Waterloo Road
Plot Summary
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?
Cast & Characters
Cast
Adam Thomas
Donte Charles
Neil Fitzmaurice
Neil Guthrie
Shauna Shim
Valerie Chambers
Jo Coffey
Wendy Whitwell
Scarlett Thomas
Izzy Charles
Liam Scholes
Noel McManus
Summer Violet Bird
Tonya Walters
Chiamaka Ulebor
Shola Aku
Saira Choudhry
Nisha Chandra
Danny Murphy
Luca Smith
Miya Ocego
Lois Taylor-Brown
James Baxter
Joe Casey
Hattie Dynevor
Libby Guthrie
Maisey Robinson
Portia Weever
Tillie Amartey
Stacey “Stace” Neville
Cory McClane
Ashton Stone
Sonya Nisa
Aleena Qureshi
Niamh Blackshaw
Agnes Eccleston
Jon Richardson
Darius Donovan
Christopher Jeffers
Mitch Swift
Where to watch free (US)
Seasons (17)
Series 1
8 episodes
Aired: 2006
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Series 2
12 episodes
Aired: 2007
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Series 3
20 episodes
Aired: 2007
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Series 4
20 episodes
Aired: 2009
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Series 5
20 episodes
Aired: 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
20 episodes
Aired: 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
30 episodes
Aired: 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
30 episodes
Aired: 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
20 episodes
Aired: 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
20 episodes
Aired: 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
7 episodes
Aired: 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
7 episodes
Aired: 2023
Affairs, scandals, blackmail and many, many headteachers. Who said education was easy?
Series 13
8 episodes
Aired: 2024
With a swathe of long-term refusers descending on Waterloo Road, the balance of peace and harmony rests on thin ice.
Series 14
8 episodes
Aired: 2024
Waterloo Road sees a changing of the guard with new head Steve Savage.
Series 15
8 episodes
Aired: 2025
New head, Dame Stella Drake, ushers in a new era at Waterloo Road.
Series 16
8 episodes
Aired: 2025
Headteacher Stella is forced to navigate a fresh set of challenges.
Series 17
8 episodes
Aired: 2026
Deputy Darius holds the keys to the kingdom. How far will he go to hold on to that power?
Production
Shed Productions
Wall to Wall
Rope Ladder Fiction
BBC