please empty your brain below
Oh, and I was a tucker/gripper and 'rol-and' phase. interesting, i seem to be about the only one of my peers who remembers Baxter saying 'shift' along with a thumb motion to indicate the direction of shifty-ness, whenever he found kids getting up to no good.

Geofftech | Homepage | 08.02.08 - 12:15 a.m. | #

Ditto Geoff: I was one of the Tucker/Gripper/Ro-land generation too. And it was set in Kingsbury High (NW9) in those days as you vaguely pointed out. When they changed the location they moved further down Brent into Willesden I think, as they had to find a school with a bell-tower similar to Kingsbury High (remember Tucker going up that tower in one of the episodes?) - and there aren't that many of that design left any more in London. Anyway, I know you liked Roe Green, well several famous episodes were filmed in the village too. Great memories ...

dg writes: Kingsbury GH nostalgiafest here

Jag | Homepage | 08.02.08 - 12:23 a.m. | #

Ditto the commenters above (70's child, obv).

End of an era; of a generation, even.

*sniff*

The Girl | Homepage | 08.02.08 - 1:19 a.m. | #

When I was about 13, my class went to see the English Shakespeare Company's Richard III at Hull New Theatre. We were most impressed that one of the actors was the man who played Mr Baxter.

Mark | Homepage | 08.02.08 - 7:26 a.m. | #

Sad days but you're right, though our two are aware of Grange Hill they never were that bothered about watching it the way I was (and I was 17 when it started!)

NiC | Homepage | 08.02.08 - 8:19 a.m. | #

I was also tucker/gripper era.

Casdok | Homepage | 08.02.08 - 8:39 a.m. | #

I was barely a year old when it was first transmitted so I obviously don't remember the first few series. I do, however, just about remember Tucker and I can certainly recall Rowland et al. The Zammo and Danny Kendall eras were the golden age of Grange Hill for me. I stopped watching religiously in the mid-nineties and haven't seen it at all in years.

Dave | 08.02.08 - 9:07 a.m. | #

Yep, I'm old too. I remember the first episode, Tucker being woken up by his mum for his first day at Big School. I was transfixed, and making mental notes for my secondary school debut 3 years after. Ah, sweet innocence...

Wayne | 08.02.08 - 12:35 p.m. | #

They axed the other school drama series, Byker Grove, a few years ago. Now it's Grange Hill's turn to face the chop.

I wonder if the not-so-innocent Waterloo Road will finish as well? Probably not, methinks...

Andrewh | 08.02.08 - 1:42 p.m. | #

I heard an interview yesterday with Zammo. He was saying that really now there is nowhere for Grange Hill to go as far as cutting edge drama goes as he had with the drugs story. Nowadays, nothing could be shown on t.v. before the watershed, let alone at 5,30, which comes anywhere near real life. As you say, knives in rucksacks, drugs stashed in socks etc....

Kennamatic | Homepage | 08.02.08 - 5:17 p.m. | #

After 1987 or thereabouts GH ceased to be relevant and became just a vehicle for Italia Conti pupils. For a more realistic picture, watch Skins.

Best looking girl was Jackie Wright, girlfriend of Zammo McGuire c.1985 - she was beautiful.

Matt | 08.02.08 - 6:28 p.m. | #

I'm from the Tucker Jekins, Trisha Yates generation too.

Get the feeling that the show was cancelled because today's youth are simply too frightening to be portrayed on mainstream TV?

Vulpine | 08.02.08 - 7:28 p.m. | #

I was in that cross over group of Tucker/Trish and Roland/Zammo eras.


I kind of went off it in the Gonch era - I always wanted to see him fail, and the period when they had school bullies in American football outfits was just odd.

gareth H | Homepage | 08.02.08 - 7:52 p.m. | #

Good riddance after they moved it to an unidentified 'northern' town, like resiting Corrie in Southend....

Bowroad | 08.02.08 - 11:05 p.m. | #

I watched it until it shifted to Liverpool and simultaneously the Iraq war shifted it to BBC2 but my video (old technology...) couldn't adjust.

We had a Stewpot at University, not because his name was Stuart but because he looked like Stewpot.

I was definitely off the Tucker-Trish generation, but also of every subsequent generation.

They did weird things like move suddenly from S. London to N. London and change their uniform. The merger with Rodney Bennett just happened. and suddenly, special needs became integrated and we weren't supposed to have noticed.

They handles some big issues really badly eg an asylum seeker child was discussed at a Council Meeting, despite it not being conducted anything like a Council Meeting anywhere and also being beyond the powers of the council and thus subject to surcharge

Gert | Homepage | 08.02.08 - 11:38 p.m. | #

Just seen it was voted the best kids show :

http:/
ews.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/enter...ent/
7304256.stm

I did a search on DG and you were keen on Grange hill weren't you DG

Jon Allen | Homepage | 19.03.08 - 12:54 p.m. | #











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