List of Ackley Bridge episodes

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ McCreesh, Louise (30 June 2017). "Ackley Bridge will return for a second series in 2018 and have TWICE the number of episodes". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  4. ^ Lazarus, Susanna (30 June 2017). "Has Ackley Bridge got a second series? Channel 4 commission an extended second run of their school drama with Jo Joyner". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  5. ^ Bley Griffiths, Eleanor (23 May 2018). "Exclusive Ackley Bridge trailer reveals major drama coming in series two". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  6. ^ Houghton, Rianne (21 August 2018). "Channel 4 confirms a third series of Ackley Bridge after emotional final episode". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  7. ^ a b Lindsay, Duncan (5 December 2019). "Ackley Bridge to return for a fourth series but there's a major change". Metro. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Filming for Ackley Bridge series four postponed amid coronavirus". Halifax Courier. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Channel 4 goes back to school with new Ackley Bridge images released". Channel 4. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  10. ^ Production Weekly [@prodweek] (17 June 2021). "Production Weekly - Issue 1251 - Thursday, June 17, 2021 / 155 Listings - 34 Pages - Production Weekly" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "ACKLEY BRIDGE SET TO RETURN FOR FIFTH SERIES ON CHANNEL 4". TVZone. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  12. ^ Dainty, Sophie (27 June 2022). "First look at Ackley Bridge's brand new series – here's when it will be airing". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  13. ^ Darvill, Josh (14 November 2022). "Ackley Bridge cancelled after five series on Channel 4". TellyMix. Retrieved 14 November 2022.