Grange Hill (series 11)

Grange Hill series 11
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	5 January – 11 March 1988

The eleventh series of the British television drama series Grange Hill began broadcasting on 5 January 1988, before ending on 11 March 1988 on BBC One. The series follows the lives of the staff and pupils of the eponymous school, an inner-city London comprehensive school. It consists of twenty episodes.

An interesting cultural change is apparent from one of the storylines in the early episodes where a boy is driven to school by his mother. (Other schoolchildren find it strange that he is driven to school and he is bullied because of this). Within 20 years the notorious school run had become the norm in the UK with almost all children there being driven to school by their parents.

Cast and characters

Pupils

Character	Actor/Actress	Duration
Laura Reagan	Fiona Mogridge (later credited as Fiona Lee-Fraser)	1986–88
Julia Glover	Sara McGlasson (later credited as Sara Peters)	1986–87 cameo 1988
Danny Kendall	Jonathan Lambeth	1986–89
Louise Webb	Alison McLauglin	1986–88
Luke "Gonch" Gardner	John Holmes (later credited as John McMahon)	1985–89
Robert "Robbie" Wright	John Alford	1985–90
Trevor Cleaver	John Drummond	1985–91
Vincent (Vince) Savage	Steve West	1985–89
Veronica "Ronnie" Birtles	Tina Mahon	1985–90, cameo 1991
Caroline "Calley" Donnington	Simone Hyams	1985–91
Jane Bishop	Joann Kenny	1985–88
Helen Kelly	Ruth Carraway	1985–89
Eric "Ziggy" Greaves	George Wilson (later credited as George Christopher)	1986–89
Georgina Hayes	Samantha Lewis	1986–91
Francis "Mauler" McCaul	Joshua Fenton	1988–90
Ted Fisk	Ian Congdon-Lee	1988–92
Terence "Tegs" Ratcliffe	Sean Maguire	1988–91
Matthew Pearson	Paul Adams (later credited as Paul Parris)	1988–92
Christine "Chrissy" Mainwaring	Sonya Kearns	1988–92
Susi Young	Lynne Radford	1988–89
Clarke Trent	Darren Cudjoe	1988–89
Justine Dean	Rachel Victoria Roberts	1988–94

Teachers

Character	Actor	Position in School	Duration
Mrs Bridget "The Midget" McCluskey	Gwyneth Powell	Headmistress (1981–84, 1986–91) Deputy Head (1985)	1981–91
Mr Maurice "Bronco" Bronson	Michael Sheard	French Teacher Form tutor to N4 (1985) Form tutor to G3 (1986) Deputy Head (1987–89)	1985–89
Miss Ginny Booth	Karen Ford	Art Teacher Form tutor to N1 (1988) Form tutor to N2 (1989) Form tutor to N3 (1990) Form tutor to N4 (1991)	1985–91
Mr Craig McKenzie	Nicholas Donnelly	C.D.T Teacher Form tutor to G1 (1988) Form tutor to G2 Form tutor to G3 (1990) Head of First Year (1992)	1985–93
Mr Eric Griffiths	George A. Cooper	Caretaker	1985 (Christmas Special)–1992
Mrs Liz Reagan	Lucinda Curtis	PE Teacher Head of Second Year (1986) Head of First Year (1988)	1986–88
Mr Peter Robson	Stuart Organ	PE Teacher Geography Teacher Deputy Head (1993–97) Headmaster (1998–2003	1988–2003)
Mrs Margaret Stone	Madelaine Church	History Teacher	1988–89

Episodes

No.	Episode	Writer	Director	Original airdate
1	Episode One	Chris Ellis	Albert Barber	5 January 1988
As the school gates open for a new school year, Ziggy and Robbie wish it was still the summer holidays
2	Episode Two	Chris Ellis	Albert Barber	8 January 1988
Chrissy wants to be famous. Matthew decides to skip class.
3	Episode Three	David Angus	Albert Barber	12 January 1988
Ziggy and Robbie find themselves becoming involved in Gonch's latest money making scheme. Mr Bronson is shocked by Helen's excuse for not having done her homework.
4	Episode Four	David Angus	Albert Barber	15 January 1988
Ronnie is taken to see some hip hop being performed by her new friend Fiona. Georgina is upset when Mauler tries to kiss her.
5	Episode Five	David Angus	John Smith	19 January 1988
Matthew lies about what happened over the weekend. Tegs attempts to get even with Mauler.
6	Episode Six	David Angus	John Smith	22 January 1988
Gonch's money making scheme causes problems for himself.
7	Episode Seven	Sarah Daniels	John Smith	26 January 1988
Things go wrong when Mauler attempts to gain revenge on Tegs. Helen has a secret which she isn't telling anybody.
8	Episode Eight	Sarah Daniels	John Smith	29 January 1988
Laura isn't happy when she learns her mother has a new boyfriend. Mr Bronson gets even with Mauler.
9	Episode Nine	Margaret Simpson	Robert Gabriel	2 February 1988
Ronnie and Fiona practice their hip hop routine they have been working on. Danny offers to provide the sounds for them.
10	Episode Ten	Margaret Simpson	Robert Gabriel	5 February 1988
Freddie isn't happy when he learns he will have to learn dance instead of playing football. The boys decide to do something about Mauler.
11	Episode Eleven	Margaret Simpson	Robert Gabriel	9 February 1988
Gonch finds himself in trouble. Chrissy and Susi's badge idea becomes a craze around the school.
12	Episode Twelve	David Angus	Albert Barber	12 February 1988
Ronnie and Fiona enter the hip hop competition. Mrs Reagan throws a dinner party. Ronnie borrows some money from her mother without telling her.
13	Episode Thirteen	Kay Trainer	Albert Barber	16 February 1988
Mr McKenzie is worried about Matthew. Laura isn't happy with Simon's actions after she learns from Julia what he tried to do.
14	Episode Fourteen	Barry Purchese	Albert Barber	19 February 1988
Tegs takes Justine to tea at his aunt’s house but it turns out not to be his aunt’s house after all. Freddie is upset that Mr Robson isn't picking the best players for the school's football team.
15	Episode Fifteen	Barry Purchese	Albert Barber	23 February 1988
Ziggy gets a group together to help deal with Mauler, but Mr. Griffiths ends up getting in the way. Ronnie is tempted into shoplifting but ends up getting caught.
16	Episode Sixteen	Barry Purchese	John Smith	26 February 1988
Matthew tells Mr. Mackenzie about his drunken father. Calley and the girls decide to own up about their shoplifting in an effort to help Ronnie.
17	Episode Seventeen	Barry Purchese	John Smith	1 March 1988
Gonch starts a new baby sitting business with Ziggy, but first he needs to get them some temporary girlfriends.
18	Episode Eighteen	Barry Purchese	John Smith	4 March 1988
The girls learn a tough lesson from Mrs McCluskey about shop lifting. Both Calley and Robbie get ready to go on their first date together but when Calley is late Robbie thinks he has been stood up.
19	Episode Nineteen	Margaret Simpson	John Smith	8 March 1988
The police issue Ronnie with a warning. Efforts to finally get Calley and Robbie together don't go to plan.
20	Episode Twenty	Margaret Simpson	Robert Gabriel	11 March 1988
It's "Wear What You Like" day on the final day of term. Mauler's gang have one last chance to get even with Ziggy before he may leave the school for good.

DVD release

The eleventh series of Grange Hill has never been released on DVD as of 2014.

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