Waterloo Road (TV series)

Waterloo Road
Genre	Drama
Created by	Ann McManus Maureen Chadwick
Written by	Various writers
Directed by	Various directors
Starring	Cast
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	14
No. of episodes	230 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locations	Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (1–7) Greenock, Scotland (8–10) Salford, Greater Manchester, England (11–present)
Running time	60 minutes 90 minutes (1 episode) 10–12 minutes (Reunited)
Production companies	Shed Productions (series 1–10) BBC Scotland (series 8–10)[1] Wall to Wall (series 11–present) Rope Ladder Fiction (series 11–present)
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	9 March 2006 (2006-03-09) – 9 March 2015 (2015-03-09)
Network	BBC Three
Release	3 January 2023 (2023-01-03) – present

The setting for the first seven series was the former Hill Top Community Primary School in Kirkholt, Rochdale.

From series 8 to 10 the series setting was the former Greenock Academy, Madeira Street, Greenock.

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 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.^[2][3]

The revival series started airing on 3 January 2023.

Synopsis

Set in a failing comprehensive school in Rochdale, the series focuses on the life's of the teachers and pupils who are at the school.

Characters

See the main article: List of Waterloo Road characters

Series overview

See the main article: List of Waterloo Road episodes

Season		Episodes	Dates shown
			First shown	Last shown
	1	8	9 March 2006	27 April 2006
	2	12	18 January 2007	26 April 2007
	3	20	11 October 2007	13 March 2008
	4	20	7 January 2009	20 May 2009
	5	20	28 October 2009	15 July 2010
	6	20	1 September 2010	6 April 2011
	Waterloo Road Reunited	6	2 March 2011	6 April 2011
	7	30	4 May 2011	25 April 2012
	8	30	23 August 2012	4 July 2013
	9	20	5 September 2013	12 March 2014
	10	20	15 October 2014	9 March 2015
	11	7	3 January 2023	14 February 2023
	12	7	16 May 2023	27 June 2023
	13	8	2 January 2024	26 February 2024
	13	8	10 September 2024	29 October 2024

References

1. "Information". Official Waterloo Road Website. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008.
2. "Waterloo Road: High school drama to be revived after six years". BBC News. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
3. Lewis, Isobel (23 September 2021). "BBC revives Waterloo Road six years after cancellation". The Independent. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

Other websites

• Waterloo Road on IMDb