Waterloo Road
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Waterloo Road

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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?

  • Release Date: March 9, 2006
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Languages: English
  • Production: Shed Productions, Wall to Wall, Rope Ladder Fiction, BBC
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
Drama

Cast

Seasons

  • Series 1

    Series 1

    7.4

    March 9, 2006

    Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

    Episodes: 8

  • Series 2

    Series 2

    7.3

    January 18, 2007

    Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

    Episodes: 12

  • Series 3

    Series 3

    October 11, 2007

    Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

    Episodes: 20

  • Series 4

    Series 4

    January 7, 2009

    Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

    Episodes: 20

  • Series 5

    Series 5

    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.

    Episodes: 20

  • Series 6

    Series 6

    10.0

    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.

    Episodes: 20

  • Series 7

    Series 7

    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.

    Episodes: 30

  • Series 8

    Series 8

    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?

    Episodes: 30

  • Series 9

    Series 9

    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.

    Episodes: 20

  • Series 10

    Series 10

    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.

    Episodes: 20

  • Series 11

    Series 11

    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?

    Episodes: 7

  • Series 12

    Series 12

    May 16, 2023

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

    Episodes: 7

  • Series 13

    Series 13

    January 2, 2024

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

    Episodes: 8

  • Series 14

    Series 14

    September 10, 2024

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

    Episodes: 8

  • Series 15

    Series 15

    10.0

    February 11, 2025

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

    Episodes: 8

  • Series 16

    Series 16

    10.0

    September 23, 2025

    Headteacher Stella is forced to navigate a fresh set of challenges.

    Episodes: 8

  • Series 17

    Series 17

    1.8

    January 6, 2026

    Deputy Darius holds the keys to the kingdom. How far will he go to hold on to that power?

    Episodes: 8

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