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Waterloo Road

2006 to present Drama 17 seasons

TMDB rating 7.1/10 Between seasons

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?

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Seasons17

  • Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

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    TMDB rating 7.4/10

  • Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

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    TMDB rating 7.3/10

  • Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

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  • Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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    TMDB rating 10.0/10

  • 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.

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    TMDB rating 10.0/10

  • 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?

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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?

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    TMDB rating 5.7/10

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

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

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

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

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    TMDB rating 10.0/10

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

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    TMDB rating 10.0/10

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

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    TMDB rating 2.2/10

Cast and details

  • Jason DoneTom Clarkson
  • Philip Martin BrownGrantly Budgen
  • Chelsee HealeyJaneece Bryant
  • Adam ThomasDonte Charles
  • Denise WelchSteph Haydock
  • Kane Tomlinson-WeaverHarley Taylor
  • Darcy IsaLauren Andrews
  • Angela GriffinKim Campbell
  • Melanie HillMaggie Croft
  • Reece DouglasDenzil Kelly
  • Laurie BrettChristine Mulgrew
  • William RushJosh Stevenson
Created by
Ann McManus, Maureen Chadwick
Network
BBC One
First aired
Mar 9, 2006
Latest episode
Jan 27, 2026

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