Grange Hill series 8

The eighth series of the British television drama series Grange Hill began broadcasting on 18 February 1985, until 22 April 1985 (with a Christmas special broadcast on 27 December 1985) on BBC One. The series follows the lives of the staff and Students of the eponymous school, an inner-city London comprehensive school. It consists of nineteen episodes (including a Christmas Special).

Cast and characters

Students

Teachers

Episodes

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| align="center"| 1 | align="center"| Episode One | align="center"| Barry Purchese and Anthony Minghella | align="center"| Edward Pugh | align="center"| 18 February 1985 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" |Grange Hill has merged with Rodney Bennett and Brookdale. Old Rodney Bennett Students have turned up at Rodney Bennett in their school uniforms and are throwing stuff at the sign. Mr Smart orders them and a couple of Brookdale kids to clean up the mess before they head to the upper school. Luke "Gonch" Gardner meets Calley (who's brought pet Percy to school) and on the way to school gets off to a bad start with Paul "Hollo" Holloway. Other new additions among the staff and Students are Mr Bronson and Trevor Cleaver. The lower school and upper school room numbering system causes confusion for Mr Smart. Gonch's proposed fight with Hollo turns into a friendship and Trevor Cleaver is not so hard when he discovers that Calley's pet is not the fluffy hamster he was expecting! First Appearances: Luke "Gonch" Gardner, Paul "Hollo" Holloway, Calley Donnington, Ronnie Birtles, Steven "Bansky" Banks, Trevor Cleaver, Vince Savage, Julian Fairbrother, Mr Bronson, Miss Booth and more. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 2 | align="center"| Episode Two | align="center"| David Angus and Anthony Minghella | align="center"| Edward Pugh | align="center"| 20 February 1985 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" |Romance is in the air at Grange Hill. Who is Annette seeing? She will not tell her mystery man's name except that it begins with 'S'. Mr. Bronson shouts at Eric that he must be deaf as well as stupid and Eric reveals he is partially deaf. Zammo's attitude towards Jackie seems to be pushing her to Banksie. After school, Annette is off to see "Mr. S" and Fay and her friends follow Annette. Finally after running through some flats into a churchyard, the truth is revealed - Annette is in the arms of Stewpot! |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 3 | align="center"| Episode Three | align="center"| David Angus and Anthony Minghella | align="center"| Margie Barbour | align="center"| 25 February 1985 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | Gonch is acquiring old folders from a skip for resale. Calley is into fortune telling, including palm reading. Can Calley read a palm when it's a photocopy of an unknown person? Mr Smart's squash racquets go missing and the public phone box has been raided. The staff go to see Mrs McClusky about the nuisance and security risk of walking between the two buildings but afterwards the teachers squabble about their personal grievances. Calley gives an unflattering analysis of Jane's handprint, without giving a name, and Jane storms off in a fury. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 5 | align="center"| Episode Five | align="center"| Margaret Simpson and Anthony Minghella | align="center"| Margie Barbour | align="center"| 4 March 1985 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | Stewpot is two-timing Claire with Annette. When Annette finds out Stewpot hasn't broken up with Claire, she gives him an ultimatum. There are still arguments among staff when Mr Smart parks in Mr Bronson's old place. Jackie goes to sit with old Brookdale friends at lunch. Zammo and Kevin start their part-time daily job at the chippy but Zammo suddenly remembers that he had promised to take Jackie to the concert. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 6 | align="center"| Episode Six | align="center"| John Godber and Anthony Minghella | align="center"| Roger Singleton-Turner | align="center"| 6 March 1985 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | Zammo tells Mr. Bronson to keep his hair on and has to get off the bus and walk. Stewpot makes an excuse to Claire so that he can go with Annette but she is having difficulty trusting him. Mr. McCartney forgets the tickets, but Julian saves the day with a suggestion to phone home to get the ticket numbers. Stewpot is caught out when Claire turns up in the lobby - Stewpot's secret is out. Zammo gets fed up and resigns from the chippy - but Kevin doesn't. Returning home, Zammo sees Jackie with Banksie's arm around her. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 7 | align="center"| Episode Seven | align="center"| Margaret Simpson | align="center"| Edward Pugh | align="center"| 11 March 1985 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | French students arrive to stay with Grange Hill students and there are more than a few communication problems. Calley overhears her parents talking and realizes she is adopted. Calley tells Ronnie about her being adopted, and how her real mother has come back into the country and wants to see her daughter again. Calley tells her friend that she'd not want to meet her real mother for a while but after school she finds her outside the gate and goes off with her. At a party, Roland finds a soul-mate in chocolate-munching Fabienne. Calley's adoptive parents become concerned when Calley doesn't come home. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 8 | align="center"| Episode Eight | align="center"| Barry Purchese | align="center"| Edward Pugh | align="center"| 13 March 1985 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | Hollo has made up some fake dental appointment cards. Calley turns up very confused and upset after her night at real mum, Angela's house. Mrs McClusky isn't pleased to find Miss Washington has left her registration class unsupervised and is unsatisfied when she sees Ronnie's hair. A new scheme evolves involving dental cards, rented videos and Hollo's house. Ronnie's coat goes missing, but it's not the only thing: Miss Washington's purse has also disappeared. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 9 | align="center"| Episode Nine | align="center"| Barry Purchese | align="center"| Margie Barbour | align="center"| 18 March 1985 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | Calley is arguing with her real mother in the street, which Zammo takes to be a kidnapping in progress, so he, Mandy and Sarah intervene. Meanwhile, the builders catch up with Gonch's O.A.P, and the missing building materials, and come to an arrangement to do the necessary building work in return for some of Gonch's videos. Miss Washington finds evidence that proves that Gonch couldn't have been the thieves. Ronnie tells Calley she must tell Mrs McClusky about her situation, and they go to the Head together. Gonch finds a plastic shop dummy on the dump, and then Robbie tells him his coat's been nicked, along with the copied video cassettes. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 11 | align="center"| Episode Eleven | align="center"| Rosemary Mason | align="center"| Roger Singleton-Turner | align="center"| 25 March 1985 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | New timetables are introduced but they cause additional confusion. Gonch loans a new Walkman off Vince and uses it to bug the Staff Room. He's almost caught by Mr Baxter, but Hollo distracts him in time. Unfortunately, the bugging only reveals Mr Smart asking Miss Washington out. Both Fay and Annette find themselves left on the sidelines when their respective partners have the chance of a kick about. Precious and Stewpot give an early practice performance of a song from Mr. McCartney's "Mods and Rockers" musical. Zammo and Banksie both seem to be unable to separate fact from fiction when it comes to playing their parts as potential suitors for Jackie's character. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 12 | align="center"| Episode Twelve | align="center"| Frances Galleymore | align="center"| Roger Singleton-Turner | align="center"| 27 March 1985 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | Roland has spent so much time with Fabienne that he decides to become French and wears a beret. Claire's beginning to lose patience with Stewpot's feeble excuses and Precious also tells him to give up Annette. Banksie leads an expedition to the derelict Brookdale building. It seems empty, but Fay grows nervous when Jean-Paul starts causing damage. They find the caretaker's office, complete with television. Back at the school library, Julie and Julian share their mutual dislike of all things French. Back at the Brookdale site, Fay is certain she can hear something - and sure enough a caretaker appears and gives chase. Fay leaves a shoe behind in her haste to leave. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 13 | align="center"| Episode Thirteen | align="center"| Frances Galleymore | align="center"| John Smith | align="center"| 1 April 1985 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" |Gonch has bugged the staff room again to try to find the thieves. Partially deaf Eric is knocked down while walking between the schools, which causes Mrs McClusky to take action. Later, whilst babysitting at Mr McCartney's house, Annette is with Stewpot, but Fay is rapidly getting fed up with Jean Paul, who lights up. After they've been dancing a while, they smell burning - Jean-Paul's fag has burned the expensive carpet. Julian unexpectedly turns up as Stewpot leaves, and embarrassed Fay has some explaining to do. Fay comes clean about the damaged carpet to an angry Mr McCartney. Meanwhile, outside, Stewpot has caught up with Claire, and promises not to see Annette any more. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

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