Grange Hill
is one of the most successful television children's dramas of all time. The
drama takes a look at teenagers and their dilemmas in a Secondary school. Grange
Hill ran for 30 years and many of the actors have gone on to star in other well
known programmes such as Brookside, ER and Eastenders. It was first shown in
1978 and after 31 series and 601 episodes ended on September 15th 2008.
Complete Season 16 Supplied as a 3 DVD Set recorded from VHS, the quality rating
(compared to a retail dvd) is Video 6, Audio 6 (Good!)
Disc One
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
1 -
When an asteroid is
forecast hitting the Earth at 3.20pm, it is blamed for a series of malfunctions.
Fran and Maria attempt to love match Natasha with Mr. Brisley.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
2 -
Barry Timpson is
chased round school, Ray's girlfriend (really Kenny's) impresses everyone,
Techno falls out with Spanner, and Fran and Maria steal Natasha's diary.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
3 -
Mr. Robson comes under
pressure to allow the girls to play football. The contents of Natasha's lost
diary are pinned on the notice board.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
4 -
Impatient for the
school to buy the camcorder, Ray gambles the fifty quid raised so far on Grange
Hill winning a five-a-side match against St.Joseph's.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
5 -
A badminton match
brings Maria closer to Richard. Mick and Grimbo do community work, helping an
old Polish lady.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
6 -
Mary becomes a pariah
when Julie Corrigan learns that she is a traveller. The girls earn the right to
run the tuck shop.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
7 -
Mrs. Monroe cancels a
potentially lucrative advert film shoot, but Ray gets Justine to phone to
reinstate it. When the film crew arrive, the footballers auditioning aren't what
the producer expected.
Disc Two
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
8 -
The camcorder is
purchased with money from the advert, Mr. Robson agrees to coach the girls in
football, Frank steals a locket, and Maria engineers a visit to a new night club
with Richard.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
9 -
Ray records Kenny's
engagement party using the camcorder: with an ex-girlfriend on the loose, and
the party food contaminated by Worcester Sauce, it is far from uneventful!
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
10 -
The Polish lady works
out that Frank and Graham have taken her locket and they are expelled. Robyn
visits the travellers' camp and meets Mary's father.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
11 -
Natalie finds Fran's
photo (planted to convince Richard that Natasha had a boyfriend) and gives it to
Natasha who pretends to know him. Then that boy, Fran's cousin, turns up...
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
12 -
The girls vs boys
football match takes place, and Robyn goes missing on her birthday.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
13 -
Robyn is missing, and
the police search everywhere, including the travellers' camp. Justine gets a
lesson in etiquette from Mr. Brisley.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
14 -
The mystery of Robyn's
disappearance is solved, hostilities between Fran and Maria flare up, and Ray
accidentally shows the incriminating engagement party video to Kenny's fiancé,
Ruth.
Disc Three
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode
15 - Staff and pupils unite to stop the sale of the Peace Garden land.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode 16 - Ray and the others try to find Liam
to stop him joining in the Eagles and Hawks gang fight, but they find he's had
an accident en-route, and is lying dead in the road.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode 17 - Public schoolboys visit Grange Hill,
Year Seven find out how environmentally friendly the school is, or rather isn't,
and Justine makes a surprise return.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode 18 - The visiting public schoolboys find
that the girls at Grange Hill are a little more than they can handle. Richard
finally gets time alone with Natasha.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode 19 - Richard organizes a collection for
Ms. Janowitz, and Chrissy brings her baby to school.
Grange Hill Series 16 - Episode 20 - A fashion show and baseball match
bring the school year to a close. Ray's jacket becomes Ms. Janowitz's leaving
present, and the Cigarette Gang get expelled.
