Waterloo Road (series 7)


The seventh series of the British television drama series Waterloo Road began broadcasting on 4 May 2011, and ended on 25 April 2012 on BBC One. The series follows the lives of the faculty and pupils of the eponymous school, a failing inner-city comprehensive school. It consists of thirty episodes, shown in three blocks of ten episodes each. The seventh series achieved an average of 5.30 million viewers in the ratings. It is the last series to be set in Rochdale, England.

Plot

The show follows the lives of the teachers and the pupils at the eponymous school of Waterloo Road, a failing inner-city comprehensive, tackling a wide range of issues often seen as taboo such as child sexual abuse, a brain tumour, witness protection, child killing, death, bereavement, teenage pregnancy, miscarriage and gender identity disorder.

Cast and characters

DVD release

Four box sets of the seventh series have been released. Episodes 1-10 of the series were released on 17 October 2011,. Episodes 11-20 were released on 26 March 2012. Episodes 21-30 were released on 10 September 2012. All episodes in one boxset were released on 8 April 2013. They were released with a "12" British Board of Film Classification certificate.