David Farnor | On 05, Dec 2019

Award-winning Ackley Bridge is to return to Channel 4 for a fourth series, in a revised format. 

Inspired by real-life Lancashire and Yorkshire schools established to integrate the white and Asian communities in some of the most divided towns in the country, Ackley Bridge has won praise across its previous three seasons for tackling real-life situations and issues in an irreverent, insightful way, with humour and punchy, big hearted stories.

Season 4, though, will change things up by swapping the previous weekly, 60-minute format for a series of 10 episodes, each lasting 30 minutes.

Rebecca Holdsworth , Channel 4 Commissioning Executive: “Refreshing the format to half hours not only reflects the viewing habits of our young audience, but gives the show a new look and feel as we welcome a brand new cast of characters to our screens.”

George Ormond, Executive Producer, The Forge, adds: “We are thrilled to be starting this new chapter in the Ackley Bridge story and we can’t wait to introduce our new characters to the audience.”

Returning cast include: Sunetra Sarker, Rob James Collier, Jo Joyner, Charlie Hardwick, Tony Jayawardeena, Fern Deacon, Phoebe Tuffs-Berry, Cody Ryan, Nazmeen Kauser and Zara Salim.

Ackley Bridge Season 4 will be produced by The Forge and will film in Halifax from March 2020. It air in September 2020.

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