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Interview with Robyn Cara, Yasmin Al-Khudhairi, Ryan Dean, Shobhit Piasa and Carla Woodcock who play Kayla, Fizza, Johnny, Tahir, and Marina

The new cast members talk about their characters, what it was like to join Ackley Bridge and the tips they received from former cast members.

19 Apr 21 Interview, Press Pack Article

Interview with Robert James-Collier who plays Martin Evershed

Robert James-Collier talks about his character, Martin, the new series and his favourite scenes to film.

19 Apr 21 Interview, Press Pack Article

Interview with Sunetra Sarker who plays Kaneez Paracha

Sunetra Sarker reveals the challenges of playing Kaneez, and discusses her new role as associate producer on Ackley Bridge series four.

19 Apr 21 Interview, Press Pack Article

Interview with Jo Joyner who plays Mandy Carter

Jo Joyner speaks about the return of her character, Mandy, and what it was like to work alongside the new cast.

19 Apr 21

Ackley Bridge Series 4 Press Pack

The award-winning school drama series set in a Yorkshire mill town returns to Channel 4 with a brand-new format, some fresh faces, and some familiar favourite characters too.

27 Feb 19 Interview

Jon Richardson interview

So, Jon: can you bake? I think anyone can bake, but I don’t think I can bake well. I sort of feel like baking is just like chocolate and butter and sugar and that is always nice, so I think anyone can bake, you can put those things together and it will come out alright. The next level of that, I

27 Feb 19 Interview

Hannah Cockroft interview

So, Hannah: can you bake? Judging by earlier, not really, I can bake better than I can cook but I wouldn’t choose to bake. Who taught you to bake when you were growing up? My grandma and my mum, my grandma quite liked baking, so I got involved in little things like when they were making a birthday

27 Feb 19 Interview

John Lithgow interview

So, John: have you baked previously? Yes, I’ve never baked brownies before, I did it once just to warm up, but they are extremely simple. I’ve baked more difficult things than that. I’ve been working years to perfect pie crust for example. Who taught you initially? My wife, she’s a really good cook

10 May 21 Press Pack Article

Interview with Bobby Seagull

Maths teacher and iconic quizzer Bobby Seagull tells us about his role on The Answer Trap.