Release Date

09 Mar, 2006

Runtime

01:00: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

254/17

Synopsis

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?

Original Title

Waterloo Road

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Series 1

09 Mar, 2006

Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

Series 2

18 Jan, 2007

Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

Series 3

11 Oct, 2007

Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

Series 4

07 Jan, 2009

Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

Series 5

28 Oct, 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

01 Sep, 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

04 May, 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

23 Aug, 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

05 Sep, 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

15 Oct, 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

03 Jan, 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

16 May, 2023

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

Series 13

02 Jan, 2024

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

Series 14

10 Sep, 2024

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

Series 15

11 Feb, 2025

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

Series 16

23 Sep, 2025

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

Series 17

06 Jan, 2026

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

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