Waterloo Road
First aired: 2006-03-09
Synopsis
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.
Creators
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Casting
- Zak Sutcliffe'Schuey' Weever
- Saira ChoudhryNisha Chandra
- Shauna ShimValerie Chambers
- Olly RhodesBilly Savage
- Jason ManfordSteve Savage
- Katherine PearceAmy Spratt
- Rachel LeskovacCoral Walker
- Noah ValentinePreston Walters
- Adam ThomasDonte Charles
- Kym MarshNicky Walters
Series 1
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Number of episodes 8
Series 2
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Number of episodes 12
Series 3
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Number of episodes 20
Series 4
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Number of episodes 20
Series 5
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.
Number of episodes 20
Series 6
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.
Number of episodes 20
Series 7
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.
Number of episodes 30
Series 8
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?
Number of episodes 30
Series 9
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.
Number of episodes 20
Series 10
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.
Number of episodes 20
Series 11
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?
Number of episodes 7
Series 12
Affairs, scandals, blackmail and many, many headteachers. Who said education was easy?
Number of episodes 7
Series 13
With a swathe of long-term refusers descending on Waterloo Road, the balance of peace and harmony rests on thin ice.
Number of episodes 8
