{"id":24028,"date":"2025-12-11T11:57:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/waterloo-road-returning-in-january\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T11:58:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:58:01","slug":"waterloo-road-returning-in-january-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/waterloo-road-returning-in-january-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterloo Road Returning in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Waterloo Road<\/em> will be returning to BBC One and BBC iPlayer on January 6.<\/p>\n<p><em>Waterloo Road<\/em> is set and made in Greater Manchester and is executive produced by Cameron Roach for Rope Ladder Fiction, Leanne Klein for Wall to Wall, and commissioned by Gaynor Holmes and Jo McClellan for the BBC. Lindsay Williams is the series producer.<\/p>\n<p>The school drama will launch the entire series on BBC iPlayer at 6 a.m., with a double bill of <em>Waterloo Road<\/em> airing on BBC One every Tuesday at 9 p.m., with the following episode at 10:40 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Denise Welch will reprise her role as Steph Haydock. Other returning parents and teacher cast includes Adam Thomas, Christopher Jeffers, Hollie-Jay Bowes, James Baxter, Jason Merrells, Jon Richardson and more. Returning student cast includes Aabay Noor Ali, Cory McClane, Chiamaka (ChiChi) Ulebor, Danny Murphy, Hattie Dynevor, Liam Scholes, Lucy Chambers, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Karl Davies joins <em>Waterloo Road<\/em>. Also joining the cast as new students are Freddy Smith as Freddie Hollister, Olivia Booth-Ford as Leoni Tennant, Myra-Sofia Iftikhar as Aisha Azzi, Sana Ali as Badr Azzi and Isha Kaur as Harleen Lamba.<\/p>\n<p>With the arrival of excluded students and familiar faces, chaos ensues at Waterloo Road. 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