Waterloo Road (TV series)

***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.

_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.

The revival series started airing on 3 January 2023.

## The show

_Waterloo Road_ is set in a failing comprehensive school of the same name and focuses on the professional and personal lives of the students and staff.

## Setting

From series one to series seven, the show was set at the old Hill Top Community Primary School building in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.

From series eight to series ten, the show was set at the old Greenock Academy building in Greenock, Scotland.

From series 11 to series 13, the show was set at the old St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School building in Salford. Greater Manchester, England.

From series 14 to the present day, the show is set at an old Manchester College campus in Manchester, England.

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|Nominee(s)|Result||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2006|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best New Drama|_Waterloo Road_|||
|rowspan=2|2007|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Loved Drama|_Waterloo Road_||
|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Actress|Jill Halfpenny (Izzie Redpath)||||
|rowspan="3"|2008|Digital Spy Soap Awards|Best Serial Drama|_Waterloo Road_||
|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Loved Drama|_Waterloo Road_||||
|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Actress|Denise Welch (Steph Haydock)||||
|rowspan="3"|2009|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Actor|Neil Morrissey (Eddie Lawson)||
|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Family Drama|_Waterloo Road_||||
|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Actress|Denise Welch (Steph Haydock)||||
|rowspan="4"|2010|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Family Drama|_Waterloo Road_||
|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Actress|Denise Welch (Steph Haydock)||||
|Royal Television Society North West Awards|Best Script Writer|Ann McManus||||
|_Inside Soap_ Awards|Best Drama|_Waterloo Road_||||
|rowspan="6"|2011|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Family Drama|_Waterloo Road_||
|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Actress|Amanda Burton (Karen Fisher)||||
|_Inside Soap_ Awards|Best Drama|_Waterloo Road_||||
|16th National Television Awards|Most Popular Drama|_Waterloo Road_||||
|British Academy Television Awards|Continuing Drama|_Waterloo Road_||||
|Broadcast Awards|Best Soap or Continuing Drama|_Waterloo Road_||||
|rowspan="5"|2012|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Actress|Jaye Jacobs (Sian Diamond)||
|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Family Drama|_Waterloo Road_||||
|_Inside Soap_ Awards|Best Drama|_Waterloo Road_||||
|17th National Television Awards|Most Popular Female Drama Performance|Jaye Jacobs (Sian Diamond)||||
|17th National Television Awards|Most Popular Drama Series|_Waterloo Road_||||
|rowspan="2"|2013|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Drama Series|_Waterloo Road_||
|_Inside Soap_ Awards|Best Drama|_Waterloo Road_||||
|rowspan="4"|2014|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Drama Series|_Waterloo Road_||
|_TV Quick_ and _TV Choice_ Awards|Best Actress|Laurie Brett (Christine Mulgrew)||||
|British Academy Scotland Awards|Best Actress – Television|Laurie Brett (Christine Mulgrew)||||
|_Inside Soap_ Awards|Best Drama|_Waterloo Road_||||
|2015|_Inside Soap_ Awards|Best Drama|_Waterloo Road_|||
|rowspan="5"|2024|_Royal Television Society Awards_'|Soap and Continuing Drama|_Waterloo Road_||
|_Inside Soap_ Awards|Best Drama Star|Adam Thomas (Donte Charles)||||
|_Inside Soap_ Awards|Best Drama Star|Alicia Forde (Kelly-Jo Rafferty)||||
|_Inside Soap_ Awards|Best Drama Star|Angela Griffin (Kim Campbell)||||
|_Inside Soap_ Awards|Best Drama Star|James Baxter (Joe Casey)||||

## International broadcasts

|Country|Network(s)|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- |
||BBC Entertainment|Series 1–3 have been aired in Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and India. Series 4 has aired.|
||BBC Entertainment|Series 1 has been aired in a number of European countries.|
|Estonia|ETV|Series 1–7 have aired under the name _Waterloo Roadi kool_ (The School of Waterloo Road).|
|Finland|YLE TV1|Series 1–4 have aired under the name _Waterloo Roadin koulu_ (The School of Waterloo Road).|
|Slovenia|Kanal A|Series 1 has aired in Slovenia.|
||BBC Entertainment|Series 1 has aired in the Middle East. Series 2 has aired.|
|Israel|BBC Entertainment, IETV||
|New Zealand|TV ONE|Series 1–3 have aired in New Zealand.|
|Australia|ABC|Series 1–10 have aired in Australia.|
|Russia|BBC Prime|Series 1 has aired in Russia on Networks Russia GMT+2, Russia GMT+3 and Russia GMT+4.|
|United States|BBC America|Series 1 has been aired in the USA.|
|South Africa|BBC Entertainment||
|Spain|Canal 3XL and TV3|Series 1–9 have been aired only in Catalonia.|

## DVD releases

|Title|Episodes|DVD release date|Total discs|Special features|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Series 1**|8|26 March 2007|3||
|**Series 2**|12|10 March 2008|4|Miss Haydock Reveals All Mika's Video Diary|
|**Series 3**|20|2 March 2009 (Autumn Term) 11 May 2009 (Spring Term) 24 May 2010 (Complete)|6|Autumn Term scrap Book Pupil Reports Teacher Evaluation Spring Term scrap Book|
|**Series 4**|20|21 September 2009 (Autumn Term) 26 April 2010 (Spring Term) 18 October 2010 (Complete)|6|Autumn Term scrapbook Spring Term scrapbook School Photos|
|**Series 5**|20|14 June 2010 (Autumn Term) 27 September 2010 (Spring Term) 23 May 2011 (Complete)|6|Deleted Scenes Bloopers Cast/Crew Interviews Waterloo Road Cribs|
|**Series 6**|20|7 February 2011 (Autumn Term) 20 June 2011 (Spring Term) 16 January 2012 (Complete)|6|Staff/Student Photos Outtakes Social Networking Snaps Bloopers|
|**Waterloo Road Reunited**|6|9 April 2012|1|Picture Gallery|
|**Series 7**|30|7 October 2011 (Autumn Term) 26 March 2012 (Spring Term) 10 September 2012 (Summer Term) 8 April 2013 (Complete)|9|Social Networking Snaps|
|**Series 8**|30|4 February 2013 (Autumn Term) 3 June 2013 (Spring Term) 7 October 2013 (Summer Term) 15 September 2014 (Complete)|9|Behind the Scenes In the Gym with Kaya & Kirstie In the Lab with Jaye and Jason Home from Home with Grantly Budgen|
|**The Legends Of Waterloo Road**|6|16 September 2013|2|6 select episodes from series 3 – 8|
|**Series 11**|7|10 April 2023|2||
|**Series 12**|7|11 September 2023|2||
|**Series 13 **|8|11 March 2024|2||

## Other websites

- Official website – web archive
- _Waterloo Road_ at Shed Media (web archive)

## Infobox (television)

- **genre**: Drama (film and television), School drama
- **creator**: Ann McManus
Maureen Chadwick
- **executive producer**: List of Waterloo Road producers, Various
- **starring**: List of Waterloo Road characters, Full cast
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **language**: English
- **num series**: 14
- **num episodes**: 254
- **list episodes**: List of Waterloo Road episodes
- **location**: Greater Manchester, England (series 1–7, 11–)
Greenock, Scotland (series 8–10)
- **runtime**: 56–87 minutes
- **company**: Shed Productions (series 1–10)
BBC Scotland (series 8–10)
Wall to Wall Media, Wall to Wall (series 11–)
Rope Ladder Fiction (series 11–)
- **network**: BBC One (2006–2014, 2023–present)
BBC Three (2015)
BBC iPlayer (2023–present)
- **last aired2**: present