Waterloo Road (TV series)
Waterloo Road is a British television drama series set in a comprehensive school of the same name, broadcast on BBC One and later on BBC Three. The show is set in the Northern English town of Rochdale, Greater Manchester from series one until the end of series seven, and the Scottish town of Greenock from the beginning of series eight until the end of the show in series ten. The first episode was broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006 and the final episode on BBC Three on 9 March 2015.
| Waterloo Road | |
|---|---|
| Genre | School drama |
| Created by | Ann McManus Maureen Chadwick |
| Starring | Full cast |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 14 |
| No. of episodes | 230 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Various |
| Production locations | Greater Manchester, England (series 1–7, 11–) Greenock, Scotland (series 8–10) |
| Running time | 56–87 minutes |
| Production companies | Shed Productions (series 1–10) BBC Scotland (series 8–10)[1] Wall to Wall (series 11–) Rope Ladder Fiction (series 11–)[2] |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One (2006–2014, 2023–present) BBC Three (2015) BBC iPlayer (2023–present) |
| Release | 9 March 2006 – 9 March 2015 |
| Release | 3 January 2023 – present |
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Waterloo Road ran for 200 episodes and exactly nine years. In September 2019, the series was made available on BBC iPlayer. In September 2021, the BBC recommissioned the show for an eleventh series, with production returning to the Greater Manchester area.[3][4]
The revival series started airing on 3 January 2023.
The show
changeWaterloo Road is set in a failing comprehensive school of the same name and focuses on the professional and personal lives of the students and staff.[5]
Characters
changeSeries overview
changeEpisodes
change| Series | Episodes | Originally aired (UK) | Average viewership (in millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 8 | 9 March 2006 | 27 April 2006 | 4.6 | |
| 2 | 12 | 18 January 2007[a] | 26 April 2007 | 4.3 | |
| 3 | 20 | 11 October 2007 | 13 March 2008 | 5.0 | |
| 4 | 20 | 7 January 2009 | 20 May 2009 | 4.7 | |
| 5 | 20 | 28 October 2009 | 15 July 2010 | 4.8 | |
| 6 | 20 | 1 September 2010 | 6 April 2011 | 4.9 | |
| WRR | 6 | 2 March 2011 | 6 April 2011 | N/A | |
| 7 | 30 | 4 May 2011 | 25 April 2012 | 5.1 | |
| 8 | 30 | 23 August 2012 | 4 July 2013 | 4.4 | |
| 9 | 20 | 5 September 2013 | 12 March 2014 | 4.1 | |
| 10 | 20 | 15 October 2014 | 9 March 2015 | 3.6[b] | |
| 11 | 7 | 3 January 2023 | 14 February 2023 | N/A | |
| 12 | 7 | 16 May 2023 | 27 June 2023 | N/A | |
| 13 | 8 | 2 January 2024 | 26 February 2024 | N/A | |
| 14 | 8 | 10 September 2024 | 29 October 2024 | N/A | |
- ↑ Series 2 began airing on BBC One Scotland on 14 January 2007 and in the rest of the UK on 18 January 2007.[6]Template:Relevance inline
- ↑ The second half of series ten was moved to BBC Three.
References
change- ↑ "Information". Official Waterloo Road Website. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008.
- ↑ "Waterloo Road returns to the BBC". BBC. 23 September 2021.
- ↑ "Waterloo Road: High school drama to be revived after six years". BBC News. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ Lewis, Isobel (23 September 2021). "BBC revives Waterloo Road six years after cancellation". The Independent. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ "Introduction" (Press release). BBC Press Office. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ↑ "TV Listings – Thursday 18 January". Radio Times. London. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
Other websites
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- Official website – web archive
- Waterloo Road (TV series) at BBC Programmes
- Waterloo Road at Shed Media (web archive)
- Waterloo Road at epguides.com
- Waterloo Road on IMDb