Ackley Bridge

7.0IMDb Score
Released:2017-06-07
Genre:Drama
Duration:45 min
Director:
Actors:Jo Joyner, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Poppy Lee Friar, Sunetra Sarker, Adil Ray
Production:The Forge Entertainment

Overview:

A new academy school in a Yorkshire mill town merges the lives and cultures of the largely divided white and Asian community

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