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Home > Screenings > All3Media International > Ackley Bridge (Scripted format)

Director: Penny Woolcock

Producer: Alex Lamb

Executive Producer: George Ormond, George Faber, Ayub Khan Din, Malcolm Campbell

Writer: Anya Reiss, Ayub Khan Din, Ishy Din, Kevin Erlis, Malcolm Campbell, Suhayla El-Bushra

Cast: Jo Joyner, Paul Nicholls, Arsher Ali, Liz White, Sunetra Sarker, Adil Ray, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Poppy Lee Friar

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Format


60 / 30 mins

Ackley Bridge is a Yorkshire mill town, home to largely divided white and Asian populations. Like the communities, the school systems have also become segregated. However as two formerly isolated comprehensives are merged into a brand-new academy, Ackley Bridge College, the lives and cultures of each are set to collide. Lessons are about to be learnt in and out of the classroom, even if education isn't the first thing on the agenda...