Monday 22 September 2008

Final Blog: Goodbye Grange Hill!

So that’s it! Get your tissues out because Grange Hill is now officially over. The last series saw some of the most memorable episodes ever from the mystery masked skateboarding figure of Boarderman to the slave auction with Chloe and Andrea to the very special visitor in the last episode.

Relive those great times by watching our Backstage Videos, looking at our photos and reading up on all the brilliant characters.

Thanks for all your support, you’ve been amazing!

Monday 15 September 2008

Episode Twenty: Out With a Bang!

It's the last day of term at Grange Hill and it’s the school prom. Will the year end with a bang?!

With the prom comes the need for a date, so Ed and Tigger go on the Hill Space dating website in search of their perfect match. When Clooney becomes jealous of the potential partners Ed and Tigger get, he recruits Gyngell to help him win over his girl!

The cast behind the stars of this episode the actors who play Clooney, Ed and Tigger all feature in the last Backstage Video of the series, talking about what they most enjoy on Grange Hill. You can now watch this last ever episode of the series on the iPlayer!

Other matters of the heart in this season finale see Alex struggling to ask Sammy out to the dance.

Theo, Laxo and XS hear of a secret sewer from Abel and Togger, and set off to find out if it really exists. Clooney and Gyngell join the gang and the whole situation could be truly explosive!

McDonnell collars Togger about his lack of academic performance this year. Following a very special visitor to Grange Hill, Togger makes a decision about his future - but will it be at Grange Hill? Check out photies from the explosive episode.

Thursday 11 September 2008

Episode Nineteen: Zut Alors!

Tigger is once again on the look out for love and this week his attention turns to a French exchange student – oooh la la!

France is also the topic of conversation in our Backstage Video for Sam, who plays Clooney. You can now also watch a Spoiler Video of next week’s final ever Grange Hill episode where things maybe ending with a bang! You can view the current continental episode on the iPlayer.

In this episode, Tigger’s romantic gestures towards Alison’s French exchange student Cecile don’t impress his friends. He starts to change his ways and Sammy, Ed, Alex and Alison decide they have to stop this.

What will Tigger do? Stick with his friends or stand by his new found love? Look at photos from the episode here.

Monday 1 September 2008

Episode Eighteen: Virtual Reality

If there’s one thing the teachers at Grange Hill are good at, then it’s banning things!

This week, Kathy bans war games from being played on the Community Learning Centre’s computers, when some of the Year 8s tell Patsy, a Year 7, to get off a PC.

Talking of computers, Mia and Darcy, who play Chloe and Andrea, discuss the internet in this week’s Backstage Video. You can also watch a preview of next week’s episode in the Spoiler Video where there’s a French love interest on the scene. Catch the current episode on the iPlayer before it gets banned by those pesky Grange Hill teachers.

In the current episode, Jenny takes pity on Patsy, but Lucy is suspicious of her, especially when Patsy tells them her Dad’s a spy!

Theo and Laxo think the Year 8s are being mean to Patsy, so they want to settle the matter on the battlefield - eek!

Meanwhile, Alex has found love on the internet, so Sammy battles to compete with this virtual relationship… Look at photies here!