Waterloo Road | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Ann McManus Maureen Chadwick |
Written by | Various writers |
Directed by | Various directors |
Starring | Cast |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 13 |
No. of episodes | 222 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Production locations | Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (1–7) Greenock, Scotland (8–10) Salford, Greater Manchester, England (11–present) |
Running time | 60 minutes 90 minutes (1 episode) 10–12 minutes (Reunited) |
Production companies | Shed Productions (series 1–10) BBC Scotland (series 8–10)[1] Wall to Wall (series 11–present) Rope Ladder Fiction (series 11–present) |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 9 March 2006 9 March 2015 | –
Network | BBC Three |
Release | 3 January 2023 present | –
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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.