Its the first day for the new students at grange hill. Grange hill is one of the most successful television childrens dramas of all time. He kindly took time out from his busy schedule to tell us about his time as matthew. Alan hargreaves and alan turner in season 1, george armstrong, 15, 19781982. Disturbing theory suggests eleven will be chief villain. Dai jones was a pe teacher at grange hill from 1997 to 2002, played by clive hill. It is the first day at grange hill comprehensive for a group of new first years. The show began in 1978 on bbc1 and was one of the longestrunning programmes on british television when it ended its run in 2008. Grange hill is a british television childrens drama series originally made by the bbc and portraying life in a typical secondary school the show began its run on 8 february 1978 on bbc1, and was one of the longestrunning programmes on british television when it ended its run on 15 september 2008. An unofficial site celebrating the legendary bbc school drama series grange hill. Miss partridge 19867 karen lewis miss roz partridge caused controversy at grange hill when it was discovered that she was an unmarried mother to a young son. This prompted the bfis 2002 publication the hill and beyond to comment that grange hill had perhaps become politically correct. Former grange hill star jailed for sex attack on young. Nicholas pandolfi played matthew for two series from 19811982.
How to watch grange hill season 2 episodes on kodi. These were plots for adults, a knowing nod to parents and teachers. The series premiered on wed feb 08, 1978 on bbc one and bang s31e20 last aired on mon sep 15, 2008. Wayne has an air pistol, and finds that kevin is a surprisingly good shot. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from grange hill cast at the discogs marketplace.
Grange hill was the tv programme which writer phil redmond created a quarter of a century. Alex and bryns acquisition of a fridge contribute towards grange hill s football efforts, max discovers it was chloe who took the picture of him, and tanya makes plans for her birthday. I saw all of the tucker, zammo and gonchziggy years when grange hill was repeated on bbc 2 on sunday mornings, but i also really liked. The series follows the lives of the staff and pupils of the eponymous school, an innercity london comprehensive school. Mr bronson was every grange hill viewers worst nightmare, arriving as part of. I know that many people preferred the older series of grange hill and they have said that the series was never as good after 1989. Bbc news entertainment mrs mcclusky remembers her school. Grange hill is a british drama television series that focuses on the lives of the pupils at the fictional north london comprehensive school, grange hill, in the fictitious london borough of northam. Grange hill tv show season 6 episodes list next episode. Mr bronson was every grange hill viewers worst nightmare, arriving as part of the eponymous schools merging. To celebrate grange hill s 30th anniversary, the bbc releases the first four series of the grange hill box set. In 2002, redmonds mersey tv took over production of grange hill for the bbc, ensuring that grange hill.
The third series of the british television drama series grange hill began broadcasting on 8 january 1980, before ending on 29 february 1980 on bbc one. The first series of the british television drama series grange hill began broadcasting on 8 february 1978, before ending on 5 april 1978 on bbc one. The grange hill appreciation society is dedicated to all the cast members of the show past and present. He talks his way out of it, when stewpots parents come to complain, because the boys are scared of him. Sam cracker bacon, jonathan marchanthealey, 2025, 19972002. Grange hill is a 20 minute childrendrama starring nadia chambers, john pickard and gregory a. Wayne wants to know how good he is with a live target, so they go to an animal sanctuary. Grange hill blows up notice spoofs of 3 songs played with in 1 minute and when mr deville escapes is light out i side as you can.
Beginning on 4 april 1993, in celebration of the programmes. Series 25 is the 25th series of cbbcs grange hill, which consisted of 18 episodes. It was the thrilling denouement to episode 18 of series 25 of grange hill, the bbc school drama. May 25, 2015 grange hill is back in the front of peoples minds following the loss of one of its most famous alumni, benny green actor.
Ripping yarns season 1 episode 3escape from stalag luft 112b. Gripper stebson makes his first appearance and gives grange hill a bad reputation at the sweet shop. It consisted of nineteen episodes including the christmas. Grange hill star lee macdonald joins eastenders the. Roland avoids gce grippers cash enterprise by accompanying miss mooney through the school gates. Grange hill has been running for over 20 years and many of the actors have gone on to star in other well known programmes such as brookside, er and eastenders. Roly cuts himself in woodwork did he do it on purpose so he could go home. Seven months later, ashes to ashes paid homage to the series in its episode. Whilst certain staff and parentgovernors called for her to lose her job, miss partridges kind and caring nature made her popular with both the grange hill pupils and. Julia has gone, and fred wastes no time making advances towards her best friend laura. Grange hill 1986 episode 4 part 2 of 3 by hollohollowayredux.
It was created by phil redmond, who is also responsible for the channel 4 dramas. New to year 7, tanyas sister jenny, and toggers sister lucy, are on a war footing from the start. The twentyfifth series of the british television drama series grange hill began broadcasting on 29 january 2002, before ending on 28 march 2002 on bbc one. Grange hill the complete series on dvd at rare classics. After redmond created the channel 4 soap brookside, set in liverpool, in 1982, he retreated from writing scripts for grange hill and took on only a. Its powerful storylines, brilliant characters and superb cast. G1 get a punctuation exercise returned to them by mitchell. The long running television series of the grange hill comprehensive school, and the childrens everyday. Filming began in the summer of 1977 and the first episode aired on bbc 1 on the 8th february 1978.
Kathy crashes her learner car into the school gates, and alex gets trouble from max. Grange hill ran for 30 years which started in 1978 and ended in 2008. Grange hill is a british television drama series originally made by the bbc. Grange hill star lee macdonald joins eastenders the independent.
A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series grange hill. The fourth series of grange hill was released on dvd in the uk in 2007. Acorn bbc micro ashes to ashes season 3, episode 1 2010 black mirror. Ant jones gets into an accelerated spiral of trouble with mr. Grange hill is a british drama television series that focuses on the lives of the pupils at the.
List of grange hill episodes grange hill wiki fandom. List of grange hill characters grange hill wiki fandom. Grange hill series 4 the fourth series of the british television drama series grange hill began broadcasting on 30 december 1980 and finished on 27 february 1981 with a christmas special being broadcast on 28 december 1981 on bbc one. Series 25 originally aired from 29th january 2002 to 28th march 2002. Grange hill 1986 episode 5 part 1 of 3 by hollohollowayredux. Grange hill tv series 19782008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. From the start, the series caused controversy for its reallife, gritty. Grange hill series 9 episode on his first day at grange hill, ziggy asserts his authority over imelda davis.
The drama takes a look at teenagers and their dilemmas in a secondary school. A former grange hill actor has been jailed for a sex attack on a young girl as he taught her maths and english. Bandersnatch 2018 clockwise 1986 damon and debbie episode 1 1987 electric dreams 1984 the fourth protocol 1987 grange hill season 11, episode 5 1988 the it crowd season 1 2006 look around you season 1 2002. Grange hill was originally conceived by atv writer phil. Mr hicks seems to be a bit of a headcase at the swimming lesson. Apr 02, 2019 grange hill star lee macdonald is joining eastenders, 32 two years after his role as zammo mcguire macdonald had played the role of zammo on the bbc series from 1982 to 1987. This site is dedicated to the bbc tv series grange hill which ran from 19782008, concentrating particularly on the early years 19781990. Grange hill season 11 episode 4 episode 4 watch on kodi. The day has barely started when tucker starts causing mischief. The bbc has announced childrens tv series grange hill is ending after 30 years. Grange hill began in february 1978 and revolutionised childrens television. Gripper nabs zammo and jonahs cash, but they have no intention to continue paying him indefinitely. We all lost a dedicated maintainer of grange hill online, the legacy of grange hill and many other contributions to tv history. Whether its tucker, mrs mccluskey, zammo, bronson, fay lucas, ziggy greaves or roland browning, youll find them here.
Suepatts character was the first pupil ever to appear on grange hill. I saw all of the tucker, zammo and gonchziggy years when grange hill was repeated on bbc 2 on sunday mornings, but i also really liked the then new series, especially in 19941996. It has been running for many years but each year it just gets better. Gwyneth powell joined the programme in 1981 and was the schools figurehead until 1991. Grange hill tv show season 25 episodes list next episode.
After redmond created the channel 4 soap brookside, set in liverpool, in 1982. Especially for the last season is the chicken song used as the theme song. Jan 23, 20 18 videos play all grange hill series 25 grange hill fans buzzing rocks. The fourth series of the british television drama series grange hill began broadcasting on 30 december 1980 and finished on 27 february 1981 with a christmas special being broadcast on 28 december 1981 on bbc one. Matthew cartwright 19821983 nicholas pandolfi hard working pupil, matthew cartwright, was often on the receiving end of gripper stebsons bullying. The twentyfifth series of the british television drama series grange hill began broadcasting on 29 january 2002. Benny is almost knocked over by mitchells car whilst kicking a football in the school car park. It was created by phil redmond, who is also responsible for the channel 4 dramas brookside and.
It was first shown in 1978 and its still going today. Jessica is unwell, and boyfriend joe seems to have lost interest. This years critique bookends the series incompetent outsourcing of school dinners at the start, and we finish with mr. Contentsshow character history series 20 1997 episode 1 episode 2 episode 3 episode 4 episode 5 episode 6 episode 7 episode 8 episode 9 episode 10 episode 11 episode 12 episode episode 14 episode 15 episode. To celebrate grange hills 30th anniversary, the bbc releases the first four series of the grange hill box set. Omnibus edition of the weeks 2 episodes shown on bbc2 on sunday morning. This dvd box set contains the trailblazing series 1 and 2 of this everpopular bbc teen drama set in the fictional comprehensive of grange hill.
Well done bbc another great show from the bbc is byker grove which is set in newcastle. With stuart organ, gwyneth powell, lee cornes, sally geoghegan. One of the programmes most memorable characters was not a pupil but headmistress mrs mcclusky. The 1981 christmas special was later included in the series 8 boxset on 19 november 2019 on its dvd release by eureka entertainment. Watch all 17 grange hill episodes from season 2,view pictures, get episode information and more. This is a list of characters from the longrunning bbc childrens series grange hill. Justin bennett, robert morgan later credited as robert craig morgan, series 1 5, 19781982. Grange hill 1986 episode 4 part 1 of 3 by hollohollowayredux. Matthew cartwright, nicholas pandolfi, 45, 19811982.
John cattell, who appeared on the show in the 1980s, molested the youngster after. Apple power mac g4 cube 40 days and 40 nights 2002 about a boy 2002 absolutely fabulous season 4 2001 big fat liar 2002 femme fatale 2002 jay and silent bob strike back 2001 the royal tenenbaums 2001 sex and the city season 4, episode 8, my motherboard, my self 2001 vanilla sky 2001. Misdirecting the new first formers becomes a fun pastime for grange hill. Most of the focus is on benny, judy, tucker, trisha. The long running television series of the grange hill comprehensive school, and the childrens everyday lives. Alex and bryns acquisition of a fridge contribute towards grange hills football efforts, max discovers it was chloe who took the picture of him, and tanya makes plans for her birthday. Grange hill 1986 episode 4 part 3 of 3 by hollohollowayredux. The set includes eighteen episodes excluding the christmas special. Grange hill is back in the front of peoples minds following the loss of one of its most famous alumni, benny green actor. On joining the actors union equity at the age of 16, it was necessary for some grange hill actors to change their professional names to avoid confusion with existing artists with the same name many of the original cast members from the first 2 series are credited as characters in 1982 yet appeared in many cases in only one scene with the majority appearing only in one episode and were not. Amy writes a letter to her long lost father and her mother ends. Now on two the broadcasting ecology changed during 19934. On joining the actors union equity at the age of 16, it was necessary for some grange hill actors to change their professional names to avoid confusion with existing artists with the same name.
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