Waterloo Road: From Rochdale to Scotland

Award winning school drama series Waterloo Road is to relocate from Rochdale to Scotland.
The popular BBC drama series, made by Glasgow based Shed Productions, is currently filming its seventh series in the town but will move to Scotland in April 2012.
Moving to an as yet unidentified location in Scotland they will film an initial 50 one-hour episodes over two years and it is hoped Waterloo Road will provide a significant boost to the Scottish creative sector.
The show regularly attracts over five million viewers and its move is part of the BBC's move to increase network programming from Scotland and the other nations of the UK.
Viewers of the BBC One show will see a 'dramatic and explosive' storyline at the end of series 7 which will see a number of current teachers and pupils setting up a new independent school in Scotland.
Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning, said: "Whilst sad to leave Rochdale Shed Productions immediately saw the potential of the new stories they could tell, as well as being excited about putting down roots in their native Scotland.
"I am sure fans will love what Shed have planned – it will remain the show our audience love."
Shed Productions have been responsible for a number of other high-profile dramas including Footballers' Wives and Bad Girls. In 2008 they established an office in Glasgow's Media Quarter, where last year they launched the online spin-off, Waterloo Road Reunited, which followed the post-school lives of some of the show's regular characters.
(LB/BMcC)