Rejoice, Ackley Bridge fans – the school based drama is set to return to Channel 4 for a fourth series next year and filming will commence once again in Halifax for cast including Jo Joyner, Rob James-Collier, Charlie Hardwick and Sunetra Sarker.
The hit show has won legions of fans with its diverse and modern telling of stories and has been a huge success for the channel – however, the award winning drama will have a revised format when it comes back to our screens.
The previous weekly, hour long format will be played out in a series of 10 episodes, each a half hour duration, and the first will air in September 2020 – so quite a while to wait for the term to start again.
Inspired by real-life Lancashire and Yorkshire schools established to integrate the white and Asian communities in some of the most divided towns in the country, Ackley Bridge has won praise across its previous three series for tackling real-life situations and issues in an irreverent, insightful way, with humour and punchy, big hearted stories.
Rebecca Holdsworth , Channel 4 Commissioning Executive: ‘Refreshing the format to half hours not only reflects the viewing habits of our young audience, but gives the show a new look and feel as we welcome a brand new cast of characters to our screens.’
George Ormond, Executive Producer, The Forge, added: ‘We are thrilled to be starting this new chapter in the Ackley Bridge story and we can’t wait to introduce our new characters to the audience.’
Returning cast include: Sunetra Sarker, Rob James Collier, Jo Joyner, Charlie Hardwick, Tony Jayawardeena, Fern Deacon, Phoebe Tuffs-Berry, Cody Ryan, Nazmeen Kauser and Zara Salim.
Storylines last year including Nasreen having a crisis of confidence over her future, the tragic death of original character of Missy Booth and themes including sexuality, abuse and racial tensions.
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