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Grange Hill Season 15 Episodes
Season 15 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 1992 - 1992
Episode 1
Episode #15.1
As term starts, Jacko, Lee and Stewart practise their window cleaning skills. Mr. Robson, acting Deputy Head with Mr. Hargreaves away on a course, struggles with his new responsibilities, and a rather vociferous school secretary. Chrissy, now very visibly pregnant, gets ready for school with a newly invigorated Justine, fresh from her Sweden trip. On the way to school, Justine meets up with her new boyfriend, Liam, while Chrissy is bullied as she walks through an underpass. The bully's attention is distracted by the appearance of Liam, a St. Joseph boy. While Jacko's gang practise on the school windows, the caretaker advises Mr. Robson how hopeless the cleaners have been. When Mr. Griffiths shows the supposedly dirty windows, they have mysteriously become sparkling clean. As the fifth formers prepare for registration, Ray doesn't impress Maria and Matthew with his talk of becoming a millionaire. He acts out his fantasy, until an American voice tells him to get his feet of the table - he is spellbound by the entry of the new form teacher - Ms Janowitz. Mr. Robson encounters Natalie in the corridor and congratulates her on her singing at the end of term concert - but she claims to not understand what he's talking about. Ms Janovitz finds some discrepancies in the register - "Justine Bean" for instance, and two N. Stevens. Richard and Nick are horrified to find that Ray has fallen for his new American form teacher - and her impressive trainers. While Chrissy jokes with Justine about the hopelessness of Ted - they are aware of someone else in the cloakroom. They turn to find Nat listening - to their surprise, she is abusive, calling Chrissy a slag. Chrissy and Justine rally up some support from Maria and Fran to have it out with Nat. At the local shopping centre, Jacko and his mates struggle to find a car that is dirty enough to need cleaning. Lee comes up with the plan of making the windscreens dirty first - using a pail of mud and water. Ray, now obsessed by Ms Janowitz, goes to the shoe shop to try and find the same brand. With Chrissy's friends on the warpath, Matthew finds Natalie to warn her - but to his surprise, she pushes him off, telling him she's never seen him before in her life! Jacko's plan to muddy up a car, then clean it goes horribly wrong when their soapy water proves inadequate to the task of restoring the shine to a windscreen. Their would-be customer realizes their game when she finds one of their buckets near another muddy car, and she pours the contents onto the three lads' heads.
Episode 2
Episode #15.2
Natalie comes in late, to find everyone against her. Mr. Hankin's lesson about bubbles gives Jacko an idea to improve their window cleaning abilities - but Alice overhears and works out what the boys are up to. As Natalie tardily enters Mrs. Monroe's class which discusses groups, she finds a cloud of hostility raised against her. She protests innocence, but even Matthew won't talk to her. Mr. Hargreaves returns from his management course. Ted is round at Chrissy's, but they get on each other nerves. Ted tries to push forward the idea of a job he has lined up in Southampton, but Chrissy is not keen on the idea of moving. Mr. Hargreaves doesn't buy Jacko's gang's excuse for not wearing school uniform. At lunchtime, Justine and Liam are rescued from a nasty situation by the arrival of Ms. Janowitz. The teacher seems to have a natural rapport with Justine, and talks to her about American customs and the possibility of resurrecting a school newspaper. After lunch, Nat turns up, late again, and seems once again to be in a bad mood when she encounters Matthew. Maria and Fran bump into her, expecting an apology - but she makes things worse by insisting that they must also be slags to hang around with Chrissy - and she runs off. Avoiding Mr. Robson, as she rushes away, he is somewhat confused by her immediate arrival, sedately, through another door. Shortly after, Maria and Fran manhandle another version of Natalie through the doors, creating a loud disturbance. The set of twins stand side by side, while the reality of the situation sinks in to a stunned Maria, Fran, and Mr. Robson!
Episode 3
Episode #15.3
Chrissy's continued presence at Grange Hill is causing parents to withdraw their children in protest at her bad example. Natasha gets a lecture from Mr. Robson - she is insulting to Natalie about Matthew. Maria and Fran apologize to Natalie and Nat explains how her twin sister lived with her father after her parents were divorced. Natasha pretends to be Natalie, and winds Matthew up. Mr. Hargreaves acquires a mobile phone and begins to seriously aggravate Mr. Robson by calling while he's away on his course. Jacko's gang go windscreen washing again - but they have competition. Becky and Alice have entered the same business, and are armed with a special solution courtesy of Mr. Hankin. They enter a spirited competition, dirtying the windscreen of a nearby car - unfortunately, it's Mr. Hargreaves's car, who just happens to be ducking down out of sight, to work on his electrics. Alarmed at the sudden activity, he pops his head back up, and the windscreen cleaners run off. Mr. Hargreaves phones Mr. Robson angrily, who can barely stop himself laughing as he ticks off Jacko's lot, Alice and Becky. The first meeting to discuss the school newspaper convenes: Justine is appointed editor. Mr. Hargreaves has an argument with Mr. Robson over the punishment of the windscreen entrepreneurs - he announces that no-one can leave school at lunchtime from now on. Ray overhears, and rushes his scoop to Nick for a special bulletin to be printed. The next morning, Mr. Robson finds that everyone is up in arms about the lunchtime ban - thanks to copies of the bulletin circulating...
Episode 4
Episode #15.4
Natalie starts the day with a new hairstyle to put an end to Natasha's tricks. Raymond gets ticked off by all and sundry because of his jumping the gun with the school newspaper. Ms. Janowitz introduces debating to the 5th formers - Nick and Justine start preparing speeches about the "Importance of the Invidivual" opposed to the "Importance of the Group". Alan brings expensive trainers to the school - and loses them before the PE lesson: trainers are banned in school. Chrissy falls out with Justine over her perceived lack of interest - she runs off, and gets hit by a football as she enters the playground. War breaks out in Natasha and Natalie's bedroom, as Natasha finds her personal space too restricted. Her foot gets hurt and she plays up in front of her mother to get her own way. At hospital, Chrissy, no real damage done, is visited by her mother. Justine leaves Chrissy's bedside and goes bowling with Liam, and is introduced to his "gang". Outside, she bumps into Fran and Maria who are off to see Chrissy - they are surprised that she's not with her. The next day, the debate is held - Justine's reasoned argument about the group being more important than the individual is countered by a less-than-serious ramble by Ray. Natasha's discourse is more personal - about her loss of individuality at her new school - now she feels she is just half of a pair of twins...
Episode 5
Episode #15.5
Barry Timpson tries to buy cigarettes, but fails to fool the shopkeeper. He gets involved in a scam selling cigarettes singly. Mr. Robson tries to get to grips with the first formers. The trainers ban hits home, and there are lots of barefoot students around. Robyn and Julie spot a photographer taking snaps of some first formers, and inform Mrs. Monroe. Justine goes round to see Chrissy who's agreed to do some drawings for the school newspaper. Chrissy starts to feel left out when she hears Justine's enthusiasm for her American teacher's class. Maria cheeks her way down to a bargain price for a bulk purchase of basic trainers from the shoe shop. With accomplice Richard, she plans to make fake American trainers - but Ms. Janowitz's class makes her realize her Anglicized spelling of "color" might be a problem. They overhear Ray asking Ms Janowitz where she gets her trainers from, and learn that they are from an exclusively American chain of stores. First formers Spanner and Techno are given lines for being cheeky to Mr. Robson - they use the school computer to mass-produce them! After school, the photographers are seen again inside the school gates. They explain that they are freelancers on a tight deadline. Taking the law into his own hands, Ray grabs the camera and pulls out the film...
Episode 6
Episode #15.6
Mr. Hargreaves has a plan to sell a piece of land that belongs to the school - thinking it unused. Justine gives the acting Head an interview for the school newspaper - except that he won't actually let her ask the questions. When she does finally ask a pertinent question about the trainers ban, he can't give a plausible response - and lifts the ban for older students. After she's gone she calls in Ms Janowitz and asks her a favour... Meanwhile, there's a general rebellion with all manner of footwear being worn in protest. Shoes and feet seem to be turning up everywhere - Mrs. Monroe is conned into believing that the biology lesson that she's standing in for is working on feet. In the lesson, Mrs. Monroe is asked for a list of the things that go wrong with feet. The resulting set of complaints come in handy for excuses as to why trainers have to be worn - with mixed degrees of success. Maria and Richard show Ray their glossy, but homemade, pamphlet describing the fancy American trainers they hope to sell to him. He agrees to buy, and makes a down-payment. Stuck at home, Chrissy is upset when Justine reneges on her agreed morning visit. As Justine sits working on her taped interview for the newspaper, Natalie talks to her about Chrissy, and Justine decides she needs to go and talk to her old friend. She finds the school phones out of order and goes outside. On the way she bumps into a smartly-dressed Ted who says he's going for an interview for the job in Southampton. As she reaches the phone box, she realizes she's left her bag at her desk, and goes back. Meanwhile, Ms. Janowitz, acting under orders from Mr. Hargreaves, listens to Justine's interview tape. Alice and Becky go exploring outside, and find the piece of unused land which they are determined to make their own little garden. They aren't alone in this secret place - the Cigarette gang are inside the shed, where Barry Timpson turns up with a packet of fags, hoping to ingratiate himself with them. Overhearing the cigarette gang bullying a first year, Ray takes out his reporter's notebook and gets to work. Ray excitedly goes back to report on his findings, and encounters the American teacher, not noticing her squirm as she sits at Justine's desk. When Justine comes in, she pretends to be watching over the girl's belongings. As the school day ends, it dawns on Mrs. Monroe why there was such interest in the biology of the human foot, and that she has been taken for a ride. Justine leaves school with Liam - worried that she's still not called Chrissy. Alice and Becky take another look in "their" garden, but as they crouch down, there's an unexpected hand on Alice's shoulder...
Episode 7
Episode #15.7
Mr. Griffiths is revealed to be the mystery person who interrupted Alice and Becky in the garden - he encourages their efforts. Chrissy's grandmother has had a stroke - her mother must go to visit, but she is worried about leaving her daughter. Ray is warned off his journalistic investigation by the Cigarette Gang, then given a ticking off by Mr Hankin, who thinks he's been at the fags himself. Ray tries to chicken out from giving his story, but is bullied into it by Justine and Ms Janowitz. Mr. Hanking tells Mrs. Monroe that given the horrors he sees in the boys' loos, he's glad he never has to go into the ladies. Ted takes the coach to Southampton for his interview, and tries to make a call to Chrissy first - but he's too late, she's gone to school, and in any case, he fumbles with the phone box coin slot and loses the connection. Justine puzzles over why half her cassette tape has mysteriously become blank - Ms Janowitz tries not to look too guilty, having done the necessary erasing under orders from the acting Headmaster. Chrissy turns up at school, seemingly under the illusion that Ted's given up the idea of the Southampton job, but at that moment, Ted's sitting waiting for his interview. As Chrissy leaves, she starts to get pains... Later, Justine starts to get concerned that her friend has not returned after she went to see Mrs. Monroe. Meanwhile down in Southampton, Ted is sent into room 101 for his job interview. As Justine and Fran are about to leave, they are interrupted by a loud Year Seven girl, Diane Richmond, who is promptly admonished by Mr. Hargreaves. After he's gone, she is able to tell Justine that there is a girl asking for her in the toilets. Justine and Fran race off to the loos. Chrissy asks the girls to call an ambulance - Fran chases off, and bumps into Mr. Hankin - it's his worst nightmare come true! He goes into the loos (backwards) and tries to reassure Chrissy, giving her a brief, and wholly unnecessary, lecture on childbirth. At that moment, Natasha steps in, horrified that the school seems to allow staff into the girls' toilets. At his interview, Ted is asked a rather crucial question - does he have any commitments.... He skirts around the question. The ambulance arrives for Chrissy, and as she and Justine climb aboard, they are watched by the Cigarette Gang boys. At hospital, Chrissy is tucked up in bed, and Mr. Hankin has a rather embarrassing time explaining that he's neither the father to be, nor Chrissy's father - he leaves, with Justine in control. Chrissy asks Justine to find Ted - but Ted's in another world, having his dinner with his friend in Southampton, and then spending the evening at a disco, getting very well acquainted with a local girl... Back at home, Chrissy's mum is still on her way back home, but at least her dad has turned up at the hospital... After a while, the nurse breaks the news to Chrissy's dad and Justine - Chrissy's had a baby boy! Justine and Mr. Mainwaring go and see Chrissy at her bedside, but the young mother is upset that she's not been able to hold the baby yet...
Episode 8
Episode #15.8
Justine starts the day by visiting Chrissy, whose baby is doing well after his early delivery into the world. On the way out of hospital she bumps into Leukemia patient Brian Shaw, who's on his way back to school after a long absence. It's the day of the first school newspaper edition, but the cigarette gang have no intention of letting it get published, as it tells of their fag selling to first formers. A party is to be held to celebrate the newspaper's launch. Ted tries to pass on a card and a tenner to Chrissy via Fran, but Justine turns up and tells him how useless he is, and that ten pounds is nothing considering the enormous responsibility that the new baby brings. Ted, for his part tells Justine to keep her nose out of his affairs. Ray is pleased at punch with his specially imported American trainers, as faked by Maria and Richard. Techno lives up to his name by hacking into the St. Joe's computer, and leaving some anti-St.Joe jokes there - until a threatening message comes back. Alice and Becky continue to populate their patch of "The Grange Hill Peace Garden" - watched by the Cigarette gang in the shed. As the first run of photocopied newspapers runs off, they are intercepted by various members of the gang. Ted goes to hospital to see Chrissy - but chickens out when he learns her parents are by her bed. Mr. Robson takes a copy of the newspaper to Mr. Hargreaves, who in passing tells him that he has applied for another job - not relishing being second in command to the new headmistress, Mrs. Keele. When he sees the headline about the trainer ban being lifted, he storms off. He angrily tells Justine that he didn't say he was going to allow trainers for everyone, just for the sixth form, but Justine swears that it wasn't what he said in the taped interview. He's also not at all happy to learn about the selling of cigarettes to first formers. While she is in the garden, Alice steps into the shed to avoid Mr. Griffiths, and encounters a pile of school newspapers. When she goes out again, she tells Becky that there's nothing of interest in there. At the party, it becomes apparent that Ms. Janowitz did manage to persuade Mr. Hargreaves to allow more copies of the newspaper to be printed. Ever the faithful puppy-dog, Ray takes Ms. Janowitz's bag to her car, but trips on the way. He notices Justine's notepad as one of the items that spills out. Meanwhile, Justine is talking to Mr. Robson about the strangeness of finding her tape blank, mentioning that she thinks the missing bit has something to do with the selling of school land. Afterwards, when Justine goes to her locker she is pushed violently by an unseen hand, and crashes her head against it falling unconscious to the floor...
Episode 9
Episode #15.9
Liam thinks he has been stood up when Justine doesn't appear after school, and would never have thought that the speeding ambulance that passes him contains his beloved. He takes a peek into Grange Hill's premises, but he's turfed out by the vigilant Mr. Griffiths. Later, Justine, with a bad bump on her head, visits Chrissy, but she is interrupted by the police. Perhaps thinking it might have been Ted, she professes ignorance of who it might have been who attacked her. The new headmistress starts at Grange Hill and starts some a rather strict regime of scheduled meetings with her staff. Rumours about Justine's attack spread, with some gross exaggeration - even rumours of her death. Thinking to make a quick profit, Jacko and Lee grab some of the flowers from the secret garden. When the police appear in the playground, they are rather shocked, but they are only after the headmistress. Although Justine doesn't appear willing to tell the police anything about the attack, Fran is though - she tells the police it was Ted. Mr. Griffiths though is convinced that his sighting of Liam is connected with the attack - a new rumour about a St Joe's boy being responsible starts to be spread around the school. When the police go knocking at Ted's door, and asking if he is "responsible", he jumps to the wrong conclusion and admits his guilt. Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Robson go visiting St. Josephs, and the caretaker quickly spots Liam, recognizing him as the boy he saw at Grange Hill. Once Liam explains things, and learns about Justine, he returns to Grange Hill, encounters Lee and buys the flowers that he and Jacko stole from the garden. As he's about to leave there's a confrontation with Raymond and Nick - and the feud between the two schools steps up a notch with a threat that the Grange Hill garden is likely to be destroyed. As Justine steps inside, still arguing vociferously with Ray about her seeing someone from outside Grange Hill, Becky asks where the flowers came from - recognizing them as the ones she and Alice had been growing. Ted goes to see Chrissy at her hospital ward. She is not angry to see him, to his surprise. She tells him she's decided on a name for the baby - "Jay". Back at school, there's a council of war amongst the Year Nines - Alice, Becky and the others are determined to defend their garden against any pillaging by St. Joseph boys...
Episode 10
Episode #15.10
Alice, Becky, and Julie lie in wait in their secret garden ready to give a good soaking to anyone who invades their territory. Unfortunately, Jacko has own plans for teaching the St Joe's a lesson, and uses more forceful methods to expel the St. Joseph boys - trampling the girls' flowers in the process. Natasha continues to be nasty to her twin, despite having her own way and having her own room at home now. Natalie gets her revenge though by pretending to be her sister, and earning a detention for being rude to Mr. Robson. Maria and Richard can't shift their trainers. Ms. Janowitz has a run-in with the new head over the school newspaper - Mrs. Keele doesn't like the low-quality presentation, and potentially damaging story-lines that put the school in a bad light. She also has news that Matthew Pearson won't be coming back to school. Ray's infatuation with Ms. Janowitz is beginning to concern her - he sees her book on Byron and claims to know his poems. Mrs. Monroe's lesson on the pros and cons of going to war seems to strike a chord with Becky, who gets upset with being caught in the crossfire of other people's battles, and storms out of the class. Mr. Robson overhears Fran and two of the smoking gang exchange words, and confronts the boys about Justine's attack. Ray encounters Techno at the computer room, and notices that there is a writers week on at another school where poets are due to give readings. He asks Techno if Lord Byron might be coming - Techno winds him up by saying yes! Mrs. Monroe has a quiet word with Becky to try to understand why she is upset. She finds out about the flowers, supposedly stolen by St Joe's, and the trampling of the flower beds, and asks Becky to continue with the Peace Garden. Raymond excitedly tells Ms. Janowitz that Lord Byron is coming to the Writers Week. She breaks the news that he's been dead for 200 years, but nevertheless is interested in the literary collaboration. Out in the playground, Mrs. Monroe gets to the root of the peace garden flowers, correctly identifying Jacko as the culprit - Jacko has to give his five pound note to Becky as compensation. The Cigarette gang aren't pleased to find their shed's been disturbed and their fags missing. Alice enters, to retrieve her thermos flask, and the gang smash one of her cups. The garden seems particularly busy with Jacko's lot, and Nick and Richard both expecting more St. Joes boys. Liam appears, with others of his year, and protests about their first formers being hurt, demanding compensation. The Grange Hill denizens stand their ground, and the St. Joseph lads leave, with threatening words. As Justine leaves, she encounters an upset Alice, who tells about Mick and the cigarette gang in the shed - Justine promises that she'll sort them out if they bother her any more. As Alice leaves, she says to herself: "All right Mick, I've got you now..."
Episode 11
Episode #15.11
"Make it Real," exclaims Ms Janowitz's banner in preparation for Writers' Week. Climbing a ladder with Ray below her, she (ill-advisably) jests that he is "Raymeo" - but the Shakespeare reference is lost on him. Chrissy faces another day alone at home with baby Jay after a bad night's sleep. The Year Sevens are a little bemused by the travel writer who gives them a talk about China. She gets her class to describe her dramatic entrance in words - and then takes them for a walk through the corridors as though a Chinese dragon. The writer for Year 9 is not so lucky, and finds his lot tougher to control. Inspired by Writers' Week, Techno uses the school computer during lesson time to send a love poem to his mystery correspondent at another school. As he waits for a reply from "LoveByte", Mr. Mackenzie comes to see how he's getting on with the C.A.D project, and Spanner distracts him by saying he's seen a rat under the desk. To Techno's delight, his electronic correspondent has decided she wants to meet him. While panic ensues in that classroom, Year 9's role-play session is becoming increasingly noisy and uncontrollable. All in all, it's a bad time for Mrs. Keele to take an active interest in what's happening around the school... Mrs. Monroe silences the Writers' Week group with a crash of the gong and just about saves the day with a warning to behave. As the Cigarette gang discuss the new stock they are planning to get, and tells one of their Year Seven boys to come back, Justine overhears, and makes a mental note to come back too. Ms. Janowitz is given a hard time by the new Headmistress, who's not fooled in the least by Mrs. Monroe's attempt to make the chaotic role play seem deliberate. When she sees Ray, she is actually happy to see a friendly face. Ray, for his part, becomes even more infatuated by his teacher. He's not the only one who is lovestruck - Techno can't stop thinking about his network girlfriend, who of course he's never even seen. The final writer, for Year 11, gives a catchy poem about taking your opportunities - inspiration and dedication. One listener seems to really be taking the idea to heart - Ray! After school, Techno goes to the agreed rendezvous to meet "LoveByte". Unfortunately the girl who turns up is about four years older than he is, so he pretends to have no knowledge of whom "Techno" might be... Back at school, Ms. Janowitz takes down the Writers' Week banner, helped by Ray. As she comes down the ladder, Ray takes her in his arms and confidently kisses her on the mouth. Behind the curtain, Natasha watches, and smiles to herself...
Episode 12
Episode #15.12
When St Joseph boys on bikes terrorize some Grange Hill Year Seven girls, they get pushed into some garbage by Natasha. Ms. Janowitz comes in, terrified that news of her kiss with Ray might have leaked out, but the only one who knows is Natasha. Natasha can't hold back though, and makes the kiss public knowledge in registration. In the aftermath, Mrs. Monroe calms Ms. Janowitz who was intent on getting Ray suspended. Ray gets no end of ribbing from his peers. A boy is chased after he shoplifts some shoes - the police assume he is from Grange Hill because of the direction he is running in, but Mrs. Keele (being interviewed by Justine Dean at the time) intercepts them, and denies them entry. Ted visits Chrissy and Jay, and tells her about the Southampton interview. Justine tells Mick and the cigarette gang that the police will be very interested about their scheme of getting Year Sevens to sell cigarettes. When they don't believe her, she plays them the recording she made when she was with Mrs. Keele, cleverly edited to make it sound like the police are getting interested in their activities. The gang dispose of their fags down the toilets, while Justine relays the event to the other kids using her tape recording equipment. Ray is told in no uncertain terms that he is lucky to not be up on an assault charge for his kiss, and he storms off. Outside school, Natalie is caught by the St. Joe's boys her sister made a fool of earlier - they mistake her for Natasha. She's not quite alone though - Nick is nearby and goes to the rescue. Also Liam steps in to stop it - but Ray appears at that moment, misunderstanding Liam's good intentions, and makes things worse, calling St. Josephs boys cowards. Liam can't back down, and an appointment is set for a rumble on the wasteland. Justine wants to try to talk Liam out of the fight - Chrissy comes along too with her pram. Finally, the scene is set for the confrontation - a large number of Grange Hill boys stand face to face with their St Joseph counterparts, led by Liam. As the tension builds, a Year Nine boy in the crowds, Jake, is pushed and falls, hurting himself. Chrissy and Justine step in, and Chrissy brings out her baby boy, telling them that she wants him to see what grown men are like. The situation is defused - and at that moment, a police car drives in, and everyone scatters...
Episode 13
Episode #15.13
It's the twins' birthday, but there's no present from their father. Becky gives Natalie a large card, but Natasha a tiny one. Their mother gives them matching pullovers. In the wake of the confrontation with St. Joe's, the participants worry that the teachers know who was involved. Richard gives Natasha a card, but she tears it up. Ray wants to know what side Justine is on - but she's not telling. Mr. Robson interrogates her, but she merely says she was with Chrissy. Ray's alibi about watching snooker doesn't hold water. Fran and Maria try to talk Justine out of writing up the fight for the newspaper. Ms. Janowitz rather rashly promises that she could arrange for Justine to stay with her in Chicago in the holidays, but Justine seems to have made an assumption that Liam could come too. A local news reporter comes to find out about the school newspaper and talks to Justine. While her back is turned, he cheekily jots down what she's written on her screen, about the previous night's spot of bother. Afterwards, he goes to see the Head to get her opinion. Justine tries to get Liam to promise that he won't be involved in any more gang warfare. In response, he gives her a token ring. Maria and Richard's advertising of their home-made trainers bears fruit - Richard meets a prospective buyer at a local café - but finds he has to fork out for cake and coffee. The shoes don't impress... but then Maria arrives, and recognizes the would-be buyer. In the end, the shoes are sold... but there's not much profit to show for the deal. The next day, Ray is called into the Head's office once again - someone has identified Ray as being involved in skirmishes near some shops. In cookery, Diane's carelessness starts a fire, which means that Ray is saved by the bell - for the moment and the school is evacuated. Outside, Mrs. Keele uses the opportunity to tell everyone about the worries that the parents have expressed about discipline breaking down. A local newspaper is thrust into Justine's hands and she realizes that the report she had been working on has been lifted and used by the local reporter who had visited her. The Headmistress gives one final warning - let the excitement go - or you will!
Episode 14
Episode #15.14
Ted gives up his tedious washing-up job, intent on pursuing his career in Southampton. But Chrissy is adamant that she's not moving away from home, and Ted storms off. Justine goes round to see her, and Chrissy asks if she can intercept Ted, and stop him doing anything rash. Justine finds Ted's not at home, but on the way out the postman gives her a postcard before she can explain that she doesn't live there. It's from Emma, the girl Ted met in Southampton. As Ted approaches, she steadfastly ignores him, and walks away, realizing why Ted's keen to return to Southampton. She tries to get her friends interested at school, but Ray shows her a national newspaper to which her article about gang warfare has spread, and Maria tries to convince Justine that the postcard might be innocent. Justine takes no notice, and uses the computer ask for Liam's help in sorting out Ted. In the school garden, Diane and her Year Seven friends go exploring and find a large animal footprint. They get a book from Mr. Hankin, borrow some plaster of Paris, a spatula from the cookery classroom, and make an impression of the print. Richard plucks up his courage and asks Natasha out - but she tells him to drop dead. Unable to get out of school at lunchtime because of the ban, Maria engineers a distraction, so Fran can leave while Mr. Robson's back is turned. Fran gets to Chrissy's house, but not before an ugly encounter with some of the Eagles gang. Later, when Justine arrives, Chrissy is angry with her for her intention of getting Ted beaten up by Liam's gang, but then Justine shows her the postcard - and leaves as Ted arrives. Chrissy tells Ted that it's obvious they don't love each other, and there would be no point them going to live together in Southampton. Ted asks to see his son, and asks Chrissy if she will let him see Jay, but she doesn't reply. Natalie is upset at finding that her former friends seem to be moving across to become Natasha's. Out in the garden, Diane and her friends are about to take a look at the footprint imprint but are interrupted by Julie who noses her way in, and bossily demands to be part of the secret. When they hear the sound of Mr. Griffiths, they escape through their secret entrance back to school. In the cookery lesson that follows, Diane replaces the spatula they stole, but neglect to clean it first, and the resulting cakes they cook have a certain gritty taste to them... Julie looks up the footprint and finds the animal is a fox. Smartly dressed, Ted waits for his coach to Southampton with Chrissy watching, promising to send her money each week. Out with Chrissy, Liam finds he's left his bike at Chrissy's - but he is oddly reluctant to return to it. As he returns, he is accosted by one of the rival Eagle gang and it becomes apparent that Liam is one of the Hawk gang, and that each gang has marked out certain territories that they defend. As he pushes his way through the two boys, and gains enough distance, he taunts them with a call "Hawks! Hawks! Hawks!"
Episode 15
Episode #15.15
The governors want to sell the stretch of land being used for the Peace Garden to developers who are most likely to build a fast food restaurant. Becky and Alice know about it and decide they can't let it happen. Meanwhile, Diane and her friends watch the foxes and their cubs play in the garden. Ms. Janowitz agrees to help with Year Nine's intention to try to stop the purchase of the school's land. Ironically, Justine confides in her that she's rememberedthat Mr. Hargreaves had mentioned the selling of land to her during the interview - she doesn't realize it was Ms. Janowitz herself who erased that part of her interview, acting under orders. Justine reasons that although newspapers have been banned, nothing has been said about leaflets... Natalie finds that the pendulum has swung the other way now, and everyone's friends with her twin instead of her. Mrs. Keele persuades the campaigners that they are campaigning in the wrong way - it's the land owners they need to convince at a meeting in the evening - various of them volunteer to attend to make their point. The meeting starts - the argument for the garden is countered by the need for money for school books. Natasha's argument is their slogan "save what you can save". When all have had their say, the children have to exit, while the council makes its decision. The next day, with no firm decision, except that the development definitely won't be a fast food business, the idea of a school petition is mooted - and Natasha calls upon her slave Richard to organize it. When it doesn't seem like he is getting many signatures, Nat tells him he should sign for those who won't contribute! Luke tears a school book in Mrs. Monroe's class and when he is told to go outside, he has a strop, and throws a chair. Before his teacher can react there's activity outside and everyone rushes to the window - a bulldozer has entered the school playground - to everyone's horror, workmen take down the fence outside the Peace Garden. Then there's chaos with a whole crowd protesting to the two men. Richard takes their hammer, but it's a lost cause, as Mr. Robson arrives on the scene, followed by Mrs. Keele. The Head breaks the bad news that the authorities have decided the housing project will go ahead. It looks hopeless - but Natasha's not finished yet... When the workmen go back, they find the fence is plastered with "Save The Garden" posters. When they emerge, they are pelted with rotten vegetables. They emerge after some time has elapsed, and before they leave one drops a cigarette end, which is still smouldering, and it's perilously close to a tin of white spirits. Later, Julie and Diane's friends inspect the land for signs of their foxes. Lauren stays to look further, as a small fire starts in the shed. Outside, Ms. Janowitz and Mr. Hankin notice the smoke, and three of the girls emerge - but Lauren is still missing. The teachers search through the thick smoke and find Lauren. Julie is forced to tell the truth about their secret foxes.
Episode 16
Episode #15.16
Liam starts the day spraying "Hawks" onto a fence with his mate. When four "Eagles" turn up, they scarper, running past Chrissy's house. Kenny issues a warning to his brother Ray to keep clear of the gang warfare that he has heard is about to erupt. Julie's given a telling off for leading Year Sevens into a dangerous situation, after the fire in the Peace Garden shed. She also gets the blame from Alice, who isn't pleased she kept a secret from her. After Julie has left, the Head confides in Mr. Robson that the fire officers have confirmed a cigarette end started the fire. Her suspicion is that the fag belonged to one of the kids. Justine shows her token ring from Liam to Maria and Fran. Natasha continues to ignore Richard, and Maria and Fran continue to liken him to a puppy dog. In Mr. Mackenzie's design class, Jake is in Diane's bad books for accidentally breaking the handle she was working on. Ray passes on his brother's concern about Liam - he says he's worried that Justine will get caught up in the violence. Mr. Mackenzie has a chat with Jake, concerned about his school work which has become bad in recent weeks... in fact it is ever since the confrontation on the wasteground, but Jake doesn't say that. Liam and Justine go round to play "Trivial Pursuits" at Chrissy's house. While Justine is out of the room, Chrissy questions Liam about the incident earlier in the day, but he denies going there. It's getting late, and Liam needs to get home to do some coursework - he kisses Justine goodbye, and bicycles home. Justine stays there, and Chrissy tells her friend how she wishes she didn't have the responsibility. At home, Ray persuades his brother to drive him round to pick up the others and try to persuade Liam to stay out of trouble. They collect Richard, Natasha, Fran and Maria. Night falls, and still they can't find Liam. Finally they get stuck in traffic, with the police up ahead taking care of some incident. Ray goes out to see what the hold-up is, and returns with a stricken look on his face. Up ahead, there's a lad on the ground, his face bloodied, his bike on top of him... Liam is dead. The group walk to Chrissy's house, and Maria and Fran pluck up their courage and ring the bell. Inside, they break the news to Justine. The next day, Justine arrives at school, but she's in another world, determined to finish the newspaper story. A sea of staring faces pass her by. In class, Justine stares into space, tears in her eyes, but wanting to be left alone. Mr. Robson decides to call her mother. Ray approaches Justine and sits down next to her, without saying a word. Justine tells Ray that the last thing Liam said to her was a lie - a lie about not going to the fight. Finally she breaks down and sobs in his arms.
Episode 17
Episode #15.17
After Liam's funeral Justine sits alone, dressed in black on a bench outside the church... At school, the Year Sevens are given a task to find out where energy is wasted in the school, and where it is being environmentally unfriendly. Techno and Spanner investigate the paper in the loos, but they are intercepted by the Cigarette Gang. Afterwards, they take Mr. Griffiths to task over the timing of the school heating which comes on at 7.00 AM and his inefficient light bulbs. The girls for their part interview the school secretary, who isn't particularly helpful, and they watch her make personal phone calls while they wait for her precious time. Meanwhile, there are some smart boys wandering the school who turn up in the Office. They seem to have been expected, and walk around the school, finding the boys toilets in a grim mess after Grimbo and Mick's gang have left their mark - the toilets filled with paper, the sinks filthy. Richard, secretly observed by Nick, seems to be talking to himself like raving madman - he's practising asking Natasha out, and working through the possible scenarios. When it comes to the crunch though, she doesn't follow his script, and he's no further forward with her. Diane and her friends leave the Secretary's Office with all they needed - having noted that the Secretary wasted half an hour on the phone on a personal call. The boys rather over-zealously find waste in the staff room - the kettle doesn't switch off when it boils. The outsiders turn out to be public schoolboys on a visit to the school - they sit in on a special meeting to discuss a new edition of the newspaper, given dispensation by Mrs. Keele. The Cigarette Gang return to the scene of their crime, ready to do it all again to the toilets - but Ray is watching, and puts his oar in, but he's no match for all of them at once. At Ms. Janowitz's newspaper meeting, Justine surprises everyone by turning up. She has only one thing she wants to write a story about - gang culture, but the teacher vetoes it, thinking it not the right time. It's put to vote, under pressure from Justine, but there's not enough support. Instead, Ms. Janowitz wants Justine to interview Luke, a public school pupil. She has no enthusiasm initially, but then Luke expresses his admiration for how Justine argued her point, and she's won over. Luke suggests she does her article as for an underground issue of the newspaper. Back in the loos, and unsatisfied with just making a mess, Mick and Grimbo's gang decide to do some real damage to the plumbing. Unfortunately their incompetence and clumsiness cause them all to get a thorough soaking! After the meeting, Ray confides in Justine that he knows that Ms. Janowitz erased her tape - he found Justine's notebook in the teacher's bag - he's siding with Justine, because he's lost faith in Ms. Janowitz's ability to be impartial...
Episode 18
Episode #15.18
The visiting public schoolboys, Thomas, Piers, and Luke, note that although their school has many more facilities than Grange Hill, there is something the Comprehensive has in abundance that they don't - girls! Luke approaches Justine asking for "orders" for the school newspaper - she's uses his unexpected request to confront Ms. Janowitz about earlier events, when Justine's notebook "conveniently" disappeared. The teacher admits to doing the deed, saying she was new to the school, and thought she had to do what she was told by Mr. Hargreaves. Justine's anger dissipates into tears, and Ms. Janowitz persuades her to take some time off studies, and perhaps do a newspaper article about Liam, and to go on the impending school trip to the "city farm". Richard finds he has to stay at home as a babysitter while his parents see some ancient rock group (Fleetwood Mac!). Natasha overhears and becomes sympathetic, arranging to baby-sit with him at his house. She's not the only one with a date - Maria and Fran have succumbed to the charms of Thomas and Piers and their contrived "can you show us where the squash courts are?" chat-up line, and have arranged a date too. Thomas, though, changes his mind when he sees Natasha and asks her out - watched secretly by Fran and Maria who shake their heads in disgust at both of them. Meanwhile Luke finds Justine hostile, she sees him as spoilt, and able to get any job by virtue of his father's money and contacts. As she talks to him, Nick tells her that the trip to the countryside is off because the school transport has been double booked. Luke offers to save the day by arranging transport through Thomas, whose father has its own transport. Annoyed at the mercurial nature of the two lads and Natasha, Fran and Maria hatch a plan to get Natalie to go instead of Natasha. They ask Nick to try to get Natasha to believe her date has been cancelled so they can get Natalie substituted. In full knowledge that he is speaking to Natasha, Nick pretends he thinks she is Natalie, and asks her to tell her sister that the date is off, confiding that Thomas said she had bad breath. Natasha reveals who she is, Nick feigns surprise, and she storms off - so the first part of the girls' plan is a success! Luke's arranged transport ferries Grange Hill to the City Farm, and there Justine gets to learn about Luke's attitude towards his public school. He tells Justine that at his school, no pupil would have stood up to a teacher like she did with Ms. Janowitz. When Mr. Brisley returns with the Year Sevens, the strong smell of the farm seems to have come back with them... The mystery is solved when Techno is found to be carrying a bag of manure for his dad's roses. Fran and Maria doll Natalie up ready for her date under the guise of Natasha. Meanwhile Richard prepares himself for the real Natasha, who arrives 30 minutes earlier, catching him wearing just a towel. When Thomas arrives at the Stevens' house, Natalie flounces out, incredibly tarty looking and overdressed, Fran and Maria giggling behind the door. Inside his car, she adopts the role of a common, loud and annoying girl. She insults the car, and his taste of music, and insists they go to a very tacky restaurant that serves fast food. Finally, her job done, she returns home, leaving behind a very depressed and disillusioned Thomas. When his car reverses away, she goes inside, where Fran and Maria are waiting, and all three fall about laughing...
Episode 19
Episode #15.19
As term draws to an end, the new Art teacher Mr. Brisley has organized a fashion show for the school. Ray thinks that Luke's article about his perception of Grange Hill is patronizing. A collection is organized for Ms. Janowitz's leaving present. The local authority offer advises Mrs. Keele that Mr. Griffiths ought to be given retirement - he is 65. Chrissy calls round the school to see Justine but is slightly embarrassed, wheeling in Jay in her pram. Maria tries to get Richard intro trouble by suggesting to Natasha that he was behind the little jape where Natalie was taken out by Thomas, but she brings Maria forcibly to Richard who denies it. Thomas also works out that he's been set up. Chrissy shows her baby to the Year Nine kids, who ask some rather pertinent questions about her and the father. Mrs. Keele isn't too pleased though at Justine's unsupervised demonstration of teenage motherhood, and rebukes her. Ms. Janowitz follows a hunch, and works out that Year Seven boy Jake is partially deaf. The fashion show is chaotically put together, with Chrissy helping while Justine looks after the baby. As Justine walks with Luke, he tells her he really likes her, and tries to kiss her, but she pulls away and gets upset, still thinking about Liam. Still helping out getting the Fashion Show ready, Chrissy gets to talk to Mr. Brisley's friend - she tells her that she had a baby as a teenager, but returned to college to do GCSE's. The public school guys head home and say their goodbyes: Thomas to Natasha, with some bitterness, Luke to Justine with some regrets. Mr. Griffiths glumly has a meeting with the Head: he's upset to be given retirement, but Mrs. Keele has no choice. After school, the Cigarette Gang plan to grab Richard's collection for Ms Janowitz, and lie in wait after seeing him approach. However, there's another distraction in the way - someone from the radio station is interviewing pupils to confirm the rumours that the school is unsanitary. The interviewer knows Richard, and gives him and Justine a lift in order to pick their brains about it. To the gang waiting to mug Richard, it's like magic when he simply disappears into thin air!
Episode 20
Episode #15.20
Natalie and Becky are upset that Natasha's had an invite to stay with their dad, and they haven't. The end of term Fashion Show gets underway. Ms Janowitz is troubled though - Jake doesn't seem to be taking his hearing difficulties seriously, but he promises he will go to the doctor. A rather bad view of the school's condition is broadcast on local radio. The fashion shows begins - clothes are exhibited by the Year Nine girls, and then auctioned. Boys' fashion is next, then there is an interval. Richard, who still hasn't bought Ms Janowitz a present with the collection money, asks Maria to hold on to the cash - putting it in a pencil case. Unfortunately they are overheard by the Cigarette Gang lads. The truth about Jake's deafness comes out - it happened after he hit his head in the wasteland gang fight. Chrissy confides in Mrs. Monroe that she hopes she can come back to school next year. As the Fashion Show ends, a raffle draw is done to find who will win the stunning white jacket - Ray is the winner. As the audience disperses, Maria forgets the pencil case with the money in it, and one of the watchful gang pick it up. Maria immediately realizes, but it's too late, and outside she and her friends try to work out what to do. They try to get Ray to give the jacket he won, but he won't listen to their pleas. Alice and Becky, dolled up in their tarty fashion gear walk home, but are shouted at by a couple of kerb crawlers, who mistake them for ladies of the night. They run, and bump into Natasha who takes charge. Chrissy talks to her mum about trying to get some qualifications, but it seems impossible with no-one to look after the baby. Ray catches the Cigarette Gang in the tobacconist with a suspiciously large amount of money to spend on smokes and beer. They leave Ray with a packet of cigars, which he refunds and uses the money to buy a leaving card. The next morning, Natasha confides to a sympathetic Richard that her father did not turn up for their agreed meeting. Ray spreads the news about seeing Mick and Grimbo spending their hard-earned cash - he donates the jacket won in the Fashion Show to become the present from them all to Ms. Janowitz. Jake, with cousin Robyn comes clean about his injury to Mr. Brisley. He feels he needs to reveal what really happened, because the staff think he's being hit at home. They explain that he fell while watching the gang fight. Meanwhile, another fight is brewing, with Ray and his friends itching to go up against the Mick and Grimbo's lot for their stolen £20. Justine throws up her hands in disbelief - after all she's said about gang warfare! She tells Mr. Robson. Out in the playground, there are some old scores to be settled, and a mass of boys advances on the bike sheds to confront the Cigarette Gang - but Mr. Robson comes out and calls everyone back inside. However, they're not in the clear - the staff, aware of the smoking and drinking, take the boys to Mrs. Keele's office. The theft of the money cannot be proven, but they are all expelled and told to immediately leave the premises. There's a final end of term surprise - Ms. Janowitz with Piers and Luke have arranged a friendly baseball match at their school. There's a rather sad figure among the spectators - Mr. Griffiths - no-one seems to have remembered to buy him a retirement gift. The school year is over, and Justine and Ray say their goodbyes to Ms. Janowitz. Ray says she could always come back next year - they will all still be there....
