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Summer is here, Euro 2004 is here and great things are happening at GH Online too! Tuesday 22 June will definately be the launch date for GHTV but that's not the only new feature that's planned - read on for this week's Grange Hill News...

	IT'S PHIL REDMOND CBE! GRANGE HILL CREATOR Phil Redmond has been awarded the CBE for his services to broadcasting in the Queen's Birthday Honours. The boss of Mersey TV, which now makes Grange Hill, was one of several media figures rewarded by Her Majesty in her annual awards. Phil, 55, originally trained to be a quantity surveyor but moved into comedy writing in the early 1970s. But it was with Grange Hill that Phil hit the big time. He created the series in 1976 based on his own experiences of school, and the first episode went out two years later. "I was actually surprised at how pleased I was, it's pretty cool", Redmond said on hearing the news. Mersey TV is now Britain's leading producer of drama and has a 60-episode contract to produce Grange Hill. GH Online believes Phil's gong is well-deserved and a long time coming. Congratulations Phil! http://www.grangehill.net/noticeboard.html
	GRANGE HILL DOWNLOADS COMING SOON Later this summer GH Online will be launching its Downloads pages, packed with screensavers and wallpapers of Grange Hill through the years. There'll be loads to choose from but we need your help. Who would you like to see in a Grange Hill screensaver? And which characters would make you swoon in a desktop wallpaper? Tell us and we'll make it happen! http://www.grangehill.net/contact.html
	THIS WEEK ON THE FORUM Once again the GH Online forum is red-hot and here's what you've all been talking about... CONGRATULATIONS PHIL in TALK GRANGE HILL Characters Present Whereabouts in TALK GRANGE HILL What was with "the Trainer year"? in TALK GRANGE HILL Saint George's Day in SCHOOL PLAYGROUND Silence isn't golden! in SCHOOL PLAYGROUND REMEMBER! Anyone can read our Forum but only by signing up do you get the full monty! It's free and easy, so why not join now? http://www.grangehill.net/forum/index.php

And that's it for this week - have a good one!