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Grange Hill

1978–2008 · 31 seasons

A grounded, issue-led school drama that mixes everyday classroom life with hard-hitting social lessons.

Tagline
Britain’s most famous comprehensive school
Overview
Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • class
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Phil Redmond
Written by
Margaret Simpson, Alan Janes, Neil Jones, Sandy Welch
Starring
Kim Hartman, Georgia May Foote, Lucien Laviscount, Jack McMullen, Kirsten Cassidy, Josh Brown, Lucas Lindo, Chris Perry-Metcalf
Length
31 seasons, 602 episodes, 25 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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