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Degrassi High
Created by	Linda Schuyler; Kit Hood
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	28 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	26 minutes (including commercials)
Production company	Playing With Time Inc.
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	November 6, 1989 –; January 28, 1991

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Degrassi High is a Canadian CBC Television teen drama series that was produced from 1989 to 1991, and is the third series in the Degrassi franchise. The show was filmed in downtown Toronto and at Centennial College.

Much like its predecessor, Degrassi High followed the lives of a group of students attending the titular fictional school, who deal with controversial issues ranging from AIDS, abortion, abuse, alcoholism, cheating, sex, death and suicide, dating, depression, bullying, gay rights, homophobia, racism, the environment, drugs, and eating disorders.

Censorship

The first two episodes sparked controversy in the United States over the issue of abortion. The character Erica had scheduled an abortion and Canadian viewers saw the full non-edited episode where Erica battles her way through anti-abortion protesters, one of whom is holding up a plastic fetus and warning Erica, "Please don't do it, it's your last chance".

The American version, which originally aired on PBS, was edited not to show the protesters.

As of October 2005, the American broadcaster, The N, made the decision not to air episodes 101 and 102 "A New Start Parts 1 & 2" due to the subject of abortion.^[1]^[2] The N made the decision not to air episode 103 "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" due to the references of the abortion made in the previous episode.^[3]

In Australia, all episodes originally aired unedited in their original run throughout the 1990s, but were censored when repeated on Nickelodeon Australia. The episode "A New Start" was edited in such a way that it appeared Erica was never pregnant by the end of the episode, abruptly ending after a joke between Wheels, Joey and Snake, although the scene of Erica reading her pregnancy test was kept as a still over the credits.

The entire second episode was removed, a similar situation that occurred with "Showtime Parts One and Two"^{[citation needed]}. These episodes deal with teen suicide. However, when the episodes were repeated in 2009 on ABC2, the original unedited episodes were shown, with the episodes (#25 Showtime part 1 and #26 Showtime part 2) featuring Claude Tanner's suicide.

Cast

For a chart on the main characters only:

Between Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High it ran for five seasons.

Angela Deiseach – Erica (Season 1–5)
Maureen Deiseach – Heather (Season 1–5)
Stefan Brogren – Archie " Snake" Simpson (Season 1–5)
Neil Hope – Derek "Wheels" Wheeler (Season 1–5)
Pat Mastroianni – Joey Jeremiah (Season 1–5)
Anais Granofsky – Lucy Fernandez (Season 1–5)
Amanda Cook – L.D. (Season 1–4)
Irene Courakos – Alexa (Season 1–5)
Michael Carry – Simon (Season 2–5)
Amanda Stepto – Spike (Season 1–5)
Cathy Keenan – Liz (Season 2–5)
Siluck Saysanasy – Yick (Season 1–5)
Duncan Waugh – Arthur (Season 1–5)
Darrin Brown – Dwayne (Season 2, 4–5)
George Chaker – Nick (Season 4–5)
Michaele Johnson-Murray – Tabi (Season 4–5)
Stacie Mistysyn – Caitlin (Season 1–5)
Kyra Levy – Maya (Season 2–5)
David Armin-Parcells – Claude (Season 1–5)
John Ioannou – Alex (Season 1–5)
Rebecca Haines – Kathleen (Season 1–5)
Sara Ballingall – Melanie (Season 1–5)
Dayo Ade – BLT (Season 2–5)
Maureen McKay – Michelle (Season 1–5)
Keith White – Tim (Season 1–5)
Christopher Charlesworth – Scooter (Season 2–5)
Kirsten Bourne – Tessa (Season 3–5)
Krista Houston – Joanne (Season 4–5)
Adam David – Mr. Walfish (Season 4–5)
Michelle Goodeve – Ms. Avery (Season 1–4)
Dan Woods – Mr. Raditch (Season 1–5)
Billy Parrott – Shane McKay (Season 1–3, 4 guest)

Episodes

Home media

DVD release

WGBH Boston Home Video released the entire series on DVD in Region 1 on October 8, 2007.The 4-disc set entitled Degrassi High:The Complete Collection, features all 28 episodes of the series as well as the follow-up TV-movie Degrassi High- School's Out!.

In Region 4, Beyond Home Entertainment has released the entire series on DVD in Australia.They released each season as a separate set in 2006 followed by a complete series collection in 2008.The complete collection also contains the follow-up TV-movie Degrassi High- School's Out! as a bonus feature.

DVD name	Ep #	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4	DVD Special Features
Season One	15	N/A	N/A	February 13, 2006	None
Season Two	13	N/A	N/A	June 12, 2006	None
Degrassi School's Out	4	N/A	N/A	July 10, 2006	None
Degrassi High: The Complete Collection	29	October 8, 2007	N/A	March 12, 2008	Degrassi Movie: School's Out
The Complete Junior High & High Series	73	11 October 2016	N/A	2 November 2016	Degrassi High School's Out Degrassi Talks Series Degrassi Between Takes

References

^ "A New Start (1)". TV.com. Retrieved 2005-10-12.
^ "A New Start (2)". TV.com. Retrieved 2005-10-12.
^ "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do". TV.com. Retrieved 2005-10-12.

External links

[ep1-1] "A New Start (1)". TV.com. Retrieved 2005-10-12.

[ep2-2] "A New Start (2)". TV.com. Retrieved 2005-10-12.

[ep3-3] "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do". TV.com. Retrieved 2005-10-12.

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 Between Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High it ran for five seasons.
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