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'' began broadcasting on 5 June 2018 June 2018 on

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, and ended on 21 August 2018. The series follows the lives of the staff and pupils at the fictional

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Ackley Bridge College, in the fictitious

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of Ackley Bridge. It consists of twelve sixty-minute episodes.

Production and casting

Production and filming on the series began in January 2018 in

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. Filming also occurred in

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. 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. Former

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singer

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was cast as Steve Bell's ( Paul Nicholls) ex-girlfriend, Claire Butterworth, who is the mother to their child, Zac. Walsh said she enjoyed working with

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and Nicholls, calling her role "fun" and the show "fantastic ..with a brilliant cast." Walsh stated 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."

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, who played

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on ''

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'', appears as

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's (Narinda Samra) secret wife

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and mother of Iqbal's children. Entwistle commented that she was "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."

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and

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join the show as Mandy's parents, "abusive" Ray, who is suffering from

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, and Dianne, who "can't cope" with Ray.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

References

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