Ackley Bridge (TV Series)

A British television drama series set in a multi-cultural academy school in the fictional Yorkshire mill town of Ackley Bridge. The story follows the merger of two schools in a segregated British and Asian community due to budget cuts, exploring the turbulent school experience, covering the challenges of prejudice and cultural issues in the school environment, as well as the humour, relationships and conflict had by the pupils, teachers and parents. The First Season had 6 episodes. A second series of twelve episodes was announced on 30 June 2017, due to air in two parts in 2018.