Degrassi Junior High is a Canadian television teen drama series that was produced from 1987-1989 as part of the Degrassi series. The show followed the lives of a group of students attending the titular fictional school. Many episodes tackled difficult issues such as drug use, child abuse, teenage pregnancy, homosexuality and divorce, and the series was acclaimed for its sensitive and realistic portrayal of the challenges of teenage life. The cast comprised mainly non-professional actors, which added to the show's sense of realism. Image File history File links of the TV show Degrassi Junior High. ... A teen drama is a television drama series that centers on teenage characters. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Linda Schuyler is a Canadian television producer involved in the Degrassi series of teen programs. ... Kit Hood is a Canadian television director, and producer. ... Cathy began her work on Degrassi in the 80s. ... Played BLT in the earlier degrassi series ... Amanda Stepto (born July 31, 1970 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian actress best known for playing the role of Christine Spike Nelson in the Degrassi series television shows (including the current Degrassi: The Next Generation. ... Pasquale Pat Mastroianni (born December 22, 1971 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor most famous for his role as Joey Jeremiah on the Degrassi television shows. ... Stacie Mistysyn (born July 23, 1974 in Los Angeles to Canadian parents), is a Canadian/American actress best known for her work on the series The Kids of Degrassi Street, which ran from 1981 to 1986, Degrassi Junior High/Degrassi High, which ran from 1987 to 1991, and Degrassi: The... Stefan Brogren (born August 4, 1972 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor. ... Siluck Saysanasy, born in Vientiane, Laos, is an actor. ... Best known for his role of Arthur Kobalewsky on the Degrassi series. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ... is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The Kids of Degrassi Street is the first TV show in the Degrassi series of shows about the lives of a group of kids living on or near Degrassi Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Degrassi High was the third television show in the Degrassi series of teen dramas about the lives of a group of kids living on or near Degrassi Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... A teen drama is a television drama series that centers on teenage characters. ... This article is about the Degrassi series. ... Comparison of the perceived harm for various psychoactive drugs from a poll among medical psychiatrists specialized in addiction treatment[1] This article is an overview of the nontherapeutic use of alcohol and drugs of abuse. ... Child abuse is the physical, sexual, or emotional maltreatment or neglect of children by parents, guardians, or others. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse. ...

History

Degrassi Junior High spanned 42 episodes, covering grades 7 through 9. The first half of the first season premiered January 18, 1987 with 13 episodes. New episodes screened on Sunday afternoons, and was brought up to prime time in the first season's second half. Some of the characters were in grades 7-8, and in the second part of the first season the characters remained in the same grades, as the half-season was not their next academic school year, but instead, their second semester (the first season happened in the 1987-1988 school year). The characters were in grades 8 and 9 in the second season of the series. The ninth-graders stayed in junior high, but attended science class at Borden High School. The series ended with Degrassi Junior High being burnt down at a dance. All the characters then went on to high school in Degrassi High. is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... Middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) covers a period of education that straddles primary/elementary education and secondary education, serving as a bridge between the two. ... Degrassi High was the third television show in the Degrassi series of teen dramas about the lives of a group of kids living on or near Degrassi Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

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The program also aired on PBS in the United States, the BBC in the UK and Western Europe, and the ABC in Australia. A DVD containing all the show's episodes was released in October 2005 concurrent with airings of the show on the U.S. cable network Noggin. In Australia, as of 2007, it is being re-run on the digital network ABC2. PBS redirects here. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... A current understanding of Western Europe. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Noggin is a cable television network in the United States, intended to help children learn. ... This article is about the Australian television channel. ...

Fabulous Films in the UK released in 2007 a 3 disc complete 1st season DVD set of Degrassi Junior High. Fabulous Films also has the rights to The Kids Of Degrassi Street that will be released early in 2008.

Episodes

Main article: List of Degrassi episodes

In 1987 Degrassi Junior High won an International Emmy in the Children and Young People category for the episode "It's Late",^{[citation needed]} where Christine (Spike) Nelson gets pregnant. Spike's baby was named Emma to commemorate the award. // List of Degrassi: The Next Generation episodes Category: ... The Degrassi Junior High episode where Christine Spike Nelson finds out she is pregnant with her daughter Emma Nelson. ...

Locations

Degrassi Junior high was filmed at the unused Vincent Massey Junior School in Etobicoke, Ontario. ^[1] Country Province Established 1 January 1850 (township)   1 January 1967 (borough) Incorporated Amalgamation June 1983 (city) 1 January 1998 Government  - Mayor David Miller (Toronto Mayor)  - Governing Body Toronto City Council  - MPs Roy Cullen, Michael Ignatieff, Borys Wrzesnewskyj  - MPPs Shafiq Qaadri, Donna Cansfield, Laurel Broten Area  - Disolved city 123. ...

Trivia

• The character of Liz O'Rourke was presented as a new student in the second season, but was clearly seen in a few episodes prior as an extra in the background.
• The character of Dorothy was said to be Arthur Kobalowski's cousin, but the actress was really his sister in real life.
• The Doctor Sally radio show is based on a call-in radio show entitled the Sunday Night Sex Show. Registered nurse and sex educator Sue Johanson was the host of the program which aired on local Toronto, Ontario radio station Q-107 between 1984 and 1998. Sue Johanson portrays "Doctor Sally" in two Degrassi Junior High episodes.
• In one episode, Wheels can be clearly seen wearing a Footscray Bulldogs jumper. What is unusual is that the sport, Australian rules football and its competition, the VFL, at the time would have been unknown in Canada. Although the VFL staged several exhibition matches that year, the Bulldogs were not involved and were perhaps the least successful and supported teams in the league. The appearance could possibly be put down to a wardrobe error, but how the jumper appeared there in the first place is a mystery.
• In the first episode, Kiss Me Steph, several of the grade 8 characters appeared in a grade 7 class. These included Wheels, Heather and Erica (the twins).
• The legal counsel for all the episodes was Stephen Stohn who later became the Executive Producer of Degrassi: The Next Generation.
• Also in the first episode Heather Farrell was called Stacy Farrel.

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Cast

Main article: List of Degrassi Characters

Degrassi Junior High had a large ensemble cast where only the ones with dialogue would be placed in the credits. However, essentially all the main cast would act as extras from time to time appearing in the background, and were credited when they would be featured in an episode. Cast The series was a realistic portrayal of junior high (and later high school) life; for this reason, hundreds of actors appeared on the series throughout its run, and no complete cast list can be made. ...

UK Schedules

The BBC refused to transmit the episode "Rumour Has It" when screening the first series of Degrassi Junior High because of the central theme of homosexuality. In the late 1980s the subject of the promotion of homosexuality in schools was a very controversial issue. The BBC only screened the first season of the show.

From its first day of broadcasting in 1992, UK Gold screened Degrassi Junior High daily. The channel then screened Degrassi High in its entirety.

References

External links

• Episode Guide for Degrassi Junior High
• Degrassi Junior High at the Internet Movie Database
• Fan Zine for everything Degrassi