‘Ackley Bridge’ Renewed For Season 5 On Channel 4
Channel 4 has renewed award-winning drama ‘Ackley Bridge‘ for 5th Season the broadcaster has announced, with 10 new episodes due to land in 2022.
Ackley’s back for more high-jinx plans, scams, and mad-cap adventures in school and on the estate. We’ll pick up with our trio – Johnny (Ryan Dean – The Gentleman, Penny on M.A.R.S.), Kayla (Robyn Cara -Life, Hounslow Diaries) and Fizza (Yasmin Al Khudhairi – Hilda) – as they try to navigate the second half of the school year. Elsewhere, life gets complicated for Marina (Megan Morgan – Hollyoaks), Kayla’s popular Queen Bee sister, just as her younger brother Kyle (Adam Little – Years and Years), Ackley’s newest pupil and troublemaker, turns up at school, fresh out of juvie. It’s been a year already jam-packed with love triangles, catfishing, compulsive liars and one utterly joyous (albeit failed) gypsy wedding. But it’s not over until the last school bell rings and there’s still plenty of time before the sun breaks on the summer holidays…
And for the adults, life is just as chaotic. Martin (Rob James Collier – Downton Abbey) finds his role as Head under the spotlight as Ken (George Potts – Brassic) – true to form – continues to be a raging pain in the proverbial. Things get trickier still for Martin when Asma (Laila Zaidi – Benidorm, Holby City), Ackley’s new hotshot teacher joins the staff to immediately ruffle some feathers. Kaneez (Sunetra Sarker – Informer, The Bay) is back at the beating heart of the school and is presented with her biggest challenge yet, in the form of new boy Kyle. Sue (Charlie Hardwick – Emmerdale) does her best to impress Ken which could lead to a change in career.
“I’m thrilled to be revisiting Ackley Bridge to see what is in store for our pupils and teachers,” commented Rebecca Holdsworth, Channel 4 Commissioning Editor. “Series 5 promises the same trademark mix of funny, heartfelt and hard-hitting stories.”
‘Ackley Bridge’ season five will be produced by The Forge and will film in Halifax from November 2021. Executive Producers are George Ormond (National Treasure, Kiri), George Faber (Help, National Treasure, Shameless) with lead writers and Executive Producers Suhayla El Bushra (Hollyoaks, Becoming Elizabeth) and Kim Revill (EastEnders, Holby City). The new series is also written by Damian Mullen (River City, Holby City), Alexander Stewart (Tin Star, The Last Kingdom) and Emteaz Hussain (The Break, Blood). Jade Taylor is the Producer.
Ashley Walters (Top Boy, Bulletproof) will make his directing debut for 5 episodes, with Reza Moradi (Teachers, Hetty Feather) directing the other 5 episodes. For Channel 4, Commissioning Editor is Rebecca Holdsworth. All3media International are handling international distribution.
“We’re delighted to be back for another series in our rowdy school and our left-behind town,” adds George Ormond, Executive Producer, The Forge. “It’s been a lot of fun coming up with series 5 and we can’t wait to share it.”
‘Ackley Bridge‘ Season 5 will air on Channel 4 and All4 in 2022. If you want to keep track of this show you can add it via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
