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Grange Hill Season 9 Episodes
Season 9 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1985 - 1986
Episode 0
Christmas Special 1985
Grange Hill are setting up the Christmas Fair. Roland's Christmas seems doomed with his father off on a long-distance lorry trip. Christmas in Paris is an attractive option, but the price of £30 is £20 more than he owns. The £25 prize for the Around Britain buzzer game seems to open up possibilities, especially if he can get some practice in first. Calley is torn between having Christmas with her natural mother, and her adopted one. Gonch gets soaked by Imelda, and has to walk home in his shorts. The nativity scene has been corrupted with football scarves, but Mrs. McClusky just puts it down to high spirits rather than foul play. Gonch and Hollo are instructed to get a replacement table from the furniture store - but there's a surprise in wait - a donkey has been abandoned there! It escapes, and they take chase, but unfortunately it enters the school building. Roland finds it impossible to do the buzzer game, and Stewpot insists on having a go instead. When it comes to Banksie's go though, his accomplice Trevor Cleaver disconnects the battery. Roly walks off in misery, but Janet catches up and persuades him to come to her house for Christmas. Mr. Baxter puts his head through the cutout and has sponges thrown at him for 2p a throw. Imelda buys six, but Gripper Stebson has a satisfying turn first. Calley's mum turns up, and to Calley's relief tells her that she's invited Angela, Calley's real mother around for Christmas. Imelda takes aim with her wet sponge, but before she can throw, pandemonium breaks out as a donkey appears in the hall, knocking over tables. Gonch runs past after the donkey, finds Imelda in the way, and pushes her. She falls backwards with a splash into the bath where the sponges are. The donkey leaves the hall, followed by Gonch and Mr. Baxter - and it reaches the nativity scene, where it seems to be happy to stay, opposite its artificial equivalent...
Episode 1
Episode #9.1
The first day of term and there are a few changes, and more than a few new faces. Is that a caterpillar above Banksie's lip? Annette's moved to Milton Keynes, the Headmaster has vanished, Zammo's fallen out with Jackie, and Ziggy arrives from Liverpool. A frog in a crisp packet, courtesy of Imelda Davis, causes chaos in assembly. Trevor and Vince hide what they assume to be Ziggy's bag, but it's Ant Jones's who immediately falls into Mr. Bronson's disfavour by arriving late. Caretaker Mr. Griffiths catches Danny Kendall smoking, but Danny decides he'd be better off going home. Mrs. McClusky finds out that the Headmaster has been killed in a car crash. Outside, Ziggy is playing with a spider, explaining that he got his nickname from the Bowie record "Spiders From Mars". Imelda arrives and promptly stamps on it, but she's rewarded by a push into the fountain.
Episode 2
Episode #9.2
Mr. Kennedy comes up with a moustache-weighing competition in order to persuade Banksie to shave his fledgling 'tache. Mr. Baxter is starting up a swimming team, and Ziggy volunteers. Danny Kendall thinks an "out of bounds" room is a good place for a smoke, but it's already occupied. He's cornered by older kids, but breaks a pipe and sets off the fire alarm to escape. Imelda also finds the off-limits room, finds some fibreglass and puts it down the back of a 1st former. It's time for the moustache weighing competition, and Mr. Kennedy shaves off his in preparation. Zammo cheats by weighing the hair secretly, but Banksie sees him and reduces the quantity of moustache being weighed. Mr. Kennedy ponders on why Zammo needed the money so badly...
Episode 3
Episode #9.3
What's the secret of the sticking plaster on Mr. Bronson's neck? Could it be a love bite? Jackie's reproaches Zammo for selling a present she gave him. Mr. King warns the class to stay clear of fibreglass, and Ronnie Birtles points the finger firmly at a disgruntled Imelda. In art, Ziggy has no hesitation in telling on Imelda, and she becomes determined to repay him. She ambushes him and stuffs fibreglass down his back. Meanwhile, Mr. Griffiths finds the off-limits area in the Upper School is on fire, and sounds the alarm. There is general reluctance for classes to leave after the previous false alarm. Mr. King finds Ziggy with an injured back, but he is reluctant to reveal Imelda's culpability. The fire is put out, but there's further bad news from the fire chief - the place is full of asbestos dust, and the whole building needs to be closed.
Episode 4
Episode #9.4
Robbie Wright comes to school with his ear pierced. After the asbestos discovery, everyone's crammed like sardines into the Lower School building. There are simultaneous classes taking place in the hall, and Mr. Bronson's stress level increases by the minute, not helped by the late arrival of Ant Jones. Julia tries to be nice to Mr. Bronson, and gets to the root of his neck plaster: she finds out that it was a parrot bite. Georgina starts giving Ant Jones meaningful looks, but he doesn't notice, and Ronnie Birtles also has an interest. Mr. Kennedy gives his class the project of writing a letter to celebrities. At the lunchtime disco, Ronnie and Georgina are both waiting for Ant Jones, but Mr. Baxter intercepts him, and Ronnie leaves in tears...
Episode 5
Episode #9.5
Julia apologizes to Laura because her father voted again Laura's mum, Mrs. Reagan, getting the Head of P.E. post. The en-masse classroom in the Hall becomes massively distracting, especially for Danny who'd prefer to join another lesson. Zammo's sold his bike, but he won't explain to Jackie why he needs the money. She withdraws £25.00 out of her Post Office savings for him to reclaim it. Ziggy gives Georgina a message of war for Imelda, but Ant Jones intervenes in her defence. Louise is giving a party, but there are a few gatecrashers. Ant comes with Georgina, but Julia is also keen on him. Mrs. Reagan comes to collect Laura and Julia, but Julia has had a few too many drinks...
Episode 6
Episode #9.6
Georgina is in trouble with Imelda for going to a party without her and Helen. Gonch, armed with new super-cool glasses, is selling shop-bought sandwiches at a profit, but he gets carried away and sells Hollo's lunch. Fay reveals to Julie that she fancies Mr. King. Ant wins his swimming match, but the girls do badly - Mr. Baxter tells them he'll have them practising in wellies! Gonch moves the sandwich outfit back home, until his mother finds out and puts and end to it. At the skip, some copper piping provides the necessary cash to buy a toaster. Ronnie gets in trouble for throwing a dishcloth at Mr. Griffiths, and has to clear up sweet wrappers for a week. Calley is planning to create a fanzine for the school. Zammo's broke again, and Jackie doesn't believe a word he says...
Episode 7
Episode #9.7
Gonch starts his fresh buttered toast service for 10p a slice. The portacabins still haven't arrived, and the patience of staff, especially, Mr. Bronson, is stretched to breaking point. Mr. Bronson is angry with Mr. Baxter because he thinks he is using his deputy head position to improve sports resources. Georgina is worried that seeing Ant Jones will provoke Imelda to beat her up, but Ant reassures that he'll protect her. However, he falls into more trouble with Mr. Bronson and cannot make it in time...
Episode 8
Episode #9.8
Responding to provocation from Imelda, Ziggy ends up in a tussle with Mr. Griffiths, ending up with the caretaker getting a bucket of paint over his head. Gonch starts taking advance orders for his break and lunchtime toast. As part of the letter-writing initiative Roland has received a rather personal letter in French from Fabienne, which he has to read to the class. Gonch's scheme is troubled by both Trevor and Imelda trying to muscle in, but the customers ensure nothing stands in the way of their precious toast. The teachers become puzzled by the abundance of toast, and the scarcity of people in the canteen. Imelda and the Terrorhawks ambush Gonch, remove his trousers, and take the profits. Ziggy is fast on Imeda's trail, but her entry into the girls' toilet seems a bit of a stumbling block. Unfortunately, by the time Ziggy and Robbie storm the room, the Terrorhawks have gone, but a surprised Mrs Reagan has arrived, and she's found Gonch's trousers in there. Mr. Griffiths finds the toaster, and reports to Mrs. McClusky at the same time as Mrs. Reagan reports the male intruder, but the caretaker is convinced it's Ziggy. Mr. Griffiths sees his nemesis once again, and gets another bucket over the head as Ziggy accidentally dislodges the ladder. The diversion comes in handy for Gonch and Hollo, who have just found their toaster gone, and they make a quiet exit while their hungry customers are distracted.
Episode 9
Episode #9.9
Danny's willingness to participate is sadly lacking, and he walks off in a drama lesson. Ziggy is mixing up a brew - planning some sticky retribution for Imelda Davis. People are behaving mysteriously - Zammo, Louise and Cheryl Webb, and even Miss. Partridge. Zammo has been borrowing money from everyone, and is in too much of a hurry to speak to Jackie. Ziggy's aerial bombardment of Imelda unfortunately lands on Mr. Griffiths, who tears off in angry pursuit. At a local café, Mrs. Reagan asks her daughter and Julia to investigate Louise Webb's family. Ant has a heart to heart with Georgina, who can't leave Imelda's Terrorhawks gang without severe reprisals. Zammo is trying to raise money - his rather dubious friend Doug is around his house looking at his mother's belongings...
Episode 10
Episode #9.10
The new temporary classrooms arrive, and it seems they are here to stay, because of the asbestos problem. Calley and Ronnie are surprised that Imelda isn't there to make mischief - but that's because she's inside one of the buildings as it is hoisted in position. Zammo breaks up a school chemistry beaker and pretends the glass is from his mother's cut-glass decanter. Gonch intercepts Ziggy's letter from the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, and decides to make it more interesting, by telling him that Prince Philip himself will visit, and that he wants him to collect as much chalk as possible. Mr. King asks Imelda about her letter to Rentokill - apparently she asked if rat poison would work on humans! Ziggy and Robbie's attempt to water-balloon Imelda leads to more self-inflicted damage.
Episode 11
Episode #9.11
Mrs. McClusky proposes a competition to design a new Grange Hill logo. Imelda starts a new bullying scheme where she cuts the corners from the timetables of paid "customers". Ziggy starts collecting chalk in earnest, for the bogus Duke of Edinburgh award invented by Gonch. Work on the fanzine starts, with Mrs. McClusky insisting on staff approval before publication. Ant's having trouble finding Georgina while she's under the grip of Imelda. Robbie acquires some chalk from Gonch and Hollo, but on his blazer! Some of the first years find their own way around Imelda's corner-cutting idea, and one reports to her teacher, overheard by Ant Jones. Ant fetches Georgina before the staff catch up with her, but Imelda is apprehended. Ant comforts Georgina, but Mr. Bronson intervenes, and grabs Ant. He pushes back, and Mr. Bronson falls. Ant, Georgina, Imelda, Helen - Mrs. McClusky has quite a bit of sorting out to do! Imelda is suspended, and Ant is told he must apologize to Mr. Bronson or face suspension...
Episode 12
Episode #9.12
Another rainy day at Grange Hill, but at least the weather is encouraging Danny Kendall to stay at school, even if he is confined to Mr. Baxter's room for the morning. Ant Jones is adamant that he won't apologise. A meeting is held to elect representatives who will edit the new school fanzine. Gonch is voted, then Fay, who suggests a male teacher, Mr. King for instance... Danny Kendall helps get Laura voted in. Danny spots an error in the logo competition, and offers to go round and fix the posters with a felt-tip. He persuades Ant to apologize for pushing Mr. Bronson. Encountering Ziggy just about to raid his cupboard, Mr. Bronson is sceptical about the visit by the Duke of Edinburgh, and even more so when he reads the letter with Edinburgh misspelt.
Episode 13
Episode #9.13
It is a half-term holiday and Robbie decides to show Ziggy around London. Zammo bumps into Roland in the arcade, where Roland works part-time in the change booth. Roland is introduced to Zammo's dubious-looking friends and lets them use the back room, supposedly to cut Zammo's hair. Laura and Julia are out shopping, planning to go to an all-night party. They bump into Louise, who is preoccupied looking after her two brothers, but she seems reluctant to talk. At the River Thames, Ziggy and Robbie sneak onto a pleasure boat, pretending to part of a group, but they are caught, and are fast running out of money. Robbie tells of the time, years ago, when he saw bodies in an open crypt in a church, and for the want of anything else to do, they decide to go back there. They "break" their journey at the tube station, escaping the wrath of the ticket collector. After much searching, they find their church: trouble is, it seems to have been turned into flats, and the occupants are bemused when Robbie tells them they have a lot of bodies underneath them. When they get back to the tube station, the ticket collector recognizes them, and tells them they'll have to walk home...
Episode 14
Episode #9.14
The holiday week continues... Zammo comes round to the Arcade where Roland works on the cadge for £50 and persuades him to lend him money from the machines. Julia Glover tells her bossy dad that she's going to stay with Laura's dad, when in fact she's got an all-night party lined up. Laura frets about lying to her mother. Back at the arcade, when Zammo does turn up, some of the money's missing. Zammo disappears into the Arcade's back room. Meanwhile, Julia and Laura have difficulty finding the right place, and Julia's dad has grown suspicious so calls round to see Laura's mother. When the girls find the right house, the party is a huge disappointment, and they leave. They return home to an angry Mr. Glover, and distressed Mrs. Reagan - and Julia locks herself in Laura's bathroom. Back at the arcade, Roland's about to leave when he realizes that Zammo has not come out of the back room. Zammo is in there - slumped on the ground, his eyes glazed, and the truth of his drug habit now apparent...
Episode 15
Episode #9.15
Roland is preoccupied with his knowledge of Zammo's problem. Mr. Griffiths tries to catch people returning library books during the amnesty on fines, so Gonch and the other lads wind him up by carrying books around in his vicinity. The plan backfires slightly, when Mrs. McClusky tells them to write a précis on the top book in their piles. The meeting to discuss the make up of the new school newsletter seems unable to agree on the content, until Calley shows some other fanzines around. After that, a set of topics quickly get proposed, including the growing problem of smoking. Fay bumps into Mr. King, and they go for a cup of coffee to discuss the school magazine. While Mr. King is getting more coffee Laura and Julia see Fay with a burning cigarette in front of her, and jump to the wrong conclusion. Julia and Laura visit Louise Webb when she doesn't turn up at school. They find that her parents are absent, and she and her sister are having to hold the fort. Gonch goes to tell Mr. Griffiths that the school is to become a smoke-free zone - and that includes him, as he's just set fire to his cardigan!
Episode 16
Episode #9.16
Danny Kendall starts work on his school magazine design. Laura's anti-smoking poster gets Ant Jones in trouble. Teachers are being watched to see that they don't smoke, and they are not happy about what they see as snooping. Giving up smoking is making Miss Booth bad-tempered. The staff go jogging at lunch time. Danny enters the logo competition as Eamon McClusky, and wins it, calling it "On Spec". He seems disappointed with the prize of a book token, but in actuality he's just depressed about how the school magazine will be moderated. He explains to Miss Booth that a "speaking wall" - a wall with graffiti on it - would be a good idea. Julia and Laura visit Louise to offer help, but are shocked when she tells them her dad's died.
Episode 17
Episode #9.17
Calley's not happy about what was edited from the first magazine. Julia's father is astonished that the school knows that pupils smoke and tries to ban the magazine. The magazine is rushed out. Danny starts drawing on the Speaking Wall, to the disbelief of Mr. Griffiths. Zammo is cashing a dodgy pension at the post office for Tamsin when he encounters Banksie. Danny's first go at the mural doesn't quite meet with Mrs. McClusky's approval. Mr. King gives Fay a lift home, but Julie sees them together in his car. Fay engineers a date with him to see a movie. Imelda seems back to her unpleasant tricks at the swimming baths, so Ziggy and Robbie decide to teach her a lesson and take her clothes for a swim. Unfortunately, it's Jane Bishop whose clothes are missing.
Episode 18
Episode #9.18
Miss Partridge visits Louise and Cheryl after their bereavement, now caring for their brothers alone, and persuades them to go to Social Services. When they return to class, late, Mr. Bronson is about to give them detention for being late, but Ant Jones stands up to the teacher, but gains a day's suspension for his trouble. The next day, Laura finds Louise upset in the toilets - a social worker is going to take her family into care. However, a later meeting with Social Services suggests that they may be able to stay at home, and still effectively be in care. The Speaking Wall becomes a receptacle to display malicious gossip and general graffiti, so Danny intends to paint it over. Roland talks to Zammo about how he wants to go to France for a year. When the subject turns to what he witnessed in the Amusement Arcade, Zammo angrily denies that he takes drugs. Ziggy is nice to Jane, to make up for accidentally soaking her clothes in swimming, but she finds out, courtesy of Calley. She prepares a custard-pie revenge against Ziggy and Robbie with the help of Gonch. Rumours about Mr. King and Fay come to a head when Miss Partridge sees them in a café.
Episode 19
Episode #9.19
At night, Zammo goes round to Roly's house to try to cadge some more money, and steals his alarm clock. The 5th year are revising oral French, in preparation for their 'O' Level and the examiner is not impressed with Zammo's grasp of the language. Mr. Bronson has high hopes for Roland, except that the boy has slept in because his alarm clock is missing. Mrs. McClusky is astonished to learn that a large video recorder has been stolen - but it has been security marked. Ant Jones's parents turn up to meet with Mr. Baxter and the headmistress, and seem to be getting on like a house on fire, until Mr. Bronson turns up. Miss Partridge warns Mr. King that people are talking about him and Fay. The Webb sisters ask Miss Partridge to accompany them to speak to social services, but she has some other business. The police turn up at school with the stolen video recorder, found at a second-hand shop, and have the name of a suspect - Kevin Baylon, but the wrong description. Roland, of course, is of no doubt who the real culprit is. The mystery of Miss Partridge's "other business" is revealed - she is an unmarried mother collecting her child. Jackie goes to see Zammo's mother, to express her worries about him. Zammo turns up, and then shortly afterwards the police arrive with Zammo in their sights. There can be no doubt he's been stealing to pay for his Heroin addiction...
Episode 20
Episode #9.20
Ant wants to pull out of the swimming team because he feels he's been treated badly. Danny Kendall is roping in anyone who passes by the Speaking Wall, and Gonch tries to get past without being seen. Imelda is intent on revenge on Georgina for going out with Ant rather than staying with the "Terrorhawks". Mrs McClusky visits Zammo who's doing his "cold turkey", and sits in while his exhausted mother goes to the shops. Laura begs Ant to ask his solicitor father to help find Louise and Cheryl's mother, but he's not immediately keen on the idea, as he and his father are not on speaking terms. After persuasion, Ant does get his father to help, and it looks for a moment as if peace might break out in the Jones household. Unfortunately, it transpires that Mr. Baxter's been speaking to Mr. Jones, and Ant becomes angry once again with his father. Mr. King is very jumpy around Fay, and she becomes upset after one of their meetings, but she remains totally lovestruck. Ziggy uses Georgina as bait to get Imelda out into the open. Imelda and Helen catch sight of Miss Partridge's child. Graffiti suggesting that Zammo's been "chasing the dragon" appears on the Speaking Wall, and Mr. Griffiths whitewashes it before there's a chance to give it a reprieve. Ziggy and Robbie commit self-destruction yet again, while waiting for Imelda, when Miss Booth unexpectedly appears underneath.
Episode 21
Episode #9.21
Ziggy and Robbie take over Janet's bookstall and add an extra incentive of a possible celebrity autograph. New graffiti spitefully points the finger at Miss Partridge's illegitimate child and Fay's affair with Mr. King. A meeting with the governors is planned, and Mrs. McClusky plans to defend both teachers. It's the day of the English exams, and Zammo's back, after his cold turkey, with watchful eyes following his every move. Fay faints before the exam starts and Zammo uses the opportunity to escape to the toilets and prepare his secret stash. He hides the drugs in an adjacent cubicle, and Mr. Kennedy searches the wrong place. Ant gets angry when Julia (the daughter of a school governor) seems to have managed to get O Level options which he was denied. During the exams, Zammo feigns illness to get back to his stash in the toilets, but the water has seeped in and destroyed it. Mr. King hands in his resignation, despite it being clear that his relationship with Fay is platonic. At the governors' meeting, Mrs. McClusky is determined to fight to keep Miss Partridge, at all costs...
Episode 22
Episode #9.22
A new school newsletter is being produced defending Miss Partridge. Ant Jones has gone missing after his outburst against Mr. Bronson, and Georgina is interrogated to find out where he might have gone. Zammo convinces Jackie he's free of his drug addiction, but he's later seen using his mother's cash card. His mother visits Mrs. McClusky and insists on the police coming into school to catch out her son as he returns from getting more smack. Mr. Glover isn't pleased to find Julia's had her ears pierced during school time, and he bends Mr. Baxter's unsympathetic ear. Miss Booth tries to convince Danny to do some anti-drugs posters, but he's fed up with the whole "Speaking Wall" business and won't cooperate. In the locker room, Kevin and Jackie confront Zammo who's initially dismissive of their fears. Jackie gets suspicious when Zammo is protective of his calculator - sure enough there's a packet of white powder in the back. Zammo hits Kevin as he protects Jackie, and then she scatters the contents of his precious packet to the floor. He frantically tries to recover it just as Mr. Kennedy bursts in with the police.
Episode 23
Episode #9.23
Rumours abound about what happened to Zammo after his arrest. Ant Jones emerges from his squat, and steals some fruit from a market stall. Back at school, the next school magazine is publishing his picture on the front page, to try to find him. People are preparing for the fun run: Banksie seems very confident of his fitness, and is keen on beating Mr. Kennedy in the 100 metres. Mrs. McClusky calls in Danny Kendall to tell him she is going to use his design for the new school badges, but rather than feeling honoured, he would have rather she asked him first. Miss Booth can't persuade Jackie Wright to go and visit Zammo in hospital. Ant Jones's father comes to Mrs. McClusky adamant that his son cannot continue in Mr. Bronson's class, but she is unable to oblige. Mrs. Reagan and Laura visit the Webb's house, and meet the aunt who is moving in to look after the children. Miss Booth goes to see Zammo at the house where he is recuperating, but she can't explain Jackie's absence, and he gets upset. Miss Partridge tries to resign, but Mrs. McClusky won't accept it. Ziggy and Robbie spy Ant Jones, and try to make a "citizens arrest" to bring him home, but he's already headed that way...
Episode 24
Episode #9.24
It's the day of the fun run, and time for everyone to put on some extremely silly costumes! Gonch is sick as a parrot when he finds that Ziggy's received a free invite to a Gala Performance for his chalk contribution, especially as the entire venture was as a result of his faked Royal latter. Unfortunately, Imelda, on roller skates, grabs the letter. Gonch starts the betting for the fun run - but the bets are on who WON'T get round. Ronnie takes him up - and bets that Gonch himself won't do the course - for 10p at 1000-1. Steven Banks and Mr. Kennedy get ready to face each other, and Mrs McClusky - or rather Little Bo Peep - gets the fun run going. As the race enters the fun vehicles section, Banksie collides with Gonch. Steven Banks carries on regardless of his injury - but Gonch is hobbling, and has the prospect of paying Ronnie £100 if he can't make it round the course. Imelda and Helen have nobbled one of the vehicles, but it turns out that it's School Governor, Mr. Glover's and not Ziggy's as they thought, and it travels just a few feet before falling apart. Pausing in his travels on a tiny tricycle, Mr. Bronson has a final few words with Ant Jones, who has been moved to a private school. Ziggy and Robbie finally manage a flour-bomb revenge on Imelda and her cronies, after practically a full term of trying. Diplomatically, Mr. Kennedy crosses the finishing line with Banksie. Just about everyone has finished, and Hollo is rapidly getting tired of pushing Gonch around the remainder of the course...
