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 SORRY FOLKS - you've missed it! Grange Hill's record-breaking 30th series has just ended its run with a new addition to the Johnson clan, a tough new deputy head, a life-changing experience for someone in Year 11 and plenty of fun on the dance floor! But what was on the curriculum at everyone's favourite school this time? STRICTLY COME TO GRANGE HILL! Remember those BBC1 idents with the salsa dancers or the couples dancing Tango in the rain? Grange Hill aspires to recreate those famous scenes when Karen starts a dance club for her enterprise project. At first, interest is limited, but it soon catches on and everyone's queuing up to learn the pasa double. It's not long before Grange Hill enters a local Strictly Come Dancing-style contest, with Karen and new boy Ross (Lewis Rainer) representing the school. Karen has her heart set on winning, but sinister forces are at work...  COLLAPSING
WORLDSGrange Hill is rocked by tragedy this year when sports team stalwart Baz dies on the pitch, and in an air of bad feeling with Togger. His passing sends shockwaves throughout the school; not least for girlfriend Holly whose entire world is blown apart. She'd been with Baz for a year now and they'd never been happier. Tanya tries to counsel Togger through his sense of guilt, best mate Donnie wants blood, and we see the nastiest side of Chloe yet. As Grange Hill gradually comes to terms with the news, some people crumple while other unlikely allies find themselves brought together.  WHAT'S
WRONG WITH EMMA?Most pupils return to school fully refreshed after the summer break, but not Emma. Alarm bells ring when Emma begins Year 11 with cuts and bruises to her face. Has Emma's already fragile relationship with her mum have reached new depths? It would appear so. Luckily, someone comes into her life to kiss her scars better. The enigmatic Kyle Brown, one of a group of travellers who has recently settled near Grange Hill, enrols in Year 11. Kyle sets female hearts fluttering (and makes the lads green with envy!) but it's Emma he takes a shine to and she's totally smitten because no-one has ever paid her this much attention before. However, Emma soon lets her heart rule her head and wants their relationship to step up a level - when it does, she finds herself pregnant and despite warnings from Tanya she is unable to face up to the reality of her situation. Where's Kyle when you really need him eh? NEW CLASS, NEW JOHNSON A new bunch of Year 7s settle into life at Grange Hill - and for some it's easier than others. Among them are Lucy Johnson (Daisy McCormick), cast out of the same mould as big brother Togger, only a girl, she's as tough as old boots and doesn't take any nonsense from anyone. Jenny Young (Naomi Richie) - is the half-sister of Tanya and Karen, and is fed up being compared to her older sisters. However, both new girls are strong-willed and when they find themselves at loggerheads neither will back down...and their older siblings might have to step in to man the battle lines. Other newcomers include Ali Duncan (William Rush), whose super-cool persona threatens to steal Togger's crown as Grange Hill heart-throb. He provides an unlikely ally for Bryn Williams (Joseph Slack) who instantly realises life won't be easy for him at Grange Hill. Especially when he meets the older Alex, who is forced to exploit the new boy's weaknesses when he finds history repeating itself.  GAYLE
WARNING....A storm is about to sweep through the corridors of Grange Hill! With Mrs Bassinger in the background for this series, the aptly-named Miss Gayle takes up her post as the new deputy head, and with a hands-on approach from day one she's determined to prove how ambitious she is. Miss Gayle is played by another famous face - Cathy Tyson is well-known for her roles in Band Of Gold and as the vicar in ITV's defunct daytime soap Night And Day. She's also appeared in a movie with Michael Caine. Don't cross this Tyson as she certainly packs a punch! NO ESCAPE FOR ALEX... Surely Alex deserves a break after the hell he's been through at the hands of the Humphries brothers? Well he's not going to get it. Alex's problems are set to be as big as his smoothie business when Max and Mooey muscle in on his enterprise. Not content with the emotional damage they inflicted on Alex when he was in Year 7, Grange Hill's bully brothers gradually extort more and more of Alex's profits until their demands become so extreme Alex is forced to steal from pals Ed and Tigger and even turns from victim to bully by snaring Bryn into his world. As things grow more desperate for Alex, and with his friends alienated, will he have the courage to speak out? That other nasty piece of work, Chloe, has set her sights on her ideal man - Max Humphries! In many ways they'd make a perfect couple, but she's not going to let the age difference get in the way, never mind that he doesn't even notice her. When he eventually rejects her advances, Max soon wishes he hadn't...  A
LOVE THAT CAN NEVER BE?She ended last year kicking herself after failing to hook up with the boy of her dreams, Togger. But a "holiday romance" with a certain Luke has perked Tanya up again. How will Togger react - can he maintain his feuding facade with Tanya or will he find another way to pursue her? When tragic events bring the school together, Togger and Tanya are no longer ashamed of their feelings but still can't pluck up the courage to ask each other out. Finally they present themselves to the world as a couple! But their chance of happiness could be hampered by someone else's problems in a way that they could not have, erm, conceived... As for Luke, he turns out not to be who he seems - when Karen investigates, she fears Tanya has hooked up with a much older man. In the end it's Miss Gayle who uncovers the truth behind Tanya's frequent bunkings-off - Tanya is training to be a hairdresser and Luke is her boss!  KATHY'S
DRIVING FORCEIt's her last year at Grange Hill but while her classmates are more concerned about looking for university places, Kathy is happier behind the wheel than behind the books! Under intense pressure to win a prestigious place at Oxbridge, Kathy needs to pass her test as well as her A-levels for university. But it's all too much and the loss of Baz sends Kathy into a downward spiral which might have dire consequences, especially when Donnie becomes involved. Martin worries about how he'll cope with university but he's determined to prove the doubters wrong by filling in a UCAS form. When he lands an interview he also learns someone very special in his life might still be there to guide him through the world outside Grange Hill... |