Grange Hill is a British children's television drama series which is shown on BBC1. 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. Drama is a term generally used to refer to a literary form involving parts written for actors to perform. ... 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. ... 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. ... A script editor - a position sometimes known as story editor in the 1950s and 60s - is a member of the production team of scripted television programmes, usually dramas and comedies. ... Anthony Minghella 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 centered 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 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 clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough on Merseyside in north west England, on the north side of the Mersey estuary. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... 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 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2005 is 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)". 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Todd Carty (born August 31, 1963) is aBritish actor. ... 1986 is 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
• 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

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Staff

• 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

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External Links

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