Waterloo Road 2006
- Status
- Returning Series
- First Aired
- March 9, 2006
- Last Aired
- January 27, 2026
- Format
- 17 seasons · 254 eps
- Total Runtime
- ~254 hours (60 min/ep)
- Highest Rated Episode
- S6E1 "Episode 1" (★ 10/10)
- Created By
- Ann McManus, Maureen Chadwick
- Network
- BBC One
- Where to Stream
- BBC iPlayer, Sky Go, Apple TV Store
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★ TMDB users: 7.1/10 from 37 votes TV-14 Drama 17 seasons · 254 eps Returning Series
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What is Waterloo Road?
Waterloo Road is a British television drama series that first broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006. The series is set in a comprehensive school of the same name and examines the professional and personal lives of the students and staff.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2006
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episodes
- 254
- Runtime
- 60 minutes
- First aired
- Mar 9, 2006
- Last aired
- Jan 27, 2026
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- GB
- Networks
- BBC One
- Genres
- Drama
- Updated
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At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 7.1/10 from 37 votes
- Format
- 17 seasons · 254 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~60 minutes
- Status
- Returning Series
- Network
- BBC One
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Overview
Waterloo Road is a British television drama series that first broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006. The series is set in a comprehensive school of the same name and examines the professional and personal lives of the students and staff. It initially ran until 9 March 2015, and was later recommissioned in 2021, resuming on 9 January 2023. The show was created by Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus and features a cast including Philip Martin Brown, Jason Done, Chelsee Healey, and Adam Thomas. The series explores the challenges and complexities of life at the school, including affairs, scandals, and changes in leadership. The show's title shares a name with a historical battle, but the series itself is focused on the lives of the school community. The original and new series are available together on BBC One.
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Should you watch it?
“A turbulent school setting drives intense drama among students and staff.”
Reasons to watch
- Sharp writing
- Strong character development
- Tackles serious social issues
Keep in mind
- Can be emotionally heavy
- Frequent cast changes
You enjoy British school-based dramas with complex interpersonal storylines.
Suitable for mature teens and adults due to strong themes and situations.
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Cast
Jason Done
Tom Clarkson
Philip Martin Brown
Grantly Budgen
Chelsee Healey
Janeece Bryant
Adam Thomas
Donte Charles
Denise Welch
Steph Haydock
Darcy Isa
Lauren Andrews
Melanie Hill
Maggie Budgen
Angela Griffin
Kim Campbell
Reece Douglas
Denzil Kelly
Laurie Brett
Christine Mulgrew
William Rush
Josh Stevenson
Georgie Glen
Audrey McFall
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Episode guide
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Season 1 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc Mar 9, 2006
- E2 Episode 2 Core Mar 16, 2006
- E3 Episode 3 Core Mar 23, 2006
- E4 Episode 4 Core Mar 30, 2006
- E5 Episode 5 Core Apr 6, 2006
- E6 Episode 6 Core Apr 13, 2006
- E7 Episode 7 Mytharc Apr 20, 2006
- E8 Episode 8 Mytharc Apr 27, 2006
Season 2 · 12 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc Jan 18, 2007
- E2 Episode 2 Core Jan 25, 2007
- E3 Episode 3 Core Feb 1, 2007
- E4 Episode 4 Core Feb 8, 2007
- E5 Episode 5 Core Feb 15, 2007
- E6 Episode 6 Core Feb 22, 2007
- E7 Episode 7 Core Mar 1, 2007
- E8 Episode 8 Core Mar 29, 2007
- E9 Episode 9 Core Apr 5, 2007
- E10 Episode 10 Core Apr 12, 2007
- E11 Episode 11 Mytharc Apr 19, 2007
- E12 Episode 12 Mytharc Apr 26, 2007
Season 3 · 20 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc Oct 11, 2007
- E2 Episode 2 Core Oct 18, 2007
- E3 Episode 3 Core Oct 25, 2007
- E4 Episode 4 Core Nov 1, 2007
- E5 Episode 5 Core Nov 8, 2007
- E6 Episode 6 Core Nov 15, 2007
- E7 Episode 7 Core Nov 22, 2007
- E8 Episode 8 Core Nov 29, 2007
- E9 Episode 9 Core Dec 6, 2007
- E10 Episode 10 Core Dec 13, 2007
- E11 Episode 11 Core Jan 10, 2008
- E12 Episode 12 Core Jan 17, 2008
- E13 Episode 13 Core Jan 24, 2008
- E14 Episode 14 Core Jan 31, 2008
- E15 Episode 15 Core Feb 7, 2008
- E16 Episode 16 Core Feb 14, 2008
- E17 Episode 17 Core Feb 21, 2008
- E18 Episode 18 Core Feb 28, 2008
- E19 Episode 19 Mytharc Mar 6, 2008
- E20 Episode 20 Mytharc Mar 13, 2008
Season 4 · 20 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc Jan 7, 2009
- E2 Episode 2 Core Jan 14, 2009
- E3 Episode 3 Core Jan 21, 2009
- E4 Episode 4 Core Jan 28, 2009
- E5 Episode 5 Core Feb 4, 2009
- E6 Episode 6 Core Feb 11, 2009
- E7 Episode 7 Core Feb 18, 2009
- E8 Episode 8 Core Feb 25, 2009
- E9 Episode 9 Core Mar 4, 2009
- E10 Episode 10 Core Mar 11, 2009
- E11 Episode 11 Core Mar 18, 2009
- E12 Episode 12 Core Mar 25, 2009
- E13 Episode 13 Core Apr 1, 2009
- E14 Episode 14 Core Apr 8, 2009
- E15 Episode 15 Core Apr 15, 2009
- E16 Episode 16 Core Apr 22, 2009
- E17 Episode 17 Core Apr 29, 2009
- E18 Episode 18 Core May 6, 2009
- E19 Episode 19 Mytharc May 13, 2009
- E20 Episode 20 Mytharc May 20, 2009
Season 5 · 20 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc Oct 28, 2009
- E2 Episode 2 Mytharc Nov 4, 2009
- E3 Episode 3 Core Nov 11, 2009
- E4 Episode 4 Core Nov 18, 2009
- E5 Episode 5 Core Nov 25, 2009
- E6 Episode 6 Core Dec 2, 2009
- E7 Episode 7 Core Dec 9, 2009
- E8 Episode 8 Core Dec 16, 2009
- E9 Episode 9 Core Dec 23, 2009
- E10 Episode 10 Core Dec 30, 2009
- E11 Episode 11 Core Apr 7, 2010
- E12 Episode 12 Core Apr 14, 2010
- E13 Episode 13 Core Apr 21, 2010
- E14 Episode 14 Core Apr 28, 2010
- E15 Episode 15 Core May 5, 2010
- E16 Episode 16 Core May 26, 2010
- E17 Episode 17 Core Jun 2, 2010
- E18 Episode 18 Core Jun 9, 2010
- E19 Episode 19 Mytharc Jul 13, 2010
- E20 Episode 20 Mytharc Jul 14, 2010
Season 6 · 20 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc Sep 1, 2010
- E2 Episode 2 Core Sep 2, 2010
- E3 Episode 3 Core Sep 8, 2010
- E4 Episode 4 Mytharc Sep 15, 2010
- E5 Episode 5 Core Sep 22, 2010
- E6 Episode 6 Core Sep 29, 2010
- E7 Episode 7 Core Oct 6, 2010
- E8 Episode 8 Core Oct 13, 2010
- E9 Episode 9 Core Oct 20, 2010
- E10 Episode 10 Core Oct 27, 2010
- E11 Episode 11 Core Feb 2, 2011
- E12 Episode 12 Core Feb 9, 2011
- E13 Episode 13 Core Feb 16, 2011
- E14 Episode 14 Core Feb 23, 2011
- E15 Episode 15 Core Mar 2, 2011
- E16 Episode 16 Core Mar 9, 2011
- E17 Episode 17 Core Mar 16, 2011
- E18 Episode 18 Core Mar 23, 2011
- E19 Episode 19 Mytharc Mar 30, 2011
- E20 Episode 20 Mytharc Apr 6, 2011
Season 7 · 30 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc May 4, 2011
- E2 Episode 2 Core May 11, 2011
- E3 Episode 3 Core May 18, 2011
- E4 Episode 4 Core May 25, 2011
- E5 Episode 5 Core Jun 1, 2011
- E6 Episode 6 Core Jun 8, 2011
- E7 Episode 7 Core Jun 15, 2011
- E8 Episode 8 Core Jun 22, 2011
- E9 Episode 9 Core Jun 29, 2011
- E10 Episode 10 Core Jul 6, 2011
- E11 Episode 11 Core Sep 14, 2011
- E12 Episode 12 Core Sep 21, 2011
- E13 Episode 13 Core Sep 28, 2011
- E14 Episode 14 Core Oct 5, 2011
- E15 Episode 15 Core Oct 12, 2011
- E16 Episode 16 Core Oct 19, 2011
- E17 Episode 17 Core Oct 26, 2011
- E18 Episode 18 Core Nov 2, 2011
- E19 Episode 19 Core Nov 9, 2011
- E20 Episode 20 Core Nov 16, 2011
- E21 Episode 21 Core Feb 22, 2012
- E22 Episode 22 Core Feb 29, 2012
- E23 Episode 23 Core Mar 7, 2012
- E24 Episode 24 Core Mar 14, 2012
- E25 Episode 25 Core Mar 21, 2012
- E26 Episode 26 Core Mar 28, 2012
- E27 Episode 27 Core Apr 4, 2012
- E28 Episode 28 Core Apr 11, 2012
- E29 Episode 29 Mytharc Apr 18, 2012
- E30 Episode 30 Mytharc Apr 25, 2012
Season 8 · 30 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 New Beginnings Mytharc Aug 23, 2012
- E2 Spirit Child Core Aug 30, 2012
- E3 Troubled Waters Core Sep 6, 2012
- E4 Read My Lips Core Sep 13, 2012
- E5 Future Proof Core Sep 20, 2012
- E6 We Need to Talk About Cheryl Core Sep 27, 2012
- E7 A Woman Scorned Core Oct 4, 2012
- E8 The Price of Love Core Oct 11, 2012
- E9 Skin Deep Core Oct 18, 2012
- E10 Paradise Lost Core Oct 25, 2012
- E11 Bad Boy Core Jan 3, 2013
- E12 Whole Lotto Trouble Core Jan 10, 2013
- E13 A Woman's Worth Core Jan 17, 2013
- E14 Sins of the Father Core Jan 24, 2013
- E15 Mr. Chalk's Waterloo Mytharc Jan 31, 2013
- E16 Sanctuary Core Feb 7, 2013
- E17 Baby Be Mine Core Feb 14, 2013
- E18 Man of the Match Core Feb 21, 2013
- E19 Spartacus Core Feb 28, 2013
- E20 Paradise Found Core Mar 7, 2013
- E21 Nowhere To Run Core May 2, 2013
- E22 Princess of Spices Core May 9, 2013
- E23 Grandmaster Core May 16, 2013
- E24 Tan-Tastic Core May 23, 2013
- E25 Love Hurts Core May 28, 2013
- E26 Revenge Core Jun 6, 2013
- E27 Sugar Mummy Core Jun 13, 2013
- E28 Journey's End Core Jun 20, 2013
- E29 Dirty Laundry Mytharc Jun 27, 2013
- E30 Hero Mytharc Jul 4, 2013
Season 9 · 20 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 Beyond the Call of Duty Mytharc Sep 5, 2013
- E2 Sue Spark's Bad Day Core Sep 12, 2013
- E3 The Madness of King Windsor Core Sep 19, 2013
- E4 Text Rated Core Sep 26, 2013
- E5 Crossing the Line Core Oct 3, 2013
- E6 Grantly's Perfect Poetry Core Oct 10, 2013
- E7 Lies Mothers Tell Core Oct 17, 2013
- E8 Don't Mention the War Core Oct 24, 2013
- E9 Father Figure Core Oct 31, 2013
- E10 Happy Ever After Core Nov 7, 2013
- E11 Bad Girl Core Jan 8, 2014
- E12 Sugar Daddy Core Jan 15, 2014
- E13 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Core Jan 22, 2014
- E14 Suspicious Minds Core Jan 29, 2014
- E15 Out of Bounds Core Feb 5, 2014
- E16 A Bolt from the Blue Mytharc Feb 12, 2014
- E17 Nowhere to Run Core Feb 19, 2014
- E18 Dynasty's Choice Core Feb 26, 2014
- E19 End of the Road Mytharc Mar 5, 2014
- E20 New Highs, New Lows Mytharc Mar 12, 2014
Season 10 · 20 episodes
Open the complete Season 10 guide & lore primer →- E1 Home Sweet Home Mytharc Oct 15, 2014
- E2 One Good Turn Core Oct 22, 2014
- E3 Baby Boom Core Oct 29, 2014
- E4 Pool Party Core Nov 5, 2014
- E5 Testing Times Core Nov 12, 2014
- E6 Like Father Like Son Core Nov 19, 2014
- E7 A Tangled Web Core Nov 26, 2014
- E8 Ties That Biind Core Dec 3, 2014
- E9 Yesterday's Child Core Dec 10, 2014
- E10 The Final Straw Core Dec 17, 2014
- E11 A New Start Core Jan 5, 2015
- E12 Scott's Bike Ride Core Jan 12, 2015
- E13 Lenny's Dilemma Core Jan 19, 2015
- E14 Episode 14 Core Jan 26, 2015
- E15 Episode 15 Core Feb 2, 2015
- E16 Episode 16 Core Feb 9, 2015
- E17 Episode 17 Core Feb 16, 2015
- E18 Episode 18 Core Feb 23, 2015
- E19 Episode 19 Mytharc Mar 2, 2015
- E20 A Fairytale Ending Mytharc Mar 9, 2015
Season 11 · 7 episodes
Open the complete Season 11 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc Jan 3, 2023
- E2 Episode 2 Core Jan 10, 2023
- E3 Episode 3 Core Jan 17, 2023
- E4 Episode 4 Core Jan 24, 2023
- E5 Episode 5 Core Jan 31, 2023
- E6 Episode 6 Mytharc Feb 7, 2023
- E7 Episode 7 Mytharc Feb 14, 2023
Season 12 · 7 episodes
Open the complete Season 12 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc May 16, 2023
- E2 Episode 2 Core May 23, 2023
- E3 Episode 3 Core May 30, 2023
- E4 Episode 4 Core Jun 6, 2023
- E5 Episode 5 Core Jun 13, 2023
- E6 Episode 6 Mytharc Jun 20, 2023
- E7 Episode 7 Mytharc Jun 27, 2023
Season 13 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 13 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc Jan 2, 2024
- E2 Episode 2 Core Jan 9, 2024
- E3 Episode 3 Core Jan 16, 2024
- E4 Episode 4 Core Jan 23, 2024
- E5 Episode 5 Core Feb 7, 2024
- E6 Episode 6 Core Feb 13, 2024
- E7 Episode 7 Mytharc Feb 20, 2024
- E8 Episode 8 Mytharc Feb 27, 2024
Season 14 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 14 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc Sep 10, 2024
- E2 Episode 2 Core Sep 17, 2024
- E3 Episode 3 Core Sep 24, 2024
- E4 Episode 4 Core Oct 1, 2024
- E5 Episode 5 Core Oct 8, 2024
- E6 Episode 6 Core Oct 15, 2024
- E7 Episode 7 Mytharc Oct 22, 2024
- E8 Episode 8 Mytharc Oct 29, 2024
Season 15 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 15 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc Feb 11, 2025
- E2 Episode 2 Core Feb 18, 2025
- E3 Episode 3 Core Feb 25, 2025
- E4 Episode 4 Core Mar 4, 2025
- E5 Episode 5 Core Mar 11, 2025
- E6 Episode 6 Core Mar 18, 2025
- E7 Episode 7 Mytharc Mar 25, 2025
- E8 Episode 8 Mytharc Apr 1, 2025
Season 16 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 16 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc Sep 23, 2025
- E2 Episode 2 Core Sep 23, 2025
- E3 Episode 3 Core Sep 30, 2025
- E4 Episode 4 Core Sep 30, 2025
- E5 Episode 5 Core Oct 7, 2025
- E6 Episode 6 Core Oct 7, 2025
- E7 Episode 7 Mytharc Oct 14, 2025
- E8 Episode 8 Mytharc Oct 14, 2025
Season 17 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 17 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc Jan 6, 2026
- E2 Episode 2 Core Jan 6, 2026
- E3 Episode 3 Core Jan 13, 2026
- E4 Episode 4 Core Jan 13, 2026
- E5 Episode 5 Core Jan 20, 2026
- E6 Episode 6 Core Jan 20, 2026
- E7 Episode 7 Mytharc Jan 27, 2026
- E8 Episode 8 Mytharc Jan 27, 2026
Verified insights
Frequently asked questions
Is the show based on a real school?
No, Waterloo Road is a fictional school, though it reflects real educational challenges.
Why was the show cancelled and revived?
The original run ended in 2015, and it returned in 2023 after a period off-air.
Where is the show set?
The show is set in a comprehensive school in the UK.
Who created the show?
It was created by Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus.
Does it focus more on students or staff?
It balances both, exploring their personal and professional lives equally.
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