Ackley Bridge series 2
| Ackley Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
 DVD cover | |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 5 June – 21 August 2018 |
| Series chronology | |
The second series of the British television drama series Ackley Bridge began broadcasting on 5 June 2018 on Channel 4, and ended on 21 August 2018.[1] The series follows the lives of the staff and pupils at the fictional multi-cultural academy school Ackley Bridge College, in the fictitious Yorkshire mill town of Ackley Bridge.[2] It consists of twelve sixty-minute episodes.[3]
Cast and characters
Main
- Poppy Lee Friar as Missy Booth
- Amy-Leigh Hickman as Nasreen Paracha
- Sunetra Sarker as Kaneez Paracha
- Nazmeen Kausar Hussain as Razia Paracha
- Cody Ryan as Hayley Booth
- Jo Joyner as Mandy Carter
- Sam Bottomley as Jordan Wilson
- Paul Nicholls as Steve Bell
- Adil Ray as Sadiq Nawaz
- Liz White as Emma Keane
- Tom Varey as Will Simpson
- Maariah Hussain as Alya Nawaz
- Arsher Ali as Samir Qureshi
- Lorraine Cheshire as Lorraine Bird
- Sam Retford as Cory Wilson
- Nohail Mohammed as Riz Nawaz
- Fern Deacon as Chloe Voyle
- Samantha Power as Simone Booth
- Emily Pyzer as Candice Murgatroyd
- Gurjeet Singh as Naveed Haider
- Tony Jayawardena as Rashid Hyatt
- Adam Fielding as Aaron Turner
- Jay Saighal as Javid Shah
- Megan Parkinson as Sam Murgatroyd
Recurring
- Yaseen Khan as Saleem Paracha
- Hassan Mahmood as Amin Abad
- India Parsan as Tahira Abad
- Zain Khan as Zain Younis
- Alisha Zaman as Amira Gill
- Kainat Butt as Shireen Siddiqui
- Abdullah Shahid as Mo Akhtar
- Arbaz Rashid as Waqar Abdulrehman
- Chloe Lumb as Shannon Burns
- Amina Arslan as Amina Mir
- Nathan Green as Neil Sykes
- Matthew Priestley as Jake Earnshaw
- Harry Myers as Dan Fairfax
- Narinder Samra as Iqbal Paracha
- Kammy Darweish as Mujahid Haider
- Perveen Hussain as Sadia Haider
- Razia Yousaf as Granny Paracha
- Safiyah Mardiyah as Aneesa Sahota
- James Foster as Craig Brimble
- Vicky Entwistle as Sandra Turner
- Halima Ali as Amy Turner
- Kimberley Walsh as Claire Butterworth
- James Senneck as Clint Northwood
Guest
- Steve Jackson as Kevin Wilson
- Anu Hasan as Farida Nawaz
- Meryl Fernandes as Maryam Qureshi
- Amina Arslan as Amina Mir
- Jonas Khan as Khadim Afzal
- Kelli Hollis as Linda Loan Shark
- Alec Hewes, James Browne and Jonathan Enser as Jazz Band
- Kriss Dosanjh as Moeen Qureshi
- Beth Hunter as Megan Redhead
- Julia Nelson as Brenda Webster
- Alex Dobson as Mel Normal
- Keicha Greenidge as Shalika Phillips
- Amita Suman as Sameera
- Lloyd Lai as Martin Rose
- Christine Brennan as Dr Olivia Allen
- Tigga Goulding as Wendy Jefferson
- Steve Money as Grandpa Murgatroyd
- Ted Robbins as Ray Carter
- Lin Blakley as Dianne Carter
- Zoe Iqbal as Zahra Malik
- James Midgley as Darren Haddock
- Madison Brown as Ashley Currier
- Maya Soraya as Meesha Peerzada
- Anthony Lewis as Tony Potts
- Huni Jalaf as Imam Fazal Hameed
- Stuart Manning as Nik Voyle
- Tahreen Iqbal as Mrs Younis
- Andonis Anthony as Simon Zindillis
- Judy Flynn as Barbara Hammer
- Alexis Platt as Danny Critchall
- Melanie Ash as Sarah Mather
- Rick Carr as Ian Orem
- Dee Hamilton as Sonographer
- Menyee Lai as Irene Girvan
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [4] | UK viewers (millions) [5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Penny Woolcock | Matt Evans | 5 June 2018 | 1.92 |
| 8 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Penny Woolcock | Perrie Balthazar | 12 June 2018 | 1.66 |
| 9 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Joe Stephenson | Ayub Khan-Din | 19 June 2018 | 1.62 |
| 10 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Joe Stephenson | Richard Davidson | 26 June 2018 | 1.51 |
| 11 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Tina Gharavi & Joe Stephenson | Ishy Din | 4 July 2018 | 1.45 |
| 12 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Joe Stephenson | Matt Evans | 10 July 2018 | 1.36 |
| 13 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Robert Quinn | Natalie Mitchell & Faryal Velmi | 17 July 2018 | 1.66 |
| 14 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Robert Quinn | Lisa Holdsworth | 24 July 2018 | 1.56 |
| 15 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Penny Woolcock | Maya Sondhi | 31 July 2018 | 1.57 |
| 16 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Penny Woolcock | Ayub Khan Din | 7 August 2018 | 1.59 |
| 17 | 11 | "Episode 11" | Robert Quinn | Richard Davidson | 14 August 2018 | 1.64 |
| 18 | 12 | "Episode 12" | Robert Quinn | Stephen Russell | 21 August 2018 | 1.25 |
Production and casting
Production and filming on the series began in January 2018 in Halifax, West Yorkshire.[6] Filming also occurred in Bradford, West Yorkshire.[7]
Former Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh was cast as Steve's ex-girlfriend, Claire Butterworth, who is the mother to their child, Zac.[8] Walsh said she enjoyed working with Joyner and Nicholls, calling her role "fun" and the show "fantastic [...] with a brilliant cast."[9] Walsh states that her role in the series is "quite different" to other roles she has portrayed, describing Claire as "sassy and strong" as she is determined "to get her claws back into Steve."[9] Walsh said she enjoyed working with Joyner and Nicholls, calling her role "fun" and the show "fantastic [...] with a brilliant cast."[9] Vicky Entwistle, who played Janice Battersby on Coronation Street, appears as Iqbal Paracha's secret wife Sandra Turner and mother of two of Iqbal's children.[10] Entwistle commented that she is "thrilled to be joining the very talented cast of Ackley Bridge and look forward to watching how everything unfolds" and she "had a great time filming with a wonderful bunch of people."[10] Lin Blakley and Ted Robbins join the show as Mandy's parents, "abusive" Ray, who is suffering from dementia, and Dianne, who "can't cope" with Ray.[11]
In January 2018, the show's production company, The Forge, put out an open casting call for teenagers and adults to act as extras in the series.[12]
References
- ^ Bley Griffiths, Eleanor (23 May 2018). "Exclusive Ackley Bridge trailer reveals major drama coming in series two". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ Ankers, Wayne (7 June 2017). "Where is new TV drama Ackley Bridge set?". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ McCreesh, Louise (30 June 2017). "Ackley Bridge will return for a second series in 2018 and have TWICE the number of episodes". Digital Spy. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ "Ackley Bridge Episodes". TV Time. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ BARB
- ^ Kellett, Abigail (11 January 2018). "Alpacas in the market? Filming begins on Ackley Bridge". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ Clayton, Emma (7 June 2018). "Channel 4's Ackley Bridge films in Bradford". The Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Lindsay, Duncan (22 May 2018). "Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh joins Ackley Bridge as troublesome ex of Steve". Metro. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ a b c Lee, Ben (22 May 2018). "Girls Aloud's Kimberley Walsh will appear on Channel 4's Ackley Bridge". Digital Spy. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ a b Lindsay, Duncann (22 May 2018). "Coronation Street star Vicky Entwistle joins Ackley Bridge for huge storyline with a big twist". Metro. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Ackley Bridge: Ted Robbins and Lin Blakley join the cast". Channel 4. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ Ballinger, Lauren (28 January 2018). "Local extras needed for new series of Channel 4 drama Ackley Bridge". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 30 May 2018.