Waterloo Road (TV series)

Waterloo Road
GenreDrama
Created byAnn McManus
Maureen Chadwick
Written byVarious writers
Directed byVarious directors
StarringCast
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series13
No. of episodes222 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locationsRochdale, Greater Manchester, England (1–7)
Greenock, Scotland (8–10)
Salford, Greater Manchester, England (11–present)
Running time60 minutes
90 minutes (1 episode)
10–12 minutes (Reunited)
Production companiesShed Productions (series 1–10)
BBC Scotland (series 8–10)[1]
Wall to Wall (series 11–present)
Rope Ladder Fiction (series 11–present)
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release9 March 2006 (2006-03-09) –
9 March 2015 (2015-03-09)
NetworkBBC Three
Release3 January 2023 (2023-01-03) –
present
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The setting for the first seven series was the former Hill Top Community Primary School in Kirkholt, Rochdale.
From series 8 to 10 the series setting was the former Greenock Academy, Madeira Street, Greenock.

Waterloo Road is a British television drama series set in a comprehensive school of the same name, broadcast on BBC One and later on BBC Three. The show is set in the Northern English town of Rochdale, Greater Manchester from series one until the end of series seven, and the Scottish town of Greenock from the beginning of series eight until the end of the show in series ten. The first episode was broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006 and the final episode on BBC Three on 9 March 2015.

Waterloo Road ran for 200 episodes and exactly nine years. In September 2019, the series was made available on BBC iPlayer. In September 2021, the BBC recommissioned the show for an eleventh series, with production returning to the Greater Manchester area.[2][3]

The revival series started airing on 3 January 2023.

  1. "Information". Official Waterloo Road Website. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008.
  2. "Waterloo Road: High school drama to be revived after six years". BBC News. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. Lewis, Isobel (23 September 2021). "BBC revives Waterloo Road six years after cancellation". The Independent. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

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