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Grange Hill
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2008 titles
Genre
Created by Phil Redmond
Starring List of Grange Hill characters
Opening theme "Chicken Man" (1978–1987, 2008)
"Chicken Man" (re-recording) (1988–1989)
"Grange Hill theme" (1990–2007)
Ending theme As above
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 31
No. of episodes 601 (including 2 specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Production location(s) BBC Elstree Centre
Lime Pictures
Camera setup Multiple camera (1978–1998)
Single camera (1999–2008)
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s) BBC
Release
Original network BBC One
CBBC
Original release 8 February 1978 (1978-02-08) – 15 September 2008 (2008-09-15)
Chronology
Related shows Tucker's Luck (1983–1985)

Grange Hill is a British children's television drama series, made by the BBC and portraying life in a typical comprehensive school.

The show began its run on 8 February 1978 on BBC1, and was one of the longest-running programmes on British television when it ended its run on 15 September 2008. It was created by Phil Redmond, who is also responsible for the Channel 4 dramas Brookside and Hollyoaks; other notable production team members down the years have included producer Colin Cant and script editor Anthony Minghella.

After 30 years, the show was cancelled in 2008, as it was felt by the BBC that the series had run its course.

The drama was centred on the fictional comprehensive school of Grange Hill in the equally fictitious North London borough of Northam.

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