Wilson); nerdy wannabe ladies’ man Sean Hanlon (Ryan Gosling in one of his earliest television roles); Southern Belle Princess Ashley Dupree (Terri Conn); class clown Jimmy Farrell (Tyler Labine); Max Ballard (Scott Vickaryous), the brooding, moody son of the ship’s captain (Andrew Airlie); academic overachiever and staunch feminist Denise Williams (Persia White); preppy tomboy hottie Cassidy Cartwright (Wendi Kenya); and the athletic Alex Pineda (Kyle Alisharan).
The ship had its own college radio station called “Shipwreck Radio”.
Jimmy Farrell
