Ackley Bridge is a British drama television series that focuses on the lives of the staff and pupils at the fictional West Yorkshire secondary academy, Ackley Bridge College, in the fictitious mill town of Ackley Bridge.[1] The first series consisted of six episodes and aired from 7 June to 12 July 2017.[2] The second series consisted of twelve episodes and aired from 5 June to 21 August 2018.[3][4][5] A third series consisting of eight episodes aired from 18 June 2019 to 6 August 2019.[6]
In December 2019, Ackley Bridge was renewed for a fourth series, consisting of ten 30-minute episodes.[7] The fourth series was originally set to air in September 2020,[7] but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, filming was postponed.[8] Production resumed in September 2020, and it was announced that the series would return to transmission in April 2021.[9] In June 2021, it was announced that production on the fifth series of Ackley Bridge had commenced.[10][11] The series premiered on All 4 in July 2022.[12] In October 2022, Channel 4 announced that they had decided not to renew Ackley Bridge following the fifth series.[13]
Series overview
editEpisodes
editSeries 1 (2017)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [14] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "First Day" | Penny Woolcock | Malcolm Campbell and Anya Reiss | 7 June 2017 | 3.17 |
| 2 | 2 | "Baby Sitting" | Penny Woolcock | Anya Reiss | 14 June 2017 | 2.22 |
| 3 | 3 | "Teacher Crush" | Robert Quinn | Ishy Din and Suhayla Bushra | 21 June 2017 | 1.98 |
| 4 | 4 | "Missy's Story" | Robert Quinn | Suhayla Bushra | 28 June 2017 | 1.94 |
| 5 | 5 | "Nas's Confession" | Jon East | Ayub Khan-Din | 5 July 2017 | 1.87 |
| 6 | 6 | "Outed" | Jon East | Anya Reiss | 12 July 2017 | 1.78 |
Series 2 (2018)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [15] | UK viewers (millions) [16] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Penny Woolcock | Matt Evans | 5 June 2018 | 1.92 |
| 8 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Penny Woolcock | Perrie Balthazar | 12 June 2018 | 1.66 |
| 9 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Joe Stephenson | Ayub Khan-Din | 19 June 2018 | 1.62 |
| 10 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Joe Stephenson | Richard Davidson | 26 June 2018 | 1.51 |
| 11 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Tina Gharavi and Joe Stephenson | Ishy Din | 4 July 2018 | 1.45 |
| 12 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Joe Stephenson | Matt Evans | 10 July 2018 | 1.36 |
| 13 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Robert Quinn | Natalie Mitchell and Faryal Velmi | 17 July 2018 | 1.66 |
| 14 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Robert Quinn | Lisa Holdsworth | 24 July 2018 | 1.56 |
| 15 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Penny Woolcock | Maya Sondhi | 31 July 2018 | 1.57 |
| 16 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Penny Woolcock | Ayub Khan Din | 7 August 2018 | 1.59 |
| 17 | 11 | "Episode 11" | Robert Quinn | Richard Davidson | 14 August 2018 | 1.64 |
| 18 | 12 | "Episode 12" | Robert Quinn | Stephen Russell | 21 August 2018 | 1.25 |
Series 3 (2019)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [15] | UK viewers (millions) [17] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 1 | "Oxford Dreams" | Penny Woolcock | Ayub Khan-Din | 18 June 2019 | 1.52 |
| 20 | 2 | "Consequences" | Penny Woolcock | Richard Davidson | 25 June 2019 | 1.51 |
| 21 | 3 | "Nothing Else to Say" | Sarmad Masud | Kim Revill | 2 July 2019 | 1.41 |
| 22 | 4 | "The Family Business" | Sarmad Masud | Faryal Velmi | 9 July 2019 | 1.36 |
| 23 | 5 | "Nowhere to Stay" | Rachna Suri | Adam Usden | 16 July 2019 | 1.19 |
| 24 | 6 | "They Don't Know Nothing" | Rachna Suri | Natalie Mitchell | 23 July 2019 | 1.22 |
| 25 | 7 | "Rumors" | Jo Johnson | Nicôle Lecky and Kim Revill | 30 July 2019 | 1.18 |
| 26 | 8 | "A Bright Rosy Future" | Jordan Hogg | Ayub Khan Din | 6 August 2019 | 1.14 |
Series 4 (2021)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Joe Stephenson | Ayub Khan Din | 19 April 2021 |
| 28 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Joe Stephenson | Ayub Khan Din | 19 April 2021 |
| 29 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Joe Stephenson | Suhayla El-Bushra | 19 April 2021 |
| 30 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Joe Stephenson | Kim Revill | 19 April 2021 |
| 31 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Joe Stephenson | Kim Revill | 19 April 2021 |
| 32 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Ethosheia Hylton | Kam Odedra | 19 April 2021 |
| 33 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Ethosheia Hylton | Kim Revill | 19 April 2021 |
| 34 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Ethosheia Hylton | Alex Stewart | 19 April 2021 |
| 35 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Ethosheia Hylton | Ayub Khan Din | 19 April 2021 |
| 36 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Ethosheia Hylton | Ayub Khan Din | 19 April 2021 |
Series 5 (2022)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Ashley Walters | Suhayla El-Sushra | 11 July 2022 |
| 38 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Ashley Walters | Suhayla El-Sushra | 11 July 2022 |
| 39 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Ashley Walters | Damian Mullen | 11 July 2022 |
| 40 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Ashley Walters | Alexander Stewart | 11 July 2022 |
| 41 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Ashley Walters | Kim Revill | 11 July 2022 |
| 42 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Reza Moradi | Emteaz Hussain | 11 July 2022 |
| 43 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Reza Moradi | Suhayla El-Sushra | 11 July 2022 |
| 44 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Reza Moradi | Damian Mullen | 11 July 2022 |
| 45 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Reza Moradi | Kim Revill | 11 July 2022 |
| 46 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Reza Moradi | Kim Revill | 11 July 2022 |
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