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Waterloo Road

  • 2006 –2026
  • Returning series
  • TV-14

★ 7.1 TMDB Rating · 37 votes

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?

Created by
Ann McManus, Maureen Chadwick
Seasons
17
Episodes
254
Episode length
~1h
First aired
Mar 9, 2006
Networks
BBC One
Original language
English
Origin
United Kingdom

Cast of Waterloo Road

  • Portrait of James Baxter

    James Baxter

    Joe Casey

  • Portrait of Adam Thomas

    Adam Thomas

    Donte Charles

  • Portrait of Neil Fitzmaurice

    Neil Fitzmaurice

    Neil Guthrie

  • Portrait of Shauna Shim

    Shauna Shim

    Valerie Chambers

  • Jo Coffey

    Wendy Whitwell

  • Summer Bird

    Tonya Walters

  • Scarlett Thomas

    Izzy Charles

  • Liam Scholes

    Noel McManus

  • Chiamaka Ulebor

    Shola Aku

  • Portrait of Saira Choudhry

    Saira Choudhry

    Nisha Chandra

  • Portrait of Miya Ocego

    Miya Ocego

    Lois Taylor-Brown

  • Hattie Dynevor

    Libby Guthrie

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Seasons

  • Poster for Series 1 of Waterloo Road

    Series 1

    Mar 9, 2006

    8 episodes

    Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

  • Poster for Series 2 of Waterloo Road

    Series 2

    Jan 18, 2007

    12 episodes

    Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

  • Poster for Series 3 of Waterloo Road

    Series 3

    Oct 11, 2007

    20 episodes

    Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

  • Poster for Series 4 of Waterloo Road

    Series 4

    Jan 7, 2009

    20 episodes

    Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

  • Poster for Series 5 of Waterloo Road

    Series 5

    Oct 28, 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.

  • Poster for Series 6 of Waterloo Road

    Series 6

    Sep 1, 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.

  • Poster for Series 7 of Waterloo Road

    Series 7

    May 4, 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.

  • Poster for Series 8 of Waterloo Road

    Series 8

    Aug 23, 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?

  • Poster for Series 9 of Waterloo Road

    Series 9

    Sep 5, 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.

  • Poster for Series 10 of Waterloo Road

    Series 10

    Oct 15, 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.

  • Poster for Series 11 of Waterloo Road

    Series 11

    Jan 3, 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?

  • Poster for Series 12 of Waterloo Road

    Series 12

    May 16, 2023

    7 episodes

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

  • Poster for Series 13 of Waterloo Road

    Series 13

    Jan 2, 2024

    8 episodes

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

  • Series 14

    Sep 10, 2024

    8 episodes

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

  • Poster for Series 15 of Waterloo Road

    Series 15

    Feb 11, 2025

    8 episodes

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

  • Poster for Series 16 of Waterloo Road

    Series 16

    Sep 23, 2025

    8 episodes

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

  • Poster for Series 17 of Waterloo Road

    Series 17

    Jan 6, 2026

    8 episodes

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

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