Ackley Bridge series 1
| Ackley Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Series 1 | |
 DVD cover | |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 7 June – 12 July 2017 |
| Series chronology | |
The first series of the British television drama series Ackley Bridge began broadcasting on 7 June 2017 on Channel 4, and ended on 12 July 2017.[1] The series follows the lives of the staff and pupils at the fictional multi-cultural academy school Ackley Bridge College, in the fictitious Yorkshire mill town of Ackley Bridge.[2] It consists of six sixty-minute episodes.[3]
Cast and characters
Main
- Amy-Leigh Hickman as Nasreen Paracha
- Poppy Lee Friar as Missy Booth
- Jo Joyner as Mandy Carter
- Sunetra Sarker as Kaneez Paracha
- Sam Bottomley as Jordan Wilson
- Nazmeen Kausar Hussain as Razia Paracha
- Cody Ryan as Hayley Booth
- Paul Nicholls as Steve Bell
- Adil Ray as Sadiq Nawaz
- Liz White as Emma Keane
- Tom Varey as Will Simpson
- Maariah Hussain as Alya Nawaz
- Arsher Ali as Samir Qureshi
- Lorraine Cheshire as Lorraine Bird
- Sam Retford as Cory Wilson
- Nohail Mohammed as Riz Nawaz
- Fern Deacon as Chloe Voyle
- Anneika Rose as Lila Sharif
- Samantha Power as Simone Booth
- Esa Ashraf as Saleem Paracha
Recurring
- Rita May as Julie "Nana" Booth
- Zain Khan as Zain Younis
- Hassan Mahmood as Amin Azad
- India Parsan as Tahira Azad
- Alisha Zaman as Amira Gill
- Kainat Butt as Shireen Siddiqui
- Abdullah Shahid as Mo Akhtar
- Arbaz Rashid as Waqar Abdul-Rehman
- Chloe Lumb as Shannon Burns
- Nathan Green as Neil Sykes
- Matthew Priestley as Jake Earnshaw
- Harry Myers as Dan Fairfax
- Steve Jackson as Kevin Wilson
- Emily Pyzer as Candice Murgatroyd
- Narinder Samra as Iqbal Paracha
- Surinda Kaur as Granny Paracha
Guest
- Chris Abe as Police Officer
- Freddie Bolt as Reece Murgatroyd
- Jamie Dorrington as Jack Murgatroyd
- Sean Croke as Alex Hamilton
- Stuart Manning as Nik Voyle
- Sebastian Shaw as Adam Smith
- Anu Hasan as Farida Nawaz
- Noorul Choudhury as GP
- Wendy Patterson as Funeral Director
- Simon Lowe as Darren Critchall
- Jag Sanghera as Karim
- Kiran Landa as Maryam Qureshi
- Anastasia Ryan as Lady in Hebden Bridge
- Julian Kay as Gary Williams
- Alexandra D'Sa as Sita Kapoor
- Gurjeet Singh as Naveed Haider
- Kate Baines as Solicitor
- Mark Chatterton as Judge
- Michael Forrest as Chair of Governors
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Penny Woolcock | Malcolm Campbell & Anya Reiss | 7 June 2017 | 3.17 |
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Penny Woolcock | Anya Reiss | 14 June 2017 | 2.22 |
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Robert Quinn | Ishy Din & Suhayla Bushra | 21 June 2017 | 1.98 |
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Robert Quinn | Suhayla Bushra | 28 June 2017 | 1.94 |
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Jon East | Ayub Khan-Din | 5 July 2017 | 1.87 |
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Jon East | Anya Reiss | 12 July 2017 | 1.78 |
Production
Channel 4 announced the casting for new school drama, The ABC, in early 2017.[5] Production and filming on the series began in February 2017 in Halifax, West Yorkshire with the former St Catherine's Catholic High School used as Ackley Bridge College.[6] The series was later renamed to Ackley Bridge.[7]
References
- ^ Hughes, Jonathon (2017). "Ackley Bridge: everything you need to know about Channel 4's new school drama". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ Ankers, Wayne (7 June 2017). "Where is new TV drama Ackley Bridge set?". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ Hughes, Sarah (4 June 2017). "'It's about race and class, but it's funny, not grim': Channel 4's new take on school drama". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ "BARB". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "Casting announced on C4's new 8pm drama The ABC". Channel 4. 23 February 2017. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ "Former Halifax high school transformed for new TV drama". Halifax Courier. 3 February 2017. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ Weston, Christopher (9 July 2019). "Ackley Bridge: How many episodes in season 3? Is there a season 4?". HITC. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2019.