Grange Hill series 18

Grange Hill
Season 18
No. of episodes20
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release3 January (1995-01-03) –
10 March 1995 (1995-03-10)
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List of episodes

The eighteenth series of the British television drama series Grange Hill began broadcasting on 3 January 1995, before ending on 10 March 1995 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.

Cast

Pupils

  • Jamie Lehane as Russell "Jacko" Morgan
  • Natalie Poyser as Becky Stevens
  • Margo Selby as Julie Corrigan
  • Ian Steele as Brian Shaw
  • Nina Fry as Robyn Stone
  • Darren Kempson as Gabriel
  • Abigail Hart as Paula Webster
  • Martino Lazzeri as Joe Williams
  • Rochelle Gadd as Delia "Dill" Lodge
  • Lisa Hammond as Denny
  • Nicholas Pinnock as Jerome
  • Stephanie Charles as Liz
  • David Crane as Barry Timpson
  • Alan Cave as Dennis Morris
  • Melanie Joseph as Lauren Phillips
  • Belinda Crane as Lucy Mitchell
  • Steven Hammett as Dudley Wesker
  • Natalie Tapper as Jodie Abedayo
  • Francesca Martinez as Rachel Burns
  • Amy Phillips as Jessica Arnold
  • Jamie Groves as Josh Davies
  • Anna Aidoo as Felicity
  • Aidan J. David as James "Arnie" Arnold
  • Colin Ridgewell as Colin Brown
  • Jenny Long as Anna Wright
  • Kevin Bishop as Sam Spalding
  • Simon Long as Rick
  • Peter Morton as Wayne Sutcliffe
  • Kate Bell as Kelly Bradshaw
  • Laura Hammett as Sarah-Jane Webster
  • George Starke as Kevin Jenkins
  • Ayesha Antoine as Poppy Silver

Teachers

  • Stuart Organ as Mr Peter Robson
  • Lee Cornes as Mr Jeff Hankin
  • Adam Ray as Mr Tom Brisley
  • Peter Leeper as Mr Malcolm Parrott
  • Paul Bigley as Mr Dave Greenman
  • Karen O'Brien as Mrs Siobhan Maguire
  • Sally Geoghegan as Miss Jayne Carver
  • Nigel Miles-Thomas as Mr Davies
  • Theresa Watson as Dorothy
  • Suzanne Packer as Miss Foster

Others

Episodes

Source:[1]

No. Episode Writer Director Original airdate
1 Episode One Diane Whitley Nigel Douglas 3 January 1995
On Induction Day there are some new faces. Sarah-Jane's little sister goes rampant, a new house system is introduced, and there's trouble brewing in the canteen.
2 Episode Two Diane Whitley Nigel Douglas 6 January 1995
Anna's brother gets her to drum up business for his drug selling. Julie takes driving lessons, but it's Robyn who the instructor is interested in.
3 Episode Three Diane Whitley Nigel Douglas 10 January 1995
The house system is reorganized. There's a gorillagram in school, but it is both Poppy and Mrs. Maguire's birthday.
4 Episode Four Diane Whitley Nigel Douglas 13 January 1995
When a policeman comes to school to talk about drugs, Anna hides the LSD tabs. Looking for Gordon, the loan shark smashes up the flat. Anna heads out onto the streets alone.
5 Episode Five Judith Johnson David Bell 17 January 1995
Paula makes a fool of herself trying to impress Jerome. Dennis adopts the Beatnik look for a trip to an art museum, but when he sees that Rachel needs to sit down, he grabs a nearby chair and destroys the exhibit from which it is a part!
6 Episode Six Judith Johnson David Bell 20 January 1995
Julie camps out in the playing fields. Arnie and Dill find someone living in the Boiler Room. Kevin unwittingly takes one of Anna's LSD tabs. Later, he starts to be affected, runs out of class and climbs over the balcony...
7 Episode Seven Chris Ellis David Bell 24 January 1995
Rachel calmly talks Kevin away from danger, Miss Carver moves in with Mrs. Maguire and Becky goes to see how a women's refuge operates.
8 Episode Eight Chris Ellis David Bell 27 January 1995
Becky's involvement with the women's refuge threatens her relationship with Jacko. Arnie and Dill eavesdrop on Gordon on his mother and discover disturbing news about Anna.
9 Episode Nine Ol Parker Steven Andrew 31 January 1995
The school holds a fund raising day. Arnie and Sam's hatch a plan to kidnap Mr. Parrott (but all for a good cause!) while Jessica settles her differences with Paula in the girls' rugby match.
10 Episode Ten Ol Parker Steven Andrew 3 February 1995
Anna seeks revenge for her brother being shopped. Julie joins the "tribe" of protesters and Jessica goes go-karting with Joe.
11 Episode Eleven Sarah Daniels Steven Andrew 7 February 1995
Gordon tracks down his mother and sister at the refuge, Lucy and Josh develop a fact sheet about the area and Dudley falls in love.
12 Episode Twelve Sarah Daniels Steven Andrew 10 February 1995
Gordon hits Becky as she tries to rescue Anna, but he's caught by the police. Demolition equipment sets to work on the road protesters' house, while inside Julie and her friends are handcuffed together.
13 Episode Thirteen Kevin Hood Nigel Douglas 14 February 1995
The lonely hearts comes to an abrupt end when the two "Sexy Sadies" get mixed up assignments. An HIV awareness workshop is held.
14 Episode Fourteen Kevin Hood Nigel Douglas 17 February 1995
Year seven spends the night at the Science Museum, while Lucy's mother is taken to hospital with suspected Meningitis.
15 Episode Fifteen Kevin Hood Nigel Douglas 21 February 1995
Lucy's mother dies of an HIV related disease. Her father works out the disease was contracted during a transfusion while abroad. At school, sympathy turns into vicious rumour.
16 Episode Sixteen Kevin Hood Nigel Douglas 24 February 1995
There's a lot of ignorance demonstrated when people learn that Lucy's mother had HIV. A visit to the Terrence Higgins Trust helps clear up her thoughts.
17 Episode Seventeen Alison Fisher David Bell 28 February 1995
At half term, Gabriel and Brian leave a raunchy video in a coach they are cleaning, and when the coach unexpectedly departs, courier-biker Jacko tries to intercept it before the Women's Institute press "play" on the remote control.
18 Episode Eighteen Alison Fisher David Bell 3 March 1995
Lucy and her father get the rest results they hoped for, and a parents' evening is held.
19 Episode Nineteen Alison Fisher David Bell 7 March 1995
The school works on a promo video and Rick persuades a shop to give him a bicycle in return for "product placement" in the video. Jacko tells Becky he doesn't have the money to go on holiday with her.
20 Episode Twenty Alison Fisher David Bell 10 March 1995
The two videos are finalised, Poppy gets revenge on Wayne, and Jacko has a surprise present for Becky's birthday.

DVD release

The eighteenth series of Grange Hill has never been released on DVD as of 2015.

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Grange Hill. Series 18". ITVX. Retrieved 19 February 2024.