Grange Hill Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Episode #1.1

21 mins

First through the gates of Grange Hill is Benny Green, soon in trouble for kicking his football against the wall. Judy's reluctant to get out of bed: she's heard bad things about the boys at Grange Hill. Trisha is not happy that she has to wear the uniform, and is not allowed make-up or jewellery. Tucker Jenkins and his friends go by bus, barging in the queue, while Justin sedately arrives by his father's posh car. In the Assembly Hall, the newcomers are assigned their forms, but Mrs. Monroe has to deal with Tucker who is left over, and Ann Wilson who arrives late - she takes them to Mr. Mitchell's form room. Mr. Mitchell's easy- going nature puts Form One Alpha at ease - "one big happy family", he pronounces. Tucker takes his seat, flipping over Trisha's ruler as he does so. Trisha's not taking any of Tucker's nonsense - she thwacks him sharply over the head with her ruler.

Episode 2

Episode #1.2

25 mins

When Benny Green kicks his football across the path of Mr. Mitchell's car, the teacher tells him off for being careless. Relenting a little, Mr. Mitchell asks if Benny will be trying for the team, but Benny tells him he has no football boots. In P.E, Mr. Foster makes it clear the correct gear must be worn, but Benny's still trying to find the right place - after embarrassingly getting undressed in what turns out to be the girls changing room, he does find the gym. Mr. Foster explains his lack of a sports top prohibits him from taking part, and sends him back to get changed. Tucker helps Benny find the right gear for the football trials - but the boots are the real trouble - Alan's are way too big. At registration, Ann has the only viable suggestion - her hockey boots could be handed over after hockey trials. Tucker and Benny use the same pair of boots to hide Benny's lack of them from Mr. Foster, as Ann's haven't arrived yet. After Mr. Foster has gone, Tucker finds Ann and collects the boots. Benny and Tucker go onto the pitch. Mr. Foster wonders at the odd-looking footwear, but turns a blind eye. The whistle is blown, and the ball passed to Benny, who happily demonstrates his football prowess...

Episode 3

Episode #1.3

19 mins

Judy is unhappy because she has no friends, but Trisha sticks up for her when Tucker playfully plays Piggy in the Middle with Judy's satchel. Outside, Jackie Heron and her cronies demand money with menaces, but find Judy's 20p insufficient. Jackie takes Judy's precious fountain pen as security against 75p to be brought the next day. The next day, Jackie finds Judy outside near the sweet shop, and insists she goes home to get the money - but Trisha is also watching with her sister Carol. When Judy runs off, and Jackie follows, Trisha intervenes when the girls arrive back at school - she stands up to Jackie, but despite her bravado, Trisha is no match for the older girls. Some friends of Carol arrive at that point, and Jackie and her mates run off, but after school, Judy and Trisha are wary of leaving school, expecting to encounter the bullies again. When they finally can stay inside no longer, they are chased by Jackie's gang, but they are closely followed by Trisha's sister who noticed Trisha cross the playground. Carol easily forces Jackie to give back the money and pen, and afterwards, Carol warns Trisha and Judy that in future, if they are bullied again, they must tell somebody.

Episode 4

Episode #1.4

23 mins

When Form One Alpha's boys go swimming, Tucker hides Justin's trousers. Mr. Mitchell appeals to the class for information about the missing apparel. "Are you sure you put them on this morning?" asks Benny innocently. There's another swimming lesson for the boys the next day, due to staff limitations. Early on, proceedings come to a halt when Winkle Graham cuts his toe on a loose tile, and the boys sent back to change. Benny goes back to the pool to recover his missing medal, but Tucker can't resist extending their stay. Tucker and Benny use the benches as improvised boats and race each other the length of the pool. Justin goes and tells the caretaker, but order has been restored by the time he's back. When the caretaker tells the swimming teacher, they argue over their respective responsibilities. Tucker and Benny get a three week ban from swimming. Tucker speaks up - and earns a further detention, but there's worse to follow when he discovers his trousers are missing! Dressed in his toweling robe, he heads outside - and sees Benny suspending his trousers by a broom handle out of an upstairs window...

Episode 5

Episode #1.5

Trisha won't admit to her family that she has a crush on Mr. Rankin, nevertheless it's true that she helps the biology teacher out in the lab at lunchtimes cleaning the test tubes and cages. In the lunch hour, intent on doing a magazine article about the school animals, Judy visits the biology lab and finds Trisha there. Against her better judgement, Trisha lets Judy look at the grey school hamster, but it escapes when the bossy Miss Clark suddenly enters. Trisha earns a detention for her earrings. In trying to corner the creature, Trisha and Judy bring down a bookcase. Judy decides they can replace the animal, and Trisha remembers she has school holiday money. Judy runs to buy a hamster from the nearby pet shop while Trisha tidies up the lab. At the shop Judy is accidentally sold a white hamster instead. While Trisha frets, Judy runs back, almost waylaid by Jackie Heron's gang. The wrong colour hamster is put in the cage as Mr. Rankin returns, and the original hamster makes his appearance. The girls confess - and an amused Mr. Rankin points out the replacement animal is not only the wrong colour, but also the wrong sex! The biology teacher refunds Trisha's holiday money. As they go to registration Trisha suggests Judy writes about Miss Clark for her article about animals - because she is a cow!

Episode 6

Episode #1.6

Benny finally is able to go to school with the proper blazer. In woodwork, Tucker challenges Benny to go with him to visit an old ammunition dump; Justin, wanting to prove he is no chicken, agrees to go too. Tucker leads them through the site, but they are disappointed to find it's just a derelict house next to a junk yard. Wandering around, the trio get stuck in a room, with weird sounds nearby. They break down the door to find it was just a cat, which scarpers. Upstairs is a lifting trolley which Tucker uses to give Benny and Justin rides, but outside, a truck is heading in their direction with workmen inside. Tucker, Benny and Justin realize they will be seen leaving from the front, so scale the wall at the rear. It's no use - the workmen have seen them, but Justin is still climbing the ladder and has nowhere to go; he falls backwards with a yell. Back at school, Tucker and Benny wait outside the Head's office. Inside are their mothers, along with Mr. Mitchell: the news from the hospital relates that Justin has a broken leg and concussion. Mrs. Green and Mrs. Jenkins both agree - corporal punishment is the best solution, rather than any long-term exclusion. Tucker and Benny walk into the Headmaster's office...

Episode 7

Episode #1.7

Judy and Trisha speculate that Miss Mathers is seeing Mr. Mitchell. It's time to elect representatives to the school council, but to start with each form has to come up with likely candidates. Mr. Mitchell tells his form that the possibilities are Trisha, Tucker and Ann, although some unlikely other options are Snoopy, the Six Million Dollar Man and "our budgie". Trisha immediately wants to opt out, while Ann, with support from both Judy and Trisha, suggests that Tucker is an inappropriate choice, because he messes around. A fourth choice materializes in the form of new boy Doyle, whose credentials include having a father on the local council, but who has a history of bad behaviour. Form One Alpha easily votes in Ann to be their candidate, and then the campaigns get started. Ann gets some impressive banners designed with the help of the Art teacher, promising to try to end school uniforms and introduce a tuck shop. The poster is affixed everywhere - including the back of boys' blazers. The votes are cast, and the results announced: It looks like Ann might win, but then another boy, David Robinson pips her to the post. However, it transpires that David largely won by the efforts of his friend Michael Doyle who coerced the voters. Mrs. Monroe changes the First Form representative to Ann Wilson.

Episode 8

Episode #1.8

While chasing after Benny, Doyle knocks over some paint and gets into trouble. Trisha Yates' stripy socks earn her a detention. Doyle's eyes light up when he sees valuable flintlocks on loan to the school: he and his friend grab one of them, brushing past Tucker as they escape. With Form One Alpha under suspicion the head suspends the impending school festival unless the valuable object is returned. Tucker tells Doyle he knows it was him, but Doyle won't admit the truth - Trisha overhears and gets Mary and Ann involved, but the girls aren't entirely sure Tucker is trustworthy. Doyle is sent to Coventry: it's made clear that no-one wants to know him, and before long he's fighting Tucker. After a week, it's clear more action is needed - it's suggested that an amnesty is set up, allowing an anonymous return of the pistol. Ann tells Mr. Mitchell and the headmaster agrees. In the toilets, Tucker's mates fight with Doyle's gang to force Doyle to do the honourable thing. The next day, Doyle is sporting a very bruised eye, and Mr. Mitchell announces the flintlock was returned - the school festival will take place. Ann is congratulated for the amnesty suggestion, but Tucker too smiles knowingly...

Episode 9

Episode #1.9

Both Benny and Trisha are disillusioned with Grange Hill - Benny, because he gets called names like "gollywog" by the likes of Doyle, and Trisha because the rules about uniform are, to her mind, very strict. When Trisha wears nail varnish, Mr. Mitchell won't take any more excuses, and tells her he's going to write to her mother. When the letter arrives, Trisha takes it herself, but she knows she is only delaying the inevitable. On Monday, neither Benny nor Trisha are present at registration, although Benny was seen before school began. Ann knocks on Trisha's door at lunchtime - her mother is unaware that Trisha is not at school. Mr. Mitchell overhears Ann and Mary talking, and with Miss Mather taking his tutorial, he goes out to try to find the lost sheep. At the civic centre, both Trisha and Benny are spending their day thoroughly bored, looking at the paintings, and then bump into one another. They explain to each other why they are bunking off, coming to an understanding, and express a mutual dislike of Michael Doyle - then Mr. Mitchell arrives. He learns of their grievances and tears up the letter to Mrs. Yates. The next day, both are back at Grange Hill, although Trisha is a little late.