The BBC has confirmed that school-based drama Waterloo Road will be back on television after a six-year absence to "explore post-Covid Britain".
The revived series will be filmed in Manchester and is seen as a replacement for Holby City, which is coming to an end next March after 23 years on BBC One.
Cameron Roach, one of the executive producers on the original run, will be in charge of the new Waterloo Road, and the rebooted series will "reflect problems encountered by parents, pupils, and teachers in a post-pandemic world".
Speaking about the return of the show, BBC's director of drama Piers Wenger said, "Waterloo Road is the perfect lens through which to explore post-Covid Britain, from the perspective of those who have arguably been affected most: young people in education,"
"We are thrilled to be returning to this brilliant format - its thrills and spills, unmissable characters and high drama - at a time when audiences across Britain need it most."
Waterloo Road is one of two BBC dramas to be made outside of London following the axing of Holby, with the other to be announced in the coming months.
