Grange Hill is a British children's television drama series which is shown on BBC1. The latest series is being shown first on the CBBC Channel. The series was created by Phil Redmond (also responsible for the Channel 4 dramas Brookside and Hollyoaks). Other notable production team members down the years have included producer Colin Cant and script editor Anthony Minghella. There are many articles named Drama: Drama, the art form. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ... The CBBC Channel is a British television service aimed at 6 to 13 year olds produced by the BBC. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. ... Phil Redmond (born 1949 in Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom) is a British television producer and scriptwriter. ... Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... Brookside was a soap opera based in Liverpool, which was introduced with the new British television channel, Channel 4. ... Hollyoaks is a British soap opera set in and around the fictional Chester suburb of the same name and filmed mainly in nearby Liverpool. ... Colin Cant is a British television producer and director, best known for his work in the childrens department of BBC Television. ... Script Editor is a program included with Mac OS that allows AppleScripts to be written, debugged, and ran. ... Anthony Minghella (born January 6, 1954) is a British film director, playwright and screenwriter. ...

The show began in 1978 and is one of the longest running television shows on British television. The drama is centred on a fictional comprehensive school (called Grange Hill), in north London (although when filming moved to Liverpool in 2003, it ceased to have any specific location), and follows the lives of the children as they progress through school. For its first twenty-five years it was produced in-house by the BBC, but since the production move to Liverpool it has been made independently for the corporation by Redmond's own Mersey Television production company. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... British television broadcasting has a range of different broadcasters, broadcasting multiple channels over a variety of distribution media. ... A comprehensive school is a secondary school that accepts school students or pupils of all abilities, as opposed to a grammar school which depends on a system of selection. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... Mersey Television is a British independent television production company, founded by renowned producer and writer Phil Redmond in the early 1980s. ...

The show has covered many controversial storylines, ranging from students throwing benches into the swimming pool (1978) to rape (2001) to attempted suicide (2005), prompting many complaints from viewers. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The show spawned a successful spin off series called Tucker's Luck (1983-1985), and launched the acting career of Todd Carty. Also, the 1986 cast released "Grange Hill: The Album", with two singles: "Just Say No" (tying in with a character's heroin addiction) and "You Know The Teacher (Smash Head)". Tuckers Luck is a British television series made by the BBC between 1983 and 1985. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Todd Carty (born August 31, 1963) is an Irish-British actor. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Trivia

• Former cast member Laura Sadler died after falling off a building in June 2003; her Grange Hill character was killed after slipping and falling out of a burning building.
• The theme used for the first 12 years of Grange Hill - "Chicken Man" by Alan Hawkshaw - was a library piece composed one hour before it was recorded during a session in Munich, Germany. Grange Hill was the first programme to use it as a theme followed by the popular quiz show Give Us a Clue, who wanted it despite it already being used on Grange Hill.
• The current theme, introduced in 1990, was specially written by Peter Moss.
• Script Editor Anthony Minghella, who worked on the series for several years during the 1980s, later won an Academy Award for Best Director for the film The English Patient in 1996.

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Notable Cast Members

Pupils

• James Arnold (Arnie) - Aidan J. David
• Justin Bennett -Robert Craig-Morgan
• Roland Browning - Erkan Mustafa
• Pamela Cartwright - Rene Alperstein
• Luke "Gonch" Gardener - John McMahon
• Benny Green - Terry Sue Patt
• Cathy Hargreaves - Lindy Brill
• Alan Humphries - George Armstrong
• Tucker Jenkins - Todd Carty
• Judi Jeffreys - Laura Sadler
• Togger Johnson - Chris Perry-Metcalf
• "Zammo" McGuire - Lee McDonald
• Duane Orpington - Mark Baxter
• "Pogo" Patterson - Peter Moran
• "Tegs" Ratcliffe - Sean Maguire
• Suzanne Ross - Susan Tully
• "Gripper" Stebson - Mark Savage
• "Stewpot" Stewart - Mark Burdis
• Trisha Yates - Michelle Herbert
• Tanya Young - Kirsten Cassidy
• Ziggy Greaves - George Christopher

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Staff

• Mr Geoff "Bullet" Baxter – Michael Cronin
• Mr Bronson - Michael Sheard
• Mr Griffiths (caretaker) - George A. Cooper
• Mr Hopwood - Brian Capron
• Mr Malachay Edward Baker-Duly
• Mrs McClusky - Gwyneth Powell
• Mr Robson - Stuart Organ
• Wally Scott - Simon O'Brien
• Mr Geoff Hankin - Lee Cornes
• Mrs Margaret Holmes - Rachel Bell

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Spinoffs

• Tucker's Luck

Tuckers Luck is a British television series made by the BBC between 1983 and 1985. ...

External links

• Grange Hill Online
• Phil Redmond's Grange Hill website
• Encyclopedia of Television
• British Film Institute Screen Online