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Waterloo Road (2006)

Drama · Romance

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?

IMDb rating
7.2 (4,533 votes)
Episode average
7.4 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons
17
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 17 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2006)

7.50 avg 8 episodes 8.0 → 7.7 58 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 109 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 81 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 69 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 67 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 65 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 63 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 61 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 56 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #1.18.0109
2Episode #1.27.681
3Episode #1.37.669
4Episode #1.47.167
5Episode #1.57.165
6Episode #1.67.363
7Episode #1.77.661
8Episode #1.87.756

Season 2 (2007)

7.30 avg 12 episodes 7.3 → 8.2 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.3 · 54 votesEp 2: 7.0 · 45 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 46 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 44 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 42 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 45 votesEp 7: 6.7 · 45 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 42 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 53 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 48 votesEp 11: 7.1 · 44 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 54 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #2.17.354
2Episode #2.27.045
3Episode #2.37.346
4Episode #2.47.144
5Episode #2.57.142
6Episode #2.67.245
7Episode #2.76.745
8Episode #2.87.042
9Episode #2.97.753
10Episode #2.107.948
11Episode #2.117.144
12Episode #2.128.254

Season 3 (2007)

7.21 avg 20 episodes 7.4 → 8.4 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 57 votesEp 2: 7.0 · 46 votesEp 3: 6.8 · 43 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 44 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 42 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 41 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 42 votesEp 8: 7.1 · 36 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 38 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 36 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 37 votesEp 12: 6.7 · 34 votesEp 13: 7.1 · 35 votesEp 14: 7.0 · 34 votesEp 15: 6.6 · 34 votesEp 16: 7.4 · 36 votesEp 17: 6.5 · 36 votesEp 18: 6.8 · 35 votesEp 19: 7.2 · 36 votesEp 20: 8.4 · 46 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #3.17.457
2Episode #3.27.046
3Episode #3.36.843
4Episode #3.47.244
5Episode #3.57.442
6Episode #3.67.541
7Episode #3.77.742
8Episode #3.87.136
9Episode #3.97.538
10Episode #3.107.236
11Episode #3.117.637
12Episode #3.126.734
13Episode #3.137.135
14Episode #3.147.034
15Episode #3.156.634
16Episode #3.167.436
17Episode #3.176.536
18Episode #3.186.835
19Episode #3.197.236
20Episode #3.208.446

Season 4 (2009)

7.35 avg 20 episodes 8.3 → 8.1 60 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 59 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 34 votesEp 3: 6.6 · 33 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 32 votesEp 5: 6.7 · 35 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 32 votesEp 7: 6.9 · 32 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 42 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 37 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 34 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 32 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 32 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 31 votesEp 14: 7.1 · 34 votesEp 15: 7.6 · 37 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 28 votesEp 17: 6.9 · 29 votesEp 18: 7.3 · 32 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 26 votesEp 20: 8.1 · 34 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #4.18.359
2Episode #4.27.234
3Episode #4.36.633
4Episode #4.47.432
5Episode #4.56.735
6Episode #4.67.232
7Episode #4.76.932
8Episode #4.87.942
9Episode #4.98.037
10Episode #4.107.234
11Episode #4.117.032
12Episode #4.127.332
13Episode #4.137.331
14Episode #4.147.134
15Episode #4.157.637
16Episode #4.167.528
17Episode #4.176.929
18Episode #4.187.332
19Episode #4.197.526
20Episode #4.208.134

Season 5 (2009)

7.71 avg 20 episodes 7.5 → 7.7 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 45 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 34 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 30 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 31 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 31 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 34 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 27 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 30 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 38 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 37 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 36 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 28 votesEp 13: 7.0 · 29 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 31 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 29 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 29 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 29 votesEp 18: 7.6 · 28 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 27 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 32 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #5.17.545
2Episode #5.27.534
3Episode #5.37.330
4Episode #5.47.731
5Episode #5.58.031
6Episode #5.68.134
7Episode #5.77.427
8Episode #5.87.830
9Episode #5.98.438
10Episode #5.108.337
11Episode #5.118.436
12Episode #5.127.428
13Episode #5.137.029
14Episode #5.147.831
15Episode #5.157.329
16Episode #5.167.729
17Episode #5.177.929
18Episode #5.187.628
19Episode #5.197.527
20Episode #5.207.732

Season 6 (2010)

7.55 avg 20 episodes 7.7 → 7.4 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 38 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 25 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 33 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 29 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 24 votesEp 6: 7.0 · 24 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 25 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 25 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 25 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 26 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 29 votesEp 12: 7.1 · 24 votesEp 13: 6.9 · 24 votesEp 14: 6.3 · 25 votesEp 15: 7.2 · 27 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 29 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 27 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 22 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 26 votesEp 20: 7.4 · 33 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #6.17.738
2Episode #6.27.325
3Episode #6.37.733
4Episode #6.48.129
5Episode #6.56.824
6Episode #6.67.024
7Episode #6.77.425
8Episode #6.87.725
9Episode #6.97.625
10Episode #6.108.026
11Episode #6.118.129
12Episode #6.127.124
13Episode #6.136.924
14Episode #6.146.325
15Episode #6.157.227
16Episode #6.168.329
17Episode #6.178.427
18Episode #6.187.822
19Episode #6.198.226
20Episode #6.207.433

Season 7 (2011)

7.64 avg 30 episodes 7.6 → 8.2 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 43 votesEp 2: 6.9 · 32 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 29 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 28 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 24 votesEp 6: 9.2 · 56 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 25 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 25 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 24 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 31 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 25 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 22 votesEp 13: 7.6 · 22 votesEp 14: 7.1 · 23 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 23 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 21 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 25 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 22 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 21 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 25 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 27 votesEp 22: 7.3 · 22 votesEp 23: 8.0 · 24 votesEp 24: 7.5 · 20 votesEp 25: 9.0 · 41 votesEp 26: 7.2 · 22 votesEp 27: 8.4 · 30 votesEp 28: 7.7 · 21 votesEp 29: 7.6 · 20 votesEp 30: 8.2 · 31 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #7.17.643
2Episode #7.26.932
3Episode #7.37.329
4Episode #7.47.028
5Episode #7.56.824
6Episode #7.69.256
7Episode #7.77.125
8Episode #7.87.625
9Episode #7.97.324
10Episode #7.107.531
11Episode #7.117.525
12Episode #7.127.422
13Episode #7.137.622
14Episode #7.147.123
15Episode #7.157.723
16Episode #7.167.921
17Episode #7.178.125
18Episode #7.187.722
19Episode #7.197.321
20Episode #7.207.825
21Episode #7.217.827
22Episode #7.227.322
23Episode #7.238.024
24Episode #7.247.520
25Episode #7.259.041
26Episode #7.267.222
27Episode #7.278.430
28Episode #7.287.721
29Episode #7.297.620
30Episode #7.308.231

Season 8 (2012)

7.23 avg 30 episodes 6.6 → 8.5 58 min avg

Ep 1: 6.6 · 36 votesEp 2: 6.5 · 17 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 20 votesEp 4: 6.2 · 19 votesEp 5: 6.5 · 18 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 25 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 19 votesEp 8: 7.1 · 21 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 19 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 20 votesEp 11: 6.9 · 31 votesEp 12: 6.3 · 28 votesEp 13: 7.0 · 18 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 21 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 24 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 30 votesEp 17: 6.7 · 21 votesEp 18: 6.9 · 19 votesEp 19: 7.0 · 16 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 20 votesEp 21: 7.7 · 26 votesEp 22: 6.8 · 17 votesEp 23: 6.4 · 16 votesEp 24: 7.6 · 19 votesEp 25: 7.1 · 17 votesEp 26: 7.9 · 19 votesEp 27: 7.1 · 16 votesEp 28: 7.5 · 16 votesEp 29: 8.1 · 18 votesEp 30: 8.5 · 35 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1New Beginnings6.636
2Spirit Child6.517
3Troubled Waters7.220
4Read My Lips6.219
5Future Proof6.518
6We Need to Talk About Cheryl7.725
7A Woman Scorned7.119
8The Price of Love7.121
9Skin Deep7.119
10Paradise Lost7.520
11Bad Boy6.931
12Whole Lotto Trouble6.328
13A Woman's Worth7.018
14Sins of the Father7.721
15Mr Chalk's Waterloo8.024
16Sanctuary8.330
17Baby Be Mine6.721
18Man of the Match6.919
19Spartacus7.016
20Paradise Found7.820
21Nowhere To Run7.726
22Princess of Spices6.817
23Grandmaster6.416
24Tan-Tastic7.619
25Love Hurts7.117
26Revenge7.919
27Sugar Mummy7.116
28Journey's End7.516
29Dirty Laundry8.118
30Hero8.535

Season 9 (2013)

7.50 avg 20 episodes 7.6 → 7.2 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 26 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 16 votesEp 3: 7.1 · 18 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 18 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 15 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 31 votesEp 7: 6.6 · 20 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 16 votesEp 9: 6.8 · 14 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 15 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 18 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 16 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 15 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 16 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 19 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 20 votesEp 17: 7.3 · 17 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 16 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 15 votesEp 20: 7.2 · 19 votes
Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Beyond the Call of Duty7.626
2Sue Spark's Bad Day7.516
3The Madness of King Windsor7.118
4Text Rated7.618
5Crossing the Line6.815
6Grantly's Perfect Poetry8.731
7Lies Mothers Tell6.620
8Don't Mention the War7.816
9Father Figure6.814
10Happy Ever After7.315
11Bad Girl7.918
12Sugar Daddy7.316
13Girls Just Wanna Have Fun7.515
14Suspicious Minds7.316
15Out of Bounds7.919
16A Bolt from the Blue7.820
17Nowhere to Run7.317
18Dynasty's Choice8.116
19End of the Road7.915
20New Highs, New Lows7.219

Season 10 (2014)

6.12 avg 20 episodes 6.8 → 7.6 58 min avg

Ep 1: 6.8 · 27 votesEp 2: 6.3 · 18 votesEp 3: 6.5 · 18 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 19 votesEp 5: 6.2 · 13 votesEp 6: 6.7 · 19 votesEp 7: 6.1 · 16 votesEp 8: 6.1 · 15 votesEp 9: 6.3 · 15 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 25 votesEp 11: 6.2 · 22 votesEp 12: 5.5 · 17 votesEp 13: 5.7 · 19 votesEp 14: 5.4 · 13 votesEp 15: 5.3 · 17 votesEp 16: 4.9 · 17 votesEp 17: 5.1 · 18 votesEp 18: 5.6 · 23 votesEp 19: 5.5 · 17 votesEp 20: 7.6 · 31 votes
Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Home Sweet Home6.827
2One Good Turn6.318
3Baby Boom6.518
4Pool Party7.319
5Testing Times6.213
6Like Father Like Son6.719
7A Tangled Web6.116
8Ties That Bind6.115
9Yesterday's Child6.315
10The Final Straw7.225
11A New Start6.222
12Scott's Bike Ride5.517
13Lenny's Dilema5.719
14Episode #10.145.413
15Episode #10.155.317
16Episode #10.164.917
17Episode #10.175.118
18Episode #10.185.623
19Episode #10.195.517
20Episode #10.207.631

Season 11 (2023)

7.60 avg 7 episodes 6.6 → 8.3 59 min avg

Ep 1: 6.6 · 84 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 53 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 46 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 46 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 41 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 41 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 45 votes
Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #11.16.684
2Episode #11.27.653
3Episode #11.37.746
4Episode #11.48.146
5Episode #11.57.841
6Episode #11.67.141
7Episode #11.78.345

Season 12 (2023)

7.80 avg 7 episodes 7.6 → 8.8 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 34 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 30 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 28 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 27 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 24 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 28 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 36 votes
Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #12.17.634
2Episode #12.27.930
3Episode #12.37.728
4Episode #12.47.527
5Episode #12.57.324
6Episode #12.67.828
7Episode #12.78.836

Season 13 (2024)

8.32 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 8.6 57 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 27 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 23 votesEp 3: 8.8 · 23 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 24 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 22 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 21 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 21 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 24 votes
Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #13.17.727
2Episode #13.28.323
3Episode #13.38.823
4Episode #13.48.324
5Episode #13.58.222
6Episode #13.68.221
7Episode #13.78.521
8Episode #13.88.624

Season 14 (2024)

8.63 avg 8 episodes 8.1 → 8.8

Ep 1: 8.1 · 32 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 27 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 25 votesEp 4: 9.0 · 25 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 31 votesEp 6: 8.8 · 23 votesEp 7: 9.0 · 21 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 30 votes
Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #14.18.132
2Episode #14.28.027
3Episode #14.38.625
4Episode #14.49.025
5Episode #14.58.731
6Episode #14.68.823
7Episode #14.79.021
8Episode #14.88.830

Season 15 (2025)

6.78 avg 8 episodes 6.3 → 6.3

Ep 1: 6.3 · 43 votesEp 2: 6.0 · 38 votesEp 3: 9.3 · 44 votesEp 4: 8.9 · 39 votesEp 5: 5.8 · 40 votesEp 6: 5.7 · 41 votesEp 7: 5.9 · 40 votesEp 8: 6.3 · 43 votes
Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #15.16.343
2Episode #15.26.038
3Episode #15.39.344
4Episode #15.48.939
5Episode #15.55.840
6Episode #15.65.741
7Episode #15.75.940
8Episode #15.86.343

Season 16 (2025)

7.24 avg 8 episodes 7.3 → 6.9

Ep 1: 7.3 · 21 votesEp 2: 6.4 · 16 votesEp 3: 7.0 · 16 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 23 votesEp 5: 7.0 · 16 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 15 votesEp 7: 6.6 · 16 votesEp 8: 6.9 · 13 votes
Season 16 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #16.17.321
2Episode #16.26.416
3Episode #16.37.016
4Episode #16.48.623
5Episode #16.57.016
6Episode #16.68.115
7Episode #16.76.616
8Episode #16.86.913

Season 17 (2026)

7.86 avg 8 episodes 7.2 → 8.7

Ep 1: 7.2 · 22 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 20 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 22 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 19 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 18 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 18 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 19 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 23 votes
Season 17 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #17.17.222
2Episode #17.27.220
3Episode #17.37.722
4Episode #17.48.319
5Episode #17.58.218
6Episode #17.67.818
7Episode #17.77.819
8Episode #17.88.723
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