Waterloo Road

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Adam Thomas

Donte Charles

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Neil Fitzmaurice

Neil Guthrie

Age : 55 | Popularity : 22%

Shauna Shim

Valerie Chambers

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Rachel Leskovac

Coral Walker

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Katherine Pearce

Amy Spratt

Age : N/A | Popularity : 20%

Jo Coffey

Wendy Whitwell

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Kym Marsh

Nicky Walters

Age : 48 | Popularity : 12%

Alicia Forde

Kelly-Jo Rafferty

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Seasons

Season 1

2006 | 8 episodes

Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

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Season 2

2007 | 12 episodes

Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

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Season 3

2007 | 20 episodes

Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

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Season 4

2009 | 20 episodes

Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

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Season 5

2009 | 20 episodes

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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Season 6

2010 | 20 episodes

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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Season 7

2011 | 30 episodes

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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Season 8

2012 | 30 episodes

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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Season 9

2013 | 20 episodes

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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Season 10

2014 | 20 episodes

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.

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Season 11

2023 | 7 episodes

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?

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Season 12

2023 | 7 episodes

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

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Season 13

2024 | 8 episodes

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

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Season 14

2024 | 8 episodes

No Synopsis For This Season Yet.

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Season 15

2025 | 8 episodes

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

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Adam Leatherland Lindsay Williams Nasreen Ahmed
	Executive Producer	Gaynor Holmes Jo McClellan Cameron Roach Leanne Klein
Directing	Director	Angela Griffin
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