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  Show Name Grange Hill
  Format Children's television series
  Runtime 25 minutes
  Starring See '''notable cast members''' below
  Country United Kingdom
  Network BBC
  First Aired 1978
  Creator Phil Redmond
  Website http://wwwgrangehillcom/
  Imdb Id 0075512
  Tv Com Id 2118


''Grange Hill'' is a British children's television Drama Series which is shown on BBC One . The latest series is being shown first on the CBBC Channel . It 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 .

The show began in 1978 and is one of the longest running 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 25 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.

The programme has covered many controversial storylines, ranging from students throwing benches into the swimming pool ( 1978 ; as a result of which, following letters of complaint from teachers and parents, the episode was withdrawn from the repeat season), to rape ( 2001 ), and attempted suicide ( 2005 ), prompting many complaints from viewers.

The show spawned a successful spin-off 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)".


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 played 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 .

  • There have been many Headmasters of Grange Hill over the years: Mr Starling(1978), Mr Llewelyn (1979–1980), Mrs McClusky (1981–84 and 1986–91), Mr Humphries (1985), Mrs Keele (1992–1994), Mr McNab (1995–1997, never seen), Mr Robson (1998–2003) and Mrs Bassinger (2003–present).



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