Grange Hill (television)

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.

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British - Drama - Series - BBC1 - Phil Redmond - Channel 4 - Brookside - Hollyoaks - Colin Cant - Script editor - Anthony Minghella

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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.

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1978 - British television - Comprehensive school - London - Liverpool - 2003 - BBC - Mersey Television

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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.

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1978 - 2001 - 2005

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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)".

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Tucker's Luck - 1983 - 1985 - Todd Carty - 1986

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