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''Waterloo Road'' is a British television drama series set in a comprehensive school of the same name, broadcast on BBC One and later also on BBC Three. The school was set in Rochdale, England from series one until the end of series seven, and from the beginning of series eight until the end of the show in series ten, the school was set in Greenock, Scotland. In 2014, it was confirmed that the 10th series of ''Waterloo Road'' would be the last. The first episode was broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006 and the final episode on BBC Three on 9 March 2015. ''Waterloo Road'' ran for 10 series, 200 episodes and exactly 9 years. Reruns air on CBS Drama in the UK. ==Overview== The first series contained eight episodes and ended on 27 April 2006. The show was subsequently commissioned for a second series consisting of twelve episodes. The second series began on 18 January 2007 and ended on 26 April 2007. A third series was commissioned, consisting of twenty episodes, premiering on 11 October 2007 and ending on 13 March 2008. The show's fourth series contained twenty episodes and aired from 7 January 2009 to 20 May 2009. ''Waterloo Road'' came under the threat of being axed following the show's fourth series due to the planned demolishing of the show's location at the time; however, these plans did not go ahead until after the seventh series〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Press Office - BBC One drama Waterloo Road to relocate to Scotland )〕 and the show was commissioned for two additional series each consisting of twenty episodes. The fifth series started on 28 October 2009 and aired its finale on 15 July 2010. The sixth series ran from 1 September 2010 to 6 April 2011. A seventh series was commissioned in April 2010 and was later expanded to thirty episodes, which began airing on 4 May 2011 and ended on 25 April 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Press Office - Network TV Programme Information BBC Week 18 New this week )〕 Following the seventh series, the show was commissioned for a further fifty episodes to air over two series and relocated to its current setting of Greenock Academy in Scotland after the eventual demolition of the previous location in Rochdale. The Thornham Middle School was demolished in 2013.〔 At its new location, Waterloo Road Comprehensive became an independent school as opposed to it being a comprehensive school in the past seven series. The eighth series ran for thirty episodes between 23 August 2012 and 4 July 2013. The school benefactor left Waterloo Road at the end of series eight and thus once more the school is a comprehensive. The ninth series ran for twenty episodes between 5 September 2013 and 12 March 2014. On 19 September 2013, a tenth series was commissioned. It was announced on 2 April 2014 that series 10 will be the final series of the show. The final scenes were filmed on 22 August 2014.〔http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s24/waterloo-road/news/a591929/waterloo-road-to-film-final-scenes-today-after-ten-series.html〕 On 11 December 2014, it was announced that, due to low ratings, the final 10 episodes would be aired on BBC Three in 2015,〔http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s24/waterloo-road/news/a615903/waterloo-road-to-lose-primetime-bbc-one-slot.html〕 however a repeat is aired on BBC One later in the evening. The final episode of ''Waterloo Road'', was the 200th episode, and aired on 9 March 2015 on BBC Three and BBC One. In the story the school remains open after a lengthy battle against a school merger. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Waterloo Road (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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