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Review: Ackley Bridge, season 3

4 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / January 23, 2020 / Ackley Bridge, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Charlie Hardwick, foreign tv series, Gurjeet Singh, Jo Joyner, Megan Parkinson, Natalie Gavin, Penny Wollcock, Poppy Lee Friar, Rachna Suri, Robert James-Collier, Sam Retford, season 3, Tony Jayawardena, Ty Glaser, Women Directors

Ackley Bridge, season 3, is streaming on Acorn TV for US viewers. This British series is about a racially diverse school in West Yorkshire. Season 3 dealt with some heavy, heartbreaking topics.

Poppy Lee Friar and Amy-Leigh Hickman in Ackley Bridge

Review: Ackley Bridge, season 2

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / November 15, 2018 / Ackley Bridge, Adam Fielding, Adil Ray, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Arsher Ali, Ayub Khan-Din, Cody Ryan, Fern Deacon, foreign tv series, Gurjeet Singh, Jo Joyner, Kevin Erlis, Liz White, Lorraine Cheshire, Maariah Hussain, Malcolm Campbell, Megan Parkinson, Nazmeen Kauser, Paul Nicholls, Poppy Lee Friar, Sam Retford, Samuel Bottomley, season 2, Sunetra Sarker, Tom Varey, Tony Jayawardena, trailers

Ackley Bridge, season 2, with its big cast and 12 episodes was even more interesting than season 1. The UK’s Channel 4 must agree with me because they’ve commissioned a third season of 8 episodes for 2019. This British drama about an integrated school filled with both white and Asian kids and teachers is a great setting for multiple storylines. …

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Paul Nicholls, Sunetra Sarker, Liz White, Jo Joyner, Poppy Lee Friar, Adil Ray, Arsher Ali, Amy-Leigh Hickman, and Sam Retford in Ackley Bridge

Review: Ackley Bridge, season 1

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 15, 2018 / Ackley Bridge, Adil Ray, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Anneika Rose, Arsher Ali, Fern Deacon, foreign tv series, Jo Joyner, Liz White, Paul Nicholls, Penny Woolcock, Poppy Lee Friar, Rita May, Sam Retford, Samantha Power, season 1, series 1, Sunetra Sarker, trailers, Women Directors

Ackley Bridge tells the story of a school in the mythical English Yorkshire town of Ackley Bridge. White and Asian (Pakistani mostly) folks have lived together in the small town for years, but their children have gone to segregated schools. Now they will be thrown together in a new school, called Ackley Bridge College, and learn to be together peacefully.