the.com/grange hill
a british school where nobody learned much except how to survive it.
means a long-running bbc children's drama set in a london comprehensive school, following its pupils through everyday scrapes and hard-hitting issues alike.
from created by phil redmond and first broadcast in 1978, it broke from cosy children's tv by showing school as pupils actually experienced it, bullies, boredom, and all.
run lengthlasted 31 series, ending in 2008
drugs storyline1986 heroin plot spawned a real anti-drugs single
just say nocast recorded charity single with nancy reagan's backing
spin-offgrew into teen drama byker grove rival, grease-style spinoffs never happened
for instance
zammo mcguire — the heroin storyline that shocked britain in 1986
gripper stebson — the school bully every 80s kid feared by name
tucker jenkins — original 1978 lead, the show's first breakout troublemaker