Waterloo Road

Overview

Waterloo Road is a British television drama series set in a comprehensive school of the same name, first broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006, and concluding its original run on 9 March 2015. It was recommissioned in 2021, and resumed starting 9 January 2023. At the failing comprehensive school, and later academy of the same name, the professional and personal lives of the students and staff are examined. Affairs, scandals, blackmail and many, many headteachers. Who said education was easy?

Series details

First air date

2006

Last air date

2026

Status

Returning Series

Seasons

17

Episodes

254

Episode runtime

60 min

Genres

Drama

Original language

EN

Origin country

GB

Networks

BBC One

Created by

Ann McManus, Maureen Chadwick

Production

Shed Productions, Wall to Wall, Rope Ladder Fiction, BBC

Cast

Laurie Brett

Christine Mulgrew

Jason Merrells

Jack Rimmer

Richard Mylan

Simon Lowsley

James Baxter

Joe Casey

Georgie Glen

Audrey McFall

Vincent Jerome

Lindon King