Ackley Bridge

Ackley Bridge
Genre	Comedy drama[1]
Created by	Ayub Khan-Din Kevin Erlis Malcolm Campbell
Starring	Present and former cast
Composer	Tim Phillips
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	46 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Malcolm Campbell George Faber George Ormond Ayub Khan-Din
Producer	Alexander Lamb
Production locations	Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Cinematography	Anna Valdez-Hanks Sergio Delgado
Editors	Anthony Combes Vicky Tooms Dan Crinnion David Stark David I'Anson
Running time	60 minutes (series 1–3) 30 minutes (series 4–5)
Production company	The Forge
Original release
Network	Channel 4 All 4
Release	7 June 2017 (2017-06-07) – 11 July 2022 (2022-07-11)
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Ackley Bridge is a British comedy-drama series set in a multicultural academy school of the same name. The series is set in the fictional town of Ackley, and filmed in Halifax, West Yorkshire and it began broadcasting on Channel 4 on 7 June 2017. In the fourth series, Ackley Bridge saw a major overhaul, including different time slots, a shortened runtime, several new characters to replace cast exits and moving the series onto streaming platform All 4.

The first three series of Ackley Bridge received praise from critics and viewers, who liked that the programme represented minority groups and tackled real-world issues. Main cast members Poppy Lee Friar, Amy-Leigh Hickman and Sunetra Sarker have received awards for their portrayals of their respective characters, as well as the series itself garnering awards and nominations at various ceremonies. However, the fourth series faced criticism from the public. They felt that Channel 4 moving Ackley Bridge to a 6pm time slot had led to the edgy storylines being softened and that the long-term characters did not receive enough screen-time. After a fifth series that received a late night slot, Channel 4 confirmed that they had decided not to renew Ackley Bridge further.