Waterloo Road 2006
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.
Series 1
2006
8 episodes
Season 1 of Waterloo Road premiered on March 9, 2006.
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Series 2
2007
12 episodes
Season 2 of Waterloo Road premiered on January 18, 2007.
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Series 3
2007
20 episodes
Season 3 of Waterloo Road premiered on October 11, 2007.
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Series 4
2009
20 episodes
Season 4 of Waterloo Road premiered on January 7, 2009.
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Series 5
2009
20 episodes
Season 5 of Waterloo Road premiered on 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
2010
20 episodes
Season 6 of Waterloo Road premiered on 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
2011
30 episodes
Season 7 of Waterloo Road premiered on 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
2012
30 episodes
Season 8 of Waterloo Road premiered on 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
2013
20 episodes
Season 9 of Waterloo Road premiered on 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
2014
20 episodes
Season 10 of Waterloo Road premiered on 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
2023
7 episodes
Season 11 of Waterloo Road premiered on 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
2023
7 episodes
Season 12 of Waterloo Road premiered on May 16, 2023.
Affairs, scandals, blackmail and many, many headteachers. Who said education was easy?
Series 13
2024
8 episodes
Season 13 of Waterloo Road premiered on 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
2024
8 episodes
Season 14 of Waterloo Road premiered on September 10, 2024.
Waterloo Road sees a changing of the guard with new head Steve Savage.
Series 15
2025
8 episodes
Season 15 of Waterloo Road premiered on February 11, 2025.
New head, Dame Stella Drake, ushers in a new era at Waterloo Road.
