What year is Grange Hill Season 8?

What year is Grange Hill Season 8?

1985
The eighth series of the British television drama series Grange Hill began broadcasting on 18 February 1985, until 22 April 1985 (with a Christmas special broadcast on 27 December 1985) on BBC One….Grange Hill (series 8)

How many Grange Hill episodes are there?

601Grange Hill / Number of episodes
Grange Hill is a British drama television series that focuses on the lives of the pupils at the fictional North London comprehensive school, Grange Hill, in the fictitious London borough of Northam; from series 26, the school ceased to have a specific location. 601 episodes aired across 31 series.

Will the complete series of Grange Hill ever be released on DVD?

Series seven and eight including the 1981 Christmas Special were released on DVD on 11 November 2019. Series nine and ten including the 1985 Christmas Special where released on 19 October 2020. In 2021 Eureka Entertainment confirmed there will be no further series of Grange Hill released on DVD.

When was last episode of Grange Hill?

September 15, 2008Grange Hill / Final episode date

What happened in the last episode of Grange Hill?

Where is Simone Hyams now?

In the film, Simone plays an unnamed ‘party girl’. Since then, she’s turned her back on fame as she retired from acting. She has since gone on to work as a corporate events manager for Richard Branson’s Virgin Group.

Who was the bully in Tuckers Luck?

Along with a few of his old school pals, Tucker often had to contend with adult bullies, one called Passmore if I remember correctly, and even a racist girlfriend.

Who drowned in Grange Hill?

Jeremy (played by Vincent Matthews) had already been seen in Series 6 when his cousin Jonah Jones and Zammo Maguire spent a day at his school. However Jeremy’s time at Grange Hill was set to be short-lived, as after showing off in the swimming pool Jeremy drowned, in one of Grange Hill’s most controversial moments.

What happened to Benny from Grange Hill?

Actor Terry Sue-Patt, who found fame as Benny Green on Grange Hill, has died aged 50. He was found dead at his flat in Walthamstow, north London, after police forced their way in on Friday afternoon.

What happened to Roland from Grange Hill?

Erkan played Roland Browning for six years and turned him into a true TV icon. Suffering from horrific bullying at the hands of Gripper Stebson, by the time he left Grange Hill six year later Roland was able to stand up for himself and had discovered a talent for foreign languages.

What happened to Jonah in Grange Hill?

Whilst Jonah Jones had proved to be a very popular character in Grange Hill, producers were not keen for Jonah to continue in the series and decided to kill him off.

What does Ziggy from Grange Hill do now?

George has since taken on a variety of stage and film roles, including a play about the Hillsborough disaster. He lives in Liverpool with his young son.

What drugs was zammo on in Grange Hill?

For five years, Lee MacDonald played Zammo Maguire in hit kids’ TV show Grange Hill. The actor had a pivotal role in the series – created by Phil Redmond, who went on to launch Brookside and Hollyoaks – when his ‘cheeky chappie’ character developed a heroin addiction.

What happened to John Alford?

On 24 May 1999, he was found guilty by a jury at London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court of one count of supplying 2.036 grammes of cocaine and a similar charge involving 11.9 grammes of cannabis resin, and sentenced to nine months in Pentonville Prison.

Who played Trisha Yates in Grange Hill?

Michelle Anderson
Michelle Anderson, nee Herbert, played Trisha Yates in Grange Hill and spent four years playing the classroom rebel after joining the cast in 1978. She left professional acting behind aged 16 after making her final appearance in 1982 where Trisha managed to humiliate three teachers in the school revue.

Which character drowned in Grange Hill?

What was zammo addicted to?

heroin addiction
For five years, Lee MacDonald played Zammo Maguire in hit kids’ TV show Grange Hill. The actor had a pivotal role in the series – created by Phil Redmond, who went on to launch Brookside and Hollyoaks – when his ‘cheeky chappie’ character developed a heroin addiction.

Who died of a drug overdose on Grange Hill?

Laura Ruth Sadler (25 December 1980 – 19 June 2003) was an English actress. Best known for playing pupil Judi Jeffreys in the children’s school drama series Grange Hill, and nurse Sandy Harper in the BBC One hospital drama series Holby City for three years from 2000 until her death in 2003.

What happened to Robbie Grange Hill?

Personal life. In 1999 he was convicted of supplying drugs to the News of the World undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood, and subsequently imprisoned for nine months.