More Cast Cards Added

We’re always working hard to track down cast cards from Grange Hill and these can sometimes be very difficult to find. Thanks to some very helpful people, we’ve managed to add some more cast cards to our galleries (particularly series 11). You can find our cast card and photo galleries by clicking on the Series Guide link and choosing the photo gallery link to the right. If you have any cast cards that you think we’re missing, then please feel free to send us a scan to add to our galleries!

Get Fresh with Michelle

Michelle Gayle is one of the best known faces from late 1980s Grange Hill. Playing Fiona Wilson, her best remembered storyline is her hip hop performances with Ronnie Birtles as duo ‘Fresh N Fly’. Michelle went on to have a hugely successful recording career as well as starring in Eastenders as Hattie Tavernier for three years. Michelle has continued her career by appearing in musicals such as Beauty and The Beast and is preparing to embark on a UK tour with Dusty Springfield musical ‘The Son Of A Preacher Man’. This week Michelle appeared on ITV’s Loose Women to promote the show, but also found time to chat about Grange Hill and what happy times she had misbehaving! UK residents can watch the full interview here.  If you’d like to see Michelle on tour in ‘Son Of A Preacher Man’ dates are available here.

Radio Grange Hill!

Radio Grange Hill is back on the air . . . . . .well almost! Ross Owen is well known for bringing TV and film casts together for his radio show on Black Sky Radio, and now he’s working his magic on Grange Hill.  To celebrate 40 years of Grange Hill, Ross is bringing together a huge number of former cast members in a special edition of his show. So far, this looks set to be the biggest celebration of Grange Hill’s 40 years. Check out the poster above for confirmed guests – with more to be announced soon! Listen online at www.therossowenshow.com or www.blackskyradio.com from 8pm UK time.

UPDATE: Unfortunately due to ill health this broadcast was postponed. Ross hopes to be able to reschedule this event for another time in 2018. 

Grange Hill Gold Update

We’ve been very busy putting together lots of features to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of Grange Hill. As well as all the existing content on the site, we have lots more features coming soon including interviews with the show’s most prolific writer, Margaret Simpson, and a detailed guide to life as Grange Hill’s Producer by Ronald Smedley who produced the show between 1986-1989. Keep checking back, or follow us on Twitter @Grangehillgold to hear about the latest content. In the meantime, make sure you check out our interview with Fleur Taylor who played Imelda Davis, which went online last week.

Chatting With Paula

Paula Ann Bland who played Claire Scott from 1981-1985 is always a strong supporter of Grange Hill. Here she talks exclusively to 6 Towns Radio about her time at Grange Hill, hairstyles, singing and kissing Stupot in a cupboard. You can listen to the full interview by clicking on the link above. You can also hear Paula’s version of The Locomotion!

Pointless School Visit

As previously reported, some of the Grange Hill cast recently recorded an episode of BBC TV quiz show Pointless. Joining Todd Carty were Paula Ann Bland, Michelle Gayle, Stuart Organ, Francessca Martinez, Alison Bettles, Lee Macdonald and Gwyneth Powell. The episode is set to be broadcast on BBC1 on March 24th 2018.

Breakfast With Zammo and Roland!

It was an early start for Erkan Mustafa (Roland) and Lee Macdonald (Zammo) as they appeared on Lorraine as part of Good Morning Britain yesterday morning. Presented by Christine Lampard, the duo were there to celebrate Grange Hill’s 40th anniversary. In the interview they revealed how special their time on Grange Hill was and how their friendship have developed. You can watch a clip here.

Happy 40th Birthday Grange Hill!

Today is 40 years since Grange Hill was first broadcast. Running from 1978 until 2008, covering 31 series and 603 episodes, the series has been one of the most successful children’s television programmes ever. The antics of the pupils of Grange Hill had viewers hooked; whether it was Tucker and Benny, Trisha and Cathy, Zammo and Jackie, Roland and Janet, Robbie and Ziggy or a huge selection of other memorable characters, every viewer had a favourite. Coupled with gripping, edgy story-lines the show became essential viewing.

Whilst we are celebrating the 40th anniversary all year, for the actual day we’ve put together a few things to visit on Grange Hill Gold that help commemorate the screening of the very first episode.

HAPPY 40TH GRANGE HILL!

Find out how it all began, read a feature with Phil Redmond and then read our interview with Anna Home who commissioned the series.

Reminisce with the original cast in our series of interviews with Benny Green (Terry Sue Patt), Ann Wilson (Lucinda Duckett), Tommy Watson (Paul McCarthy) and Justin Bennett (Robert Craig Morgan). 

Check out our episode guide for Series 1

Find out more about the designing of that iconic title sequence.

And finally, find out what the cast are up to in our ever popular Where Are They Now feature.

Please explore the wide range of other exclusive features on our site; designed to celebrate everything Grange Hill! The site is constantly being updated and over this anniversary year we have a wide range of exciting new additions! For an overview of everything we have covered, check out our regular blog posts in the Archive in the side bar.