List of Grange Hill episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the British BBC television drama, Grange Hill. Thirty-one series of 601 episodes in total aired, from 1978 to 2008.

Summary

Series	Episodes	Originally aired	DVD release date (Region 2)
1	9	February – April 1978	12 November 2007

2	18	January – March 1979	12 November 2007

3	16	January – February 1980	12 November 2007

4	19	December 1980 – December 1981	12 November 2007

5	18	January – March 1982	–

6	18	January – March 1983	–

7	18	January – March 1984	–

8	19	February – December 1985	–

9	24	January – April 1986	–

10	24	January – March 1987	–

11	20	January – March 1988	–

12	20	January – March 1989	–

13	20	January – March 1990	–

14	20	January – March 1991	–

15	20	January – March 1992	–

16	20	January – March 1993	–

17	20	January – March 1994	–

18	20	January – March 1995	–

19	20	January – March 1996	–

20	20	January – March 1997	–

21	20	January – April 1998	–

22	20	January – April 1999	–

23	20	January – March 2000	–

24	20	January – March 2001	–

25	18	January – March 2002	–

26	20	January – April 2003	–

27	20	January – March 2004	–

28	20	January – March 2005	–

29	20	November – December 2005	–

30	20	January – March 2007	–

31	20	April – September 2008	–

Series 1 (1978)

Series 2 (1979)

Series 3 (1980)

Series 4 (1980–81)

Series 5 (1982)

Series 6 (1983)

Series 7 (1984)

Series 8 (1985)

Series 9 (1986)

Series 10 (1987)

Series 11 (1988)

Series 12 (1989)

Series 13 (1990)

Series 14 (1991)

Series 15 (1992)

Series 16 (1993)

Series 17 (1994)

Series 18 (1995)

Series 19 (1996)

Series 20 (1997)

#	Episode	Writer	Director	Original airdate
1				21 January 1997
It's Human Rights Day: a metal cage occupied to represent a prisoner of conscience. Dudley's hardened steel padlock, supposedly keeping Josh's motorbike safe, makes Kevin rather more securely imprisoned than his mother would like.

2				23 January 1997
Lucy meets her widowed dad's new girlfriend, but it's Dennis who makes an instant rapport with her. Sarah-Jane sees Judi's little brother steal sausages.

3				28 January 1997
Dennis encounters Ray, a former Grange Hill pupil, running a local café. Judi has to cut short her school day to pick up her brothers and Josh encounters the badge from his damaged bike on someone's bag.

4				30 January 1997
Judi's mother has Multiple Sclerosis. After spending time with Lucy, Dennis speeds back to rugby practice. On the way, his motorbike hits a truck, and Dennis is catapulted onto the road.

5				4 February 1997
In hospital, Dennis has no feeling in his legs. Kevin's friends go round to his house, and enjoy themselves: Kevin agrees to have his hair coloured, but his mother is shocked by the results.

6				6 February 1997
The Double Dare Gang spring some dares: a stink bomb onto Mr. Jones, for which Matt is almost caught, and a custard-based revenge on Alec for his outrageous toilet tax.

7				11 February 1997
Lauren and Carlene dress up for a party, are mistaken for prostitutes by the police, and Lauren is strip searched.

8				13 February 1997
A party at Lauren's house gets out of control. Dai Jones misreads the signals from Miss Carver when she goes round to his house after a boxing match.

9				18 February 1997
Hockey on skates becomes popular. When Judi's brother is hurt while she puts him to bed, Social Services start poking their noses into her home life.

10				20 February 1997
Dennis's return to school causes headaches for Mr. Robson, Mrs. Holmes authority is undermined by Judi's Social Service helper, and Kelly gets nowhere fast with Arnie.

11				25 February 1997
Can the "Hill Hogs" Skate Hockey team win the day? Only if Arnie can get Kelly back, if Josh bothers to turn up and if he can swallow his pride and let Chris play Forward.

12				27 February 1997
Lauren's dad gets the job he wanted in Barbados. Joanna gets sacked from Ray's café. Tom performs his dare to get Mrs. Holmes suspended - in a manner of speaking!

13				4 March 1997
Alec gets suspended, blamed for the Double Dare Gang's trick on Mrs. Holmes. Lauren's mother finds out about her daughter's wrongful arrest, and Chris hides Joanna in his bedroom.

14				6 March 1997
Judi shames the bodybuilding Wayne, Kevin and Robert. Lauren's friends wish her good luck as she nears the time of her departure to Barbados.

15				11 March 1997
Mr. Hankin demonstrates custard pies in Science, Dill has a bathroom disaster while babysitting for Mrs. Maguire and Joanna cruelly dashes Chris's hopes.

16				13 March 1997
Rachel and Gerald photograph the staff intent on making satirical masks. Laurie calls a radio phone-in about Chris and Joanna, though not naming them - soon the truth is all round the school.

17				18 March 1997
Mr. Robson persuades Jessica to become editor for the school magazine. Dennis recovers in hospital, but Lucy stays away. Cracker dresses up as Mrs. Holmes for a dare.

18				20 March 1997
Wayne disrupts Rachel's Animal Farm project, Liam dashes Lucy's hopes and Dennis gives a bitter interview for the magazine.

19				25 March 1997
The school magazine is withdrawn after Gemma's father complains about the male pin-up, but Cracker does a roaring trade in illicit photocopies.

20				27 March 1997
After Rachel's Animal Hill drama, it's time for the dare to beat all dares... Speedy streaks around the school, and Matt photographs his posterior with a Polaroid camera, fixing the photos to the notice boards.

Series 21 (1998)

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Series 22 (1999)

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Series 23 (2000)

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Series 24 (2001)

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1		23 January 2001
The building work creates havoc - and a fire. Shannon decides that she is a prefect, Danny Hartston makes an enemy of Mr. Hankin, and Spencer's dad gets sent to jail for two years.

2		25 January 2001
Ozzie hatches a plan to get the school keys, using self-elected prefect Shannon who in turn delegates the task to Kathy and Martin. Mr. Hankin takes a dislike to Danny Hartston.

3		30 January 2001
Spider frenzy sweeps school, Clare and Vikki start the lunchtime fitness club and Lisa's mother walks out.

4		1 February 2001
Martin, Maddie and Shona explore the basement. Ozzie steals the building plans and when the builders start demolishing the wrong walls, they strike a water pipe, causing a flood.

5		6 February 2001
Tom asks Leah out, Mr. Hankin gives a lecture against smoking, and a meeting about a black refugee sparks off a racist conflict against Nathan and Briony.

6		8 February 2001
Arnie and Wayne use a ruse to get Claire and Vikki out on a date, Ozzie continues his campaign against Mr. Hankin and Mrs. Holmes is seen with her "toy boy".

7		13 February 2001
Mr. Hankin becomes increasingly certain that Danny Hartson is behind a hate campaign against him, and Mrs. Holmes reveals that the mystery man is her son, Michael.

8		TBC
Shona and Lisa's mum is not really coming back, and her boyfriend is waiting in the car. The next day, Maddie suggests that giving someone else a hard time will make Shona feel better so she pretends she has been bitten by a tarantula. Later, in class, Shona has a weird bite-like mark on her arm. Some of the year sevens tell the teacher but she thinks they are messing about again. Then Shona faints. Was she telling the truth all the time?

9		20 February 2001
Danny's initialled footprint is found in the fresh concrete, Darren's parents act suspiciously and the staff have a sneaky play at Darren's game console.

10		22 February 2001
Shannon arrives at Lisa's party and says that Danny Hartson dumped her, Miss Fraser makes a new friend, and Darren encounters a strange girl in the middle of the night.

11		27 February 2001
Mr. Hankin accuses Danny of breaking into his home, but then Danny's troubles deepen when Shannon claims she spent the night with him.

12		1 March 2001
Maddie sends a fake email to Kathy, Mr. Abbott gets a surprise birthday treat, and Tom has sex with Leah, but afterwards Leah tells Shannon she didn't want it.

13		6 March 2001
Shannon comes clean about her imaginary affair with Danny. Refugee girl Amelia is smuggled into school to alleviate her boredom, but in the evening, the police come knocking at the door.

14		8 March 2001
There's a shock for Lisa when her mother reveals she is pregnant by boyfriend Dave, and Mr. Hankin gives a talk on testicular cancer.

15		13 March 2001
Shannon tells Tom that he raped Leah, Tracy and Lisa both have their sights set on the talent competition, and when hidden refugee Amelia decides to do a midnight flit, Darren goes with her.

16		15 March 2001
Matt has worries about cancer, Max gets publicity for his protest against company logos on sports strips, and Lisa and Tracy's dispute over Tom flares up into a fight.

17		20 March 2001
Shona behaves badly, Kathy discovers that Martin has Asperger's, Amy and Anika find where Darren and Amelia have been hiding, and Mr. Hankin tenders his resignation.

18		22 March 2001
When Danny and Ozzie come to blows in the boiler room, Mr. Hankin overhears both sides, but as he enters, the ceiling caves in trapping them all.

19		27 March 2001
Amelia is abducted, Kathy and Martin find evidence of foul play on the part of Mr. Forbes, and things look bad for Danny, Ozzie and Mr. Hankin, trapped in the old boiler room.

20	TBA	29 March 2001
Mr. Forbes and Ozzie are arrested, Lisa and Tracey are reconciled, Kelly makes her point, and Wayne's band perform at the talent show, but Ray pays the price for shopping the racist thugs.

Series 25 (2002)

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Series 26 (2003)

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Series 27 (2004)

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Series 28 (2005)

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Series 29 (2006)

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Series 30 (2007)

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Episode One

Phil Redmond

Nigel Keen

16 January 2007

Kathy comes to school in the learner car and bumps into the gate. Taylor Mitchell, who is now an assistant caretaker, tells Kathy off. Togger is left with the job of taking his younger sister, Lucy, to school. Jenny Young, Karen and Tanya’s half sister, is new to Grange Hill. Chloe admits to Andrea her admiration for 6th former, Max Humphries as he is introducing the Year 7’s to Grange Hill by paying a fee to cross the playground. Emma avoids everyone, but Tanya soon finds out she has a black eye caused by a fight with her mother. Ed and Tigger jump on Alex’s back and Alex’s batch of smoothies end up spilt. Lucy is pushed in a corridor and a feud between the Young and Johnson family starts.

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Phil Redmond

Nigel Keen

18 January 2007

Tigger makes fun of a guard dog outside the travellers site. The dog chases Tigger and Alex, run in front of Kathy’s car and she does an emergency stop. The dog ends up in the playground, but a boy makes the dog go home, much to Emma’s fascination. The boy, named Kyle, is placed in Emma’s form. Holly decides to organise an 18th birthday party for Baz. When Chloe finds out, she is determined to get an invite because Max will be there. Tanya has a friend named Luke, who intrigues her friend Emma after Tanya confirms she is 16 on the phone. Jeremy puts a request out for the radio, as though from Togger, declaring his love for Tanya and arranging a meeting. When it goes out, Tanya listens and is shocked, but Togger has earplugs in so misses it. Karen starts up lunchtime free-dance classes, but finds it hard to get participants. Emma arrives at the travellers' camp, and learns the truth - Kyle's home is in amongst the caravans

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Series 31 (2008)

#	Episode	Writer	Director	Original airdate
1	New Beginning's	Phil Redmond	Trish Burns	14 April 2008
A new term has begun, and Lucy decides to take her dog into school, and it's Togger who will feel the wrath of Mr McDonnell, newly appointed deputy head, if the dog runs riot around Grange Hill. Meanwhile, Tanya finds herself at the centre of attention of three Year 7 boys.

2	Boarderman	Neil Jones	Tracey Rooney	21 April 2008
When Mr McDonnell bans skateboards, Boarderman, Grange Hill's very own superhero, is born. however, not all the kids are happy about the new craze, and a plot gets underway to flush Boarderman out.

3	Election Day	Neil Jones	Tim Hopewell	28 April 2008
Lucy and Jenny come to blows as they act as campaigners for Togger and Tanya in the school head boy/girl election. Lucy, alarmed at the prospects of her brother becoming head boy, begins campaigning against Togger, and tries to frame Jenny.

4	The Double Cross Country	David Hanson	Trish Burns	12 May 2008
Chloe comes to school with a faked bad leg to try to get out of the cross country run, but Kathy has been watching the CCTV. The forgotten-my-kit ploy doesn't work either: she and Andrea have to wear a lost property mish-mash. When they decide to hide inside a shed, Cloe and Andrea endure on a series of mishaps that leaves them stranded, miles away from Grange Hill. Meanwhile, Ed and Tigger decide to stick with Alex, and make a go-slow protest run.

5	Food Fight	David Hanson	Tracey Rooney	19 May 2008
The CLC is to be formally opened by footballer star – turned chef – Dwayne Miller, once a pupil at the school. Many of the Year 8's don't like the celebrity who has sold out to a Spanish team and advocates unpalatable food like kelp – they plan an egg-throwing demo. Chloe intends to video Dwayne losing his temper and sell it to the media.

6	The Thing About Mates	Heather Robson	Tim Hopewell	2 June 2008
Sammy Lee is the only one who remembered Alison's birthday. Alex determinedly bakes a cake for her, while Tigger makes a special video on his phone for her. however, when he catches Alison and Ed kissing, news of their relationship spreads around the school, leaving Alison and Ed friendless. Meanwhile, Chloe decides she can work just as well alone – Andrea must prove herself if she wants to save their friendship.

7	Buddy Hell	David Hanson	AdrianBean	9 June 2008
A buddy scheme is launched as the Year 6's start to make use of the facilities. Alex is on a mission to build a shy girls confidence. However, the scheme is threatened by Chloe when she targets Bryn's little sister Megan, and turns everyone against Alex.

8	Your Nicked	David Hanson	Tim Hopewell	16 June 2008
A performance artist is due to come to school. A pensioner, Frank Hooper, arrives with some enthusiasm to use the computer facilities of the CLC: Alison and Sammy are convinced he is the artiste and start drawing him. The true performer, Mr. McGuffin, makes himself known to Mr. McDonnell – he is dressed as a policeman and sets up a mystery for the Year 7's to solve, aided by Tigger and Ed. Unfortunately, the boys have real life problems – their mobile phones are stolen from their bags. Tigger's immediate thought is to blame Chloe, who in turn has seen the fake policeman and is concerned her many crimes have been found out.

9	Extra Terrestri-Hill	Neil Jones	Adrian Bean	23 June 2008
Bryn is convinced the strange happenings at Grange Hill are the cause of aliens. his friends are amused by this – except a skeptical Rachel, and the unlikely pair unite to prove they are telling the truth, putting Grange Hill in the spotlight with the local press.

10	Schmutts	Heather Robson	Gill Wilkinson	30 June 2008
When a pedigree dog show is announced, Lucy and Jenny decide they'll make an alternative competition to see who owns the most badly behaved mutt. Jake is dismayed to hear that Jenny doesn't love her dog, Rory, any more – she wants to return it to the dogs home. The official dog show (organised by Laxo's aunt) gets underway. Chloe and Andrea see money-making opportunities and rattle a charity tin under people's noses, but they would do better with a dog with them. Andrea returns with the posh mutt, Chiquitita, that belongs to Laxo's aunt, but it goes missing...

11	Building Bridges	Martin Riley	Tim Hopewell	7 July 2008
a team-building exercise is under way to demonstrate the power of teamwork. The teams of four have to follow a series of clues and build a bridge with the parts they find. The ineffectual Miss Bettany is shocked to realize she's messed up with the clues, and both red and yellow teams are racing for the same location. Meanwhile, Alex is struggling with the pressure of exams: Sammy introduces him to Tai Chi.

12	Veggin Out	Jessica Lea	Eddy Marshall	14 July 2008
Tigger is infatuated with Kathy, and happily agrees to help with an after-school task of showing round the mayor. When Lucy finds her dad is working for the local petting farm, delivering animals to the abattoir, she turns vegetarian – Jenny is skeptical that she'll keep it up for long. Lucy persuades the others to go with her to the farm to make a protest, but instead they bring back animals to the CLC, and worse still, Cloe has rumbled them. Will she jepordise the reputation of Grange Hill by exposing them?

13	The Competition	Neil Jones	Gill Wilkinson	21 July 2008
Jenny enters the inter-school music competition and the prize is a trip to Liverpool and money for instruments. She is surprised when Jake appears with his own violin. Bryn and Ducket's piece is a comedy act. Two year 6's, Megan and Serena fall out over trying to impress Tanya, the head girl. Jenny refuses to do her act with Jake, and it's Bryn and Ducket who win to represent the school.Bryn and Ducket decide to join with Jenny and Jake and they secure the prize. Tanya and Miss Green get Serena and Megan to stick up for each other, and they become friends again. Outside, the four musicians hold the giant cheque.

14	Gift Rapped	David Hanson	Tim Hopewell	28 July 2008
Togger is overheard talking on his mobile about "Tanya being ready" and Lucy believes he is going to propose to Tanya. The school trip to Liverpool seems an ideal opportunity for Tigger to see Crew 82's secret gig. However, they are banned from going and hide in the toilet but Chloe spots them in there and gets money out of them to keep quiet. Tigger is lost from the fake messages but then a proper text message clue arrives - the gig is at the famous Cavern at 3pm. Lucy sees Togger kneels down in front of Tanya and thinks he is proposing to her!

15	Who Are You?	David Hanson	Eddy Marshall	4 August 2008
Twenty words to describe your family id the task set for Grange Hill. Year 10's, are auctioned off as slaves. Clooney and Gyngel put a bid in for smug Chloe and Andrea who never would believe anyone would dare try to enslave them. Gyngel gets Andrea to wear "Spock" ears and is slowly won over to the cause of Star Trek, while Chloe keeps Clooney's amorous advances firmly at bay. Frank Hooper turns up and Frank explains to Kathy that he's Rachel's grandfather. Rachel tells Lucy and Bryn that her mother has made her grandfather persona non grata. Frank explains he long ago had an affair with his wife's sister and there was a child that Rachel does not know about, a lost aunt in Los Angeles. Through Miss Green's intervention, Rachel talks to her grandfather, and sees through the web-cam her new cousin in America, a baby called Grace. Rachel agrees to talk to her mother and to show her a picture of Grace.

16	Grapple	Neil Jones	Tim Hopewell	11 August 2008
While Alex and Ed seem set for a wrestling grapple over Sammy, Andrea's aptitude for spelling puts her in the team for the Inter School Spelling Grapple. Chloe is mean about it and tells Andrea to spell pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis if she's so clever. Andrea meets the spelling champion, Olive Olliver, who silently spells out "Drop Dead Loser" with her Alphabeti Spaghetti. The web-stream is replaced by feed from the spelling contest, and Chloe finds herself drawn in, rooting for Andrea. All the competition is beaten, leaving just Andrea and Olive: Olive fails to spell continuum - Andrea's word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and she wins. Alex is about to ask Sammy out to the end of term prom when XS appears in a wrestling outfit, jumping on him. Alex leaves in an ambulance - to his horror he sees Ed with his arm around Sammy. Andrea triumphantly shows Chloe the Spelling Grapple cup - Chloe observes that they spelt her name wrong

17	Where's The Justice?	Heather Robson	Eddy Marshall	18 August 2008
Theo and Laxo decide to be mute for the day but still play pranks on everyone. When Chloe makes fun of Serena's dyslexia, her mentor Alex decides that they'll hold a "bullies court".Chloe refuses to apologize despite the threat of expulsion. Still she refuses, even though everyone present tries to appeal to her sense of fair-play, bringing up her name-calling, stealing and bullying of those younger. Finally Andrea pipes up that Chloe's mum is in a wheelchair but Chloe walks away. Serena feels let down by Alex's failure, but one-armed Miss Green confronts Chloe taunting her into the usual type of joke made against her disability, not allowing her to leave. She makes the point about how it feels to be singled out, and finally Chloe does apologize. Chloe goes home to her wheelchair-bound mother and is annoyed with Andrea. She blows out the candle on her cake and the doorbell rings - it's Andrea with a present for her and reluctantly Chloe accepts the gift from her friend.

18	Virtual Reality	Martin Riley	TBA	1 September 2008
When Jake and the other Year 8's get embroiled in virtual reality historical computer simulations, Jenny falls out with Jake and makes a new friend of Patsy Clark. Patsy's home life, an anorexic sister in America, her father working in espionage, all seem a little unbelievable to Lucy. Other Year 7's support Patsy, and the issue evolves into a dispute between Year 7 and Year 8's.Alex is involved with a "second life" type game without realizing he is chatting to Patsy who is on another terminal. Alison and Sammy make their own avatar and use a magazine to create a persona to talk to him with. Then they realize the magazine contains Patsy's fictional life story. The big Civil War battle starts in the CLC, manifesting itself as a Year 7 vs Year 8 struggle. Alex, Alison and Sammy restore the peace by showing that Patsy's home life was taken from the magazine. On their own, Jenny tells off Patsy for making so much trouble, but softens when Patsy tells her that her father is in prison

19	Zut Alors!	David Hanson	TBA	8 September 2008
French student Cecile gives Tigger a new look, but a collision with a netball post gives him a weird nightmare where all his friends have colourful, and scary personae.

20	Bang	Neil Jones	TBA	15 September 2008
On the last day of school, Togger reminisces with Abel and Tanya about the old days: they recall their treasure hunt in the sewer tunnel – nearby, the Year 7's overhear and decide to explore themselves. Togger's on the verge of quitting, so Tanya calls in his uncle – ex pupil Tucker Jenkins, to persuade him to stay for his final year. Meanwhile, everyone is in danger when a bomb is discovered underneath the school. Guest appearance: Tucker Jenkins