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Post by jno on Sept 4, 2021 4:42:59 GMT
 As suggested by billyfarmer (many thanks for preparing the list too!) This is part 1 of a Grange Hill Death Match with teachers coming soon in Part 2 - who was your favourite Grange Hill pupil?Pick 3 answers! |
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Post by billyfarmer on Sept 4, 2021 22:47:21 GMT
I voted for Peter "Tucker" Jenkins, Gordon "Jonah" Jones and Samuel "Zammo" Maguire. I was disappointed that Gordon "Jonah" Jones, only appeared in two series of Grange Hill, wasn't until years later, that I found out (via the internet) the reason for Jonah's departure - grangehillgold.wordpress.com/features/drowning-the-truth/ |
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Post by jno on Sept 5, 2021 2:05:04 GMT
I voted for Peter "Tucker" Jenkins, Gordon "Jonah" Jones and Samuel "Zammo" Maguire. I was disappointed that Gordon "Jonah" Jones, only appeared in two series of Grange Hill, wasn't until years later, that I found out (via the internet) the reason for Jonah's departure - grangehillgold.wordpress.com/features/drowning-the-truth/Gripper for me - great character. Even though he was the school bully and everyone feared for him, there was a bit of you that felt sorry for him. I also had a bit if a crush on Fay in the 80s! |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Sept 5, 2021 11:52:14 GMT
I never really watched Grange Hill. I’m a bit stuck on this.  |
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Post by barrythebook on Sept 5, 2021 12:33:21 GMT
To be honest I'd forgotten a lot of the characters so it's good of see a list of them again.
I voted for 'Gonch' - I seem to remember he always had a money making scheme on the go so a little bit of Arthur in him maybe.
Danny Kendall - one i'd forgotten all about but I liked the fact that he really couldn't give a sh$t about school or the teachers and wasn't afraid to show it.
Calley Donnington - Looked awesome in a school uniform.
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Post by barrythebook on Sept 5, 2021 12:34:59 GMT
I'm trying to picture Michael Doyle.
Wasn't he Tuckers' arch enemy or something?
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Post by kelotoph on Sept 6, 2021 13:09:25 GMT
I think I started work after Series 5 and never saw the later episodes. Tucker Jenkins seemed to be the rock on which the series was built, so he got a vote, as did his female nemesis Trisha Yates. I also gave a vote to Cathy Hargreaves because I thought that actress Lindy Brill was quite pretty in an understated sort of way.
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Post by jno on Sept 6, 2021 17:27:54 GMT
I'm trying to picture Michael Doyle. Wasn't he Tuckers' arch enemy or something? He was, the resident rat boy.  I agree Gonch was a good character, always had some scheme going on. |
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Post by barrythebook on Sept 6, 2021 18:30:23 GMT
Remember him now  Definitely a slippery looking Git! I'm sure this question hs been asked many times before but do we know how many of these guys went onto have an acting career in adulthood? Obviously Todd Carty, Sue Tully and the guy 'Robbie?' who appeared in London's Burning but were there many others? |
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Post by billyfarmer on Sept 7, 2021 17:34:02 GMT
Remember him now Definitely a slippery looking Git! I'm sure this question hs been asked many times before but do we know how many of these guys went onto have an acting career in adulthood? Obviously Todd Carty, Sue Tully and the guy 'Robbie?' who appeared in London's Burning but were there many others? Paula Ann Bland (Claire Scott), continued acting after she left Grange Hill, her last acting credit (listed on IMDb), was in 1994. Lee MacDonald (Samuel "Zammo" McGuire), was acting before Grange Hill, and has continued to act since. There are bound to be some other Actors and Actresses, who continued acting after they left Grange Hill. |
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Post by barrythebook on Sept 7, 2021 18:32:12 GMT
Remember him now Definitely a slippery looking Git! I'm sure this question hs been asked many times before but do we know how many of these guys went onto have an acting career in adulthood? Obviously Todd Carty, Sue Tully and the guy 'Robbie?' who appeared in London's Burning but were there many others? Paula Ann Bland (Claire Scott), continued acting after she left Grange Hill, her last acting credit (listed on IMDb), was in 1994. Lee MacDonald (Samuel "Zammo" McGuire), was acting before Grange Hill, and has continued to act since. There are bound to be some other Actors and Actresses, who continued acting after they left Grange Hill. I'm sure there was a programme made some years ago in which some of the Grange Hill cast were tracked down. I'm sure that Lee MacDonald was running a locksmith/key cutting shop in East London somewhere and Eric Mustafa was running a record stall. There were also a couple of the cast who were tracked down but didn't want to take part as they no longer wanted to be associated with GH. |
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Post by jno on Sept 8, 2021 2:34:35 GMT
That waa Bring Back Grange Hill with Justin Lee Collins. I'm sure it's on YT if you do a search.
You're right barry, I remember some of the former cast really didn't want to talk about Grange Hill anymore.
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Post by Portland Road on Sept 9, 2021 20:43:26 GMT
I think I started work after Series 5 and never saw the later episodes. Tucker Jenkins seemed to be the rock on which the series was built, so he got a vote, as did his female nemesis Trisha Yates. I also gave a vote to Cathy Hargreaves because I thought that actress Linda Brill was quite pretty in an understated sort of way. Yes I agree, Tucker & Trisha were prominent in the early seasons and Cathy Hargreaves was nice-looking  |
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Post by fordcapri on Sept 10, 2021 14:46:38 GMT
As someone who started Secondary School in autumn 1976, I was roughly the same sort of age as the first onscreen intake of Grange Hill. So, inevitably, I had to vote for Tucker, Trisha and Cathy. There were some others that I almost voted for (a couple for all the wrong reasons!), but, for me, the originals were the best. Wanted to be Tucker; wanted to, er, 'go out with' Trisha and Cathy... preferably at the same time.
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Post by jno on Sept 10, 2021 17:53:13 GMT
wanted to, er, 'go out with' Trisha and Cathy... preferably at the same time. Who do you identify as being though fc? Please don't say you were the school's Gripper! |
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Post by fordcapri on Sept 11, 2021 9:50:33 GMT
I always, genuinely, saw myself as Tucker. A bit of a clown, a bit unkempt, cheeky to the teachers, a small group of misfit friends, a couple of enemies, occasionally successful with girls but usually seen as a dreamer who hated sports and not taken seriously by most people. One or two people learned to their cost that it had been a mistake to underestimate me. I suppose I was a 'safe' rebel. I didn't want to cause any 'real' trouble, just push my luck as far as I could. Having said all this, since this had been my modus operandi since before I saw Grange Hill, I'll guess that Tucker was probably based on me. In the 1980s I became more of an Alan... F@t b@astard who ate too much... but now I'm more of a Bullet Baxter... miserable old sod with a beard and not enough hair. The wheel turns.
(I've got a picture of myself somewhere from about 1976. If I can find it I'll post it... then you can see what I mean...)
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Post by chopper on Sept 20, 2021 19:38:56 GMT
I'm trying to picture Michael Doyle. Wasn't he Tuckers' arch enemy or something? Yes, he was & had a bit of a pasting once, for nicking an old gun that was brought in for art. |
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Post by chopper on Sept 20, 2021 19:47:25 GMT
Obviously and goes without saying, an awesome show, for a very long time. I watched it for years after leaving school!
Tucker an obvious contender, Benny for his unique ways of getting around being bullied and not being able to afford football boots and having a good head on his shoulders.
Trisha & Cathy were also great characters, as mentioned some later characters were also great - in particular Danny.
Also, don’t forget that a certain Mark Farmer who played Cathy’ s brother.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 21:54:06 GMT
Gordon Bennett, some of those names bring back memories! Grange Hill was my favourite programme back in the day, and I was a year or two younger than most of the characters when the show started in '78.
I voted for Tucker, Zammo, and Roland. I always had a soft spot for Roland. My fourth choice would have been Suzanne Ross played by Sue Tully who has gone on to have a distinguished career as a director and producer.
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Post by I used to think I was a parrot on Dec 18, 2021 23:22:37 GMT
I voted for Jackie Wright as I loved him in Benny Hill. Only joking I meant the Melissa Wilks character who I thought was very nice watching the show as a young fellow in the 80s.
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Post by gra966 on Dec 19, 2021 18:30:45 GMT
I voted for Jackie Wright as I loved him in Benny Hill. Only joking I meant the Melissa Wilks character who I thought was very nice watching the show as a young fellow in the 80s. She also played one of the young kids in The Professionals episode " You ll Be Alright " . |
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Post by fordcapri on Dec 19, 2021 22:38:31 GMT
I voted for Jackie Wright as I loved him in Benny Hill. Only joking I meant the Melissa Wilks character who I thought was very nice watching the show as a young fellow in the 80s. She also played one of the young kids in The Professionals episode " You ll Be Alright " . Ah yes, the 'Grand Prix' girl from Why Don't You? A legend. Always envied Zammo. |
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Post by gra966 on Dec 20, 2021 18:11:20 GMT
She also played one of the young kids in The Professionals episode " You ll Be Alright " . Ah yes, the 'Grand Prix' girl from Why Don't You? A legend. Always envied Zammo. The " Grand Prix " girl was Susan Tully , Grange Hill & then Eastenders . |
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Post by fordcapri on Dec 20, 2021 18:26:12 GMT
Ah yes, the 'Grand Prix' girl from Why Don't You? A legend. Always envied Zammo. The " Grand Prix " girl was Susan Tully , Grange Hill & then Eastenders .
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Post by westminster on Dec 27, 2021 19:10:20 GMT
Tucker, Alan and Bennie for me. The originals.
Great series, Grange Hill. Ground breaking really.
ps. I wish I knew then what I know now. I'd have saved myself and others a lot of pain and suffering, I can tell you.
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Post by billyfarmer on Dec 29, 2021 18:35:05 GMT
Tucker, Alan and Bennie for me. The originals. Great series, Grange Hill. Ground breaking really. ps. I wish I knew then what I know now. I'd have saved myself and others a lot of pain and suffering, I can tell you. Westminster, did you tick your three choices, I ask because Alan Humphries, hasn't got any votes. |
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Post by westminster on Dec 31, 2021 9:47:25 GMT
Tucker, Alan and Bennie for me. The originals. Great series, Grange Hill. Ground breaking really. ps. I wish I knew then what I know now. I'd have saved myself and others a lot of pain and suffering, I can tell you. Westminster, did you tick your three choices, I ask because Alan Humphries, hasn't got any votes. Done |
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Post by westminster on Dec 31, 2021 20:57:09 GMT
Not sure if people are aware but Terry Sue-Patt who played Benny died a few years ago, aged fifty.
Not quite sure of the circumstances but he was laid dead in his flat for several weeks before he was discovered. I thought he was great in Grange Hill but his acting career seemed to peter out soon thereafter and, reading between the lines, I'm not sure he really found a fulfilling alternative in adult life. Sad really.
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Post by fordcapri on Mar 27, 2022 13:07:07 GMT
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Post by simon316 on Oct 18, 2023 16:21:38 GMT
Tucker Jenkins was the iconic one - the face of Grange Hill. Gripper Stebson I thought was excellent - the actor who played him is obscure but he was clinical. Possibly the nasiest and loathsome character (but well-played) on telly, And Jackie Wright because she was gorgeous...
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