Ackley Bridge
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Ackley Bridge title card
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| Genre | Drama |
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Ayub Khan-Din Kevin Erlis Malcolm Campbell |
| Starring | Cast |
| Composer(s) | Tim Phillips |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Producer(s) | Alexander Lamb |
| Location(s) | Halifax, West Yorkshire, England |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Forge |
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| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 7 June 2017 – present |
Ackley Bridge is a British television drama series set in a multi-cultural academy school of the same name, broadcast on Channel 4 from 7 June 2017. The school is set in the fictional Yorkshire mill town of Ackley Bridge. A second series of twelve episodes was announced on 30 June 2017, due to air in two parts in 2018.
Ahead of the series premiere, additional content from the show has been shared on social media for "high school age characters to tell their stories in the way young people are" to introduce the characters. Further episodes will "be subsidised with additional videos that will help build the world outside of the allocated TV broadcast."
In early 2017, Channel 4 announced The ABC, a new six-part school drama. The series follows the merger of two schools in a segregated British and Asian community due to budget cuts, exploring "the turbulent school experience, covering the challenges of prejudice and cultural issues in the school environment, as well as the humour, relationships and conflict had by the pupils, teachers and parents."St Catherine's Catholic High School in Halifax is used as Ackley Bridge College. The show was later renamed Ackley Bridge.
Prior to airing, following the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, the first episode was re-edited as there were scenes showing "a troubled student strap a fake bomb to himself in order to disrupt the merging of a predominantly white and a predominantly Asian school." A spokesperson said "In light of the tragic events in Manchester, the first episode of forthcoming drama series Ackley Bridge is being re-edited."
A second series of twelve episodes was announced on 30 June 2017, due to air in two parts in 2018
Former EastEnders actors Jo Joyner and Paul Nicholls received the parts of married couple Mandy Carter, the headteacher of Ackley Bridge College and Steve Bell, a PE teacher. Joyner describes Mandy as "career driven", who has "worked so hard over the years to get to the level she's at. Joyner adds she likes the fact her character is not interested in having children. Despite her character being "organised and driven in her business life [...] she’s not at all organised or in control at home."
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