You may be forgiven you've taken a trip back in time to the mid-00s this week as Waterloo Road makes its return to screens, nearly 17 years on from its successful debut.
Launching in 2005, Waterloo Road was one of the biggest dramas of its kind and a big ratings winner for the BBC as household names like Jason Merrells, Jill Halfpenny and Denise Welch were among the staff at the often troubled comprehensive school at the centre of the action. Ex Byker Grove and EastEnders star Jill saw her character Izzy Redpath meet a grisly end right outside of the school front door, in one of the most heart-breaking scenes of the show's early days.
Originally based in Rochdale, things took a rather bizarre turn for the staff and pupils of Waterloo Road at the start of series eight, when after seven series of being based in North West England, the school suddenly upped sticks to Greenock in Scotland. The Rochdale site was demolished shortly after filming ended in 2011 and is now a housing estate.
