Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road

(2006)
TV-14
7.2/10
26 votes
52 min/ep
March 9, 2006

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.

Network

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Series 1

Series 1

8 EpisodesAir Date: March 9, 2006

Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

Series 2

Series 2

12 EpisodesAir Date: January 18, 2007

Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

Series 3

Series 3

20 EpisodesAir Date: October 11, 2007

Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

Series 4

Series 4

20 EpisodesAir Date: January 7, 2009

Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

Series 5

Series 5

20 EpisodesAir Date: October 28, 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

Series 6

20 EpisodesAir Date: September 1, 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

Series 7

30 EpisodesAir Date: May 4, 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

Series 8

30 EpisodesAir Date: August 23, 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

Series 9

20 EpisodesAir Date: September 5, 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

Series 10

20 EpisodesAir Date: October 15, 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

Series 11

7 EpisodesAir Date: January 3, 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

Series 12

7 EpisodesAir Date: May 16, 2023

Affairs, scandals, blackmail and many, many headteachers. Who said education was easy?

Series 13

Series 13

8 EpisodesAir Date: January 2, 2024

With a swathe of long-term refusers descending on Waterloo Road, the balance of peace and harmony rests on thin ice.

Series 14

Series 14

8 EpisodesAir Date: September 10, 2024

Waterloo Road sees a changing of the guard with new head Steve Savage.

Series 15

Series 15

8 EpisodesAir Date: February 11, 2025

New head, Dame Stella Drake, ushers in a new era at Waterloo Road.

Series 16

Series 16

0 Episodes

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