Waterloo Road (2006–)

Bias Rating

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Viewer Rating

Rating: 7.1

Overview

There's a school like Waterloo Road in every town in Britain. The staff are overworked and underpaid, the budgets only ever seem to get tighter, and the kids more troublesome. It's a melting pot of class and race where t...

Starring Cast

Philip Martin Brown • Jason Done • Chelsee Healey

Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Right

Diversity: Moderate

LGBTQ: Positive

Overview

Starring Cast

Philip Martin Brown • Jason Done • Chelsee Healey

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Primary

Political: Leans RightConfidence: High

The film leans right by championing individual responsibility and the restoration of traditional moral order through personal action, focusing on a soldier's fight to reclaim his marital fidelity and honor from a morally corrupt individual.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: High

The 'Waterloo Road' TV series features a visibly diverse cast that reflects a modern school environment. While the show explores various social issues through its characters and storylines, it does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center its narrative around overt DEI statements.

Secondary

LGBTQ: PositiveConfidence: High

Waterloo Road consistently portrays LGBTQ+ characters with dignity and complexity across its long run. While addressing challenges like prejudice, the show's narrative stance is affirming, validating queer identities and relationships. Obstacles are framed as external, reinforcing the worth of LGBTQ+ lives and love within a mainstream school drama.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

Waterloo Road is an original drama series, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic. All characters introduced are original to the show, and there are no instances of established characters from prior canon or history being portrayed with a different gender.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

Waterloo Road is an original television series, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic. All characters are created for the show, meaning there is no prior canonical or historical race for them to be 'swapped' from. Characters' races are established upon their initial introduction within the series.