Waterloo Road
First Aired
Mar 09, 2006
Seasons
15
Episodes
230
Episode Runtime
52 min
Overview
Waterloo Road is a UK television drama series the first broadcast was in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Originally set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, England, the location of the show was moved to the former Greenock Academy in Greenock, Scotland in 2012. The series focuses on the lives of the school's teachers and students, and confronts social issues such as extramarital affairs, abortion, divorce, child abuse, and suicide. Waterloo Road is produced by Shed Productions, the company responsible for Bad Girls and Footballers' Wives.
Genres
Networks
BBC One
Top Cast
30 cast members
Seasons
Series 1
8 Episodes • 2006
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Series 2
12 Episodes • 2007
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Series 3
20 Episodes • 2007
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Series 4
20 Episodes • 2009
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Series 5
20 Episodes • 2009
War breaks out in the playground after the closure of a local private school leads to an influx of middle-class pupils at Waterloo Road.
Series 6
20 Episodes • 2010
New head teacher Karen Fisher sets out to revolutionise Waterloo Road but her steely exterior masks a dark personal tragedy which threatens to derail her leadership.
Series 7
30 Episodes • 2011
A gang war breaks out at Waterloo Road, threatening to derail Michael's efforts to turn the school around, and Josh struggles with an escalating drug problem which is masking a more serious illness.
Series 8
30 Episodes • 2012
Waterloo Road benefactor Lorraine wants a return on her investment but super head Michael insists that you can't make money from education. Will Lorraine listen, or is the school heading for disaster?
Series 9
20 Episodes • 2013
Christine settles in as head of Waterloo Road but quickly finds new deputy Simon is after her job. As well as unruly students and her drink problem, old friend George is not all he seems.
Series 10
20 Episodes • 2014
New head Vaughan Fitzgerald arrives with his partner Allie and her two children. When his two teenage sons from a previous marriage arrive unexpectedly to live with them, it all gets very complicated.
Series 11
7 Episodes • 2023
Riots, scandals, fractured families and familiar faces - Waterloo Road is back with a new term and a whole new attitude. Who said education was easy?
Series 12
7 Episodes • 2023
Affairs, scandals, blackmail and many, many headteachers. Who said education was easy?
Series 13
8 Episodes • 2024
With a swathe of long-term refusers descending on Waterloo Road, the balance of peace and harmony rests on thin ice.
Series 14
8 Episodes • 2024
Waterloo Road sees a changing of the guard with new head Steve Savage.
Series 15
0 Episodes • TBA
No overview available.
