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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 (4,478 votes)
Seasons
17
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 17 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2006)

7.50 avg 8 episodes 8.0 → 7.7 58 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 107 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 80 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 #1.18.0107
2Episode #1.27.680
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)

7.33 avg 12 episodes 7.3 → 8.3 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: 8.0 · 48 votesEp 11: 7.2 · 43 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 52 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 #2.108.048
11Episode #2.117.243
12Episode #2.128.352

Season 3 (2007)

7.27 avg 20 episodes 7.4 → 8.5 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 56 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 45 votesEp 3: 6.9 · 42 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 43 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 41 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 39 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 41 votesEp 8: 7.1 · 35 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 37 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 35 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 36 votesEp 12: 6.8 · 33 votesEp 13: 7.2 · 33 votesEp 14: 7.0 · 32 votesEp 15: 6.7 · 32 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 34 votesEp 17: 6.3 · 34 votesEp 18: 7.0 · 33 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 35 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 45 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #3.17.456
2Episode #3.27.145
3Episode #3.36.942
4Episode #3.47.343
5Episode #3.57.541
6Episode #3.67.639
7Episode #3.77.741
8Episode #3.87.135
9Episode #3.97.537
10Episode #3.107.235
11Episode #3.117.636
12Episode #3.126.833
13Episode #3.137.233
14Episode #3.147.032
15Episode #3.156.732
16Episode #3.167.634
17Episode #3.176.334
18Episode #3.187.033
19Episode #3.197.335
20Episode #3.208.545

Season 4 (2009)

7.39 avg 20 episodes 8.3 → 8.2 60 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 58 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 33 votesEp 3: 6.7 · 32 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 32 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 35 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 31 votesEp 7: 6.9 · 32 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 42 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 37 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 34 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 32 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 32 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 31 votesEp 14: 7.1 · 34 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 37 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 28 votesEp 17: 6.9 · 29 votesEp 18: 7.4 · 32 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 26 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 34 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #4.18.358
2Episode #4.27.333
3Episode #4.36.732
4Episode #4.47.532
5Episode #4.56.835
6Episode #4.67.131
7Episode #4.76.932
8Episode #4.87.942
9Episode #4.98.037
10Episode #4.107.334
11Episode #4.117.032
12Episode #4.127.332
13Episode #4.137.431
14Episode #4.147.134
15Episode #4.157.737
16Episode #4.167.528
17Episode #4.176.929
18Episode #4.187.432
19Episode #4.197.626
20Episode #4.208.234

Season 5 (2009)

7.68 avg 20 episodes 7.5 → 7.7 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 44 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 33 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 30 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 31 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 31 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 34 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 27 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 29 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 38 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 36 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 36 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 28 votesEp 13: 7.0 · 29 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 31 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 28 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 28 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 28 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 27 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 26 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 32 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #5.17.544
2Episode #5.27.433
3Episode #5.37.330
4Episode #5.47.731
5Episode #5.58.031
6Episode #5.68.134
7Episode #5.77.527
8Episode #5.87.729
9Episode #5.98.338
10Episode #5.108.236
11Episode #5.118.236
12Episode #5.127.328
13Episode #5.137.029
14Episode #5.147.731
15Episode #5.157.328
16Episode #5.167.728
17Episode #5.177.928
18Episode #5.187.527
19Episode #5.197.526
20Episode #5.207.732

Season 6 (2010)

7.58 avg 20 episodes 7.7 → 7.4 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 38 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 24 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 32 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 28 votesEp 5: 6.9 · 23 votesEp 6: 7.0 · 23 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 24 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 24 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 24 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 25 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 28 votesEp 12: 7.1 · 23 votesEp 13: 6.9 · 23 votesEp 14: 6.3 · 24 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 26 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 28 votesEp 17: 8.5 · 26 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 21 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 24 votesEp 20: 7.4 · 32 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #6.17.738
2Episode #6.27.324
3Episode #6.37.732
4Episode #6.48.128
5Episode #6.56.923
6Episode #6.67.023
7Episode #6.77.524
8Episode #6.87.824
9Episode #6.97.624
10Episode #6.108.025
11Episode #6.118.128
12Episode #6.127.123
13Episode #6.136.923
14Episode #6.146.324
15Episode #6.157.326
16Episode #6.168.328
17Episode #6.178.526
18Episode #6.187.921
19Episode #6.198.224
20Episode #6.207.432

Season 7 (2011)

7.71 avg 30 episodes 7.8 → 8.2 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 41 votesEp 2: 7.0 · 30 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 27 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 26 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 22 votesEp 6: 9.2 · 55 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 24 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 24 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 23 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 30 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 24 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 21 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 21 votesEp 14: 7.5 · 21 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 22 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 20 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 24 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 21 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 20 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 24 votesEp 21: 7.9 · 26 votesEp 22: 7.3 · 21 votesEp 23: 8.0 · 23 votesEp 24: 7.5 · 19 votesEp 25: 9.0 · 40 votesEp 26: 7.3 · 21 votesEp 27: 8.4 · 29 votesEp 28: 7.7 · 20 votesEp 29: 7.6 · 19 votesEp 30: 8.2 · 30 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #7.17.841
2Episode #7.27.030
3Episode #7.37.527
4Episode #7.47.126
5Episode #7.57.122
6Episode #7.69.255
7Episode #7.77.124
8Episode #7.87.724
9Episode #7.97.323
10Episode #7.107.530
11Episode #7.117.624
12Episode #7.127.421
13Episode #7.137.721
14Episode #7.147.521
15Episode #7.157.822
16Episode #7.167.920
17Episode #7.178.124
18Episode #7.187.821
19Episode #7.197.320
20Episode #7.207.924
21Episode #7.217.926
22Episode #7.227.321
23Episode #7.238.023
24Episode #7.247.519
25Episode #7.259.040
26Episode #7.267.321
27Episode #7.278.429
28Episode #7.287.720
29Episode #7.297.619
30Episode #7.308.230

Season 8 (2012)

7.23 avg 30 episodes 6.6 → 8.5 58 min avg

Ep 1: 6.6 · 35 votesEp 2: 6.5 · 16 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 19 votesEp 4: 6.2 · 18 votesEp 5: 6.5 · 17 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 24 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 18 votesEp 8: 7.1 · 20 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 18 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 19 votesEp 11: 6.9 · 30 votesEp 12: 6.3 · 27 votesEp 13: 7.0 · 18 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 21 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 24 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 28 votesEp 17: 6.7 · 20 votesEp 18: 6.9 · 18 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 · 18 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 · 34 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1New Beginnings6.635
2Spirit Child6.516
3Troubled Waters7.219
4Read My Lips6.218
5Future Proof6.517
6We Need to Talk About Cheryl7.724
7A Woman Scorned7.118
8The Price of Love7.120
9Skin Deep7.118
10Paradise Lost7.519
11Bad Boy6.930
12Whole Lotto Trouble6.327
13A Woman's Worth7.018
14Sins of the Father7.721
15Mr Chalk's Waterloo8.024
16Sanctuary8.328
17Baby Be Mine6.720
18Man of the Match6.918
19Spartacus7.016
20Paradise Found7.820
21Nowhere To Run7.726
22Princess of Spices6.817
23Grandmaster6.416
24Tan-Tastic7.618
25Love Hurts7.117
26Revenge7.919
27Sugar Mummy7.116
28Journey's End7.516
29Dirty Laundry8.118
30Hero8.534

Season 9 (2013)

7.47 avg 20 episodes 7.6 → 6.9 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 · 30 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: 7.6 · 14 votesEp 20: 6.9 · 18 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 Poetry8.730
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 Road7.614
20New Highs, New Lows6.918

Season 10 (2014)

6.09 avg 20 episodes 6.8 → 7.5 58 min avg

Ep 1: 6.8 · 27 votesEp 2: 6.3 · 18 votesEp 3: 6.5 · 18 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 17 votesEp 5: 6.2 · 13 votesEp 6: 6.5 · 18 votesEp 7: 6.1 · 16 votesEp 8: 6.1 · 15 votesEp 9: 6.3 · 15 votesEp 10: 7.1 · 24 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: 7.5 · 29 votes
Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Home Sweet Home6.827
2One Good Turn6.318
3Baby Boom6.518
4Pool Party7.217
5Testing Times6.213
6Like Father Like Son6.518
7A Tangled Web6.116
8Ties That Bind6.115
9Yesterday's Child6.315
10The Final Straw7.124
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 #10.207.529

Season 11 (2023)

7.60 avg 7 episodes 6.6 → 8.2 59 min avg

Ep 1: 6.6 · 82 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 52 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 44 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 45 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 40 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 39 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 44 votes
Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #11.16.682
2Episode #11.27.752
3Episode #11.37.744
4Episode #11.48.145
5Episode #11.57.840
6Episode #11.67.139
7Episode #11.78.244

Season 12 (2023)

7.79 avg 7 episodes 7.6 → 8.7 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 32 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 28 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 26 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 26 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 23 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 26 votesEp 7: 8.7 · 34 votes
Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #12.17.632
2Episode #12.27.928
3Episode #12.37.826
4Episode #12.47.526
5Episode #12.57.323
6Episode #12.67.726
7Episode #12.78.734

Season 13 (2024)

8.34 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 8.6

Ep 1: 7.7 · 26 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 22 votesEp 3: 8.8 · 22 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 23 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 21 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 20 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 20 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 23 votes
Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #13.17.726
2Episode #13.28.322
3Episode #13.38.822
4Episode #13.48.423
5Episode #13.58.221
6Episode #13.68.220
7Episode #13.78.520
8Episode #13.88.623

Season 14 (2024)

8.63 avg 8 episodes 8.1 → 8.8

Ep 1: 8.1 · 30 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 26 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 24 votesEp 4: 9.0 · 24 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 30 votesEp 6: 8.8 · 22 votesEp 7: 9.0 · 20 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 28 votes
Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #14.18.130
2Episode #14.28.026
3Episode #14.38.624
4Episode #14.49.024
5Episode #14.58.730
6Episode #14.68.822
7Episode #14.79.020
8Episode #14.88.828

Season 15 (2025)

6.69 avg 8 episodes 6.2 → 6.2

Ep 1: 6.2 · 41 votesEp 2: 5.9 · 36 votesEp 3: 9.3 · 42 votesEp 4: 8.9 · 37 votesEp 5: 5.6 · 37 votesEp 6: 5.6 · 39 votesEp 7: 5.8 · 38 votesEp 8: 6.2 · 41 votes
Season 15 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #15.16.241
2Episode #15.25.936
3Episode #15.39.342
4Episode #15.48.937
5Episode #15.55.637
6Episode #15.65.639
7Episode #15.75.838
8Episode #15.86.241

Season 16 (2025)

7.28 avg 8 episodes 7.4 → 6.8

Ep 1: 7.4 · 20 votesEp 2: 6.4 · 15 votesEp 3: 7.0 · 15 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 20 votesEp 5: 7.0 · 15 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 14 votesEp 7: 7.0 · 14 votesEp 8: 6.8 · 12 votes
Season 16 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #16.17.420
2Episode #16.26.415
3Episode #16.37.015
4Episode #16.48.520
5Episode #16.57.015
6Episode #16.68.114
7Episode #16.77.014
8Episode #16.86.812

Season 17 (2026)

7.89 avg 8 episodes 7.2 → 8.8

Ep 1: 7.2 · 20 votesEp 2: 7.0 · 17 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 20 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 17 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 16 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 16 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 17 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 21 votes
Season 17 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #17.17.220
2Episode #17.27.017
3Episode #17.37.720
4Episode #17.48.417
5Episode #17.58.216
6Episode #17.67.916
7Episode #17.77.917
8Episode #17.88.821
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