Overview - Waterloo Road
Date of release
Genres
- Drama
Spoken Languages
- English
Production companies
Name: Shed Productions
Production country
Name: Wall to Wall
Production country United Kingdom
Name: Rope Ladder Fiction
Production country
Name: BBC
Production country United Kingdom
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.
Seasons
Name: Series 1
Episode: 8
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
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Name: Series 2
Episode: 12
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
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Name: Series 3
Episode: 20
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
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Name: Series 4
Episode: 20
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
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Name: Series 5
Episode: 20
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.
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Name: Series 6
Episode: 20
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.
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Name: Series 7
Episode: 30
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.
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Name: Series 8
Episode: 30
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?
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Name: Series 9
Episode: 20
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.
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