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Waterloo Road

2006 · 17 seasons

A lively, issue-driven school drama where staff and pupils' personal crises collide with classroom life, easy to dip into.

Overview: 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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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
family
identity
coming-of-age
education
Places: school
workplace
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Created by: Maureen Chadwick, Ann McManus
Written by: Kellie Smith, Matt Evans, Jess Williams, Chris Murray
Starring: Laurie Brett, Jason Merrells, Richard Mylan, James Baxter, Georgie Glen, Vincent Jerome, Angus Deayton, Jamie Glover
Cinematography: Ernest Vincze
Length: 17 seasons, 254 episodes, 60 min each
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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