THE WEEKLY NEWS FROM GH ONLINE
Issue 57 26 June 2005
Hello!

Big news for Mersey TV this week, as the company which makes Grange Hill has been sold to the All3Media group. What will it mean for the Hill? Meanwhile, Thomas Hudson adds Casualty to his CV and there are more wallpapers to choose from on GH Online...

Thomas ends up in Casualty
THOMAS HUDSON
is the latest Grange Hill favourite to find himself in the A&E department that is BBC1's Casualty. Tom, 18, appeared briefly as Jamie Coldwell, son of Dr Maggie Coldwell, in Saturday's episode (25 June). Maggie is coming to terms with her father's Alzheimer's disease and Jamie is the latest member of her family to appear in the show.

It's not known if Tom will appear in any future episodes - we'll keep an eye out!

 

Jessica Staveley-Taylor New wallpapers - and reorganised pages!
THERE ARE CHANGES AFOOT
to our Downloads section this weekend, with the reorganisation of the Wallpapers pages. Wallpapers for Series 28 will still have their own page, but former characters are now sorted into pages for Girls, Boys and Teachers.

With the new pages come new wallpapers; have a look for all your favourite old school characters including Imelda, Trevor Cleaver and Mr Bronson! Hope the new pages make it easier to find the wallpapers you want.
http://www.grangehill.net/downloads.html

 

Mersey TV swallowed up for £35 million
MERSEY TV,
makers of Grange Hill, have been taken over by the All3Media Group. Phil Redmond, who founded MTV in 1982, sold the firm for £35 million after first putting the company up for sale in 2002.

Phil will remain executive producer of Grange Hill. All3Media plans to expand on series like Grange Hill, as well as venturing into new drama genres.
http://www.grangehill.net/noticeboard.html

 

THIS WEEK ON THE BLACKBOARD

Thomas Hudson in Casualty - Watch here in TALK GRANGE HILL
Mersey TV Sold To All3Media in TALK GRANGE HILL
Real-life places called Grange Hill in TALK GRANGE HILL
Extra Advert in GRANGE HILL TODAY
Canal Boat Trip - 1987 in THE EARLY YEARS
Glastonbury 2005 in TALK ABOUT IT

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http://www.grangehill.net/forum/index.php

 

So that's it from this Grange Hill news - have a good week!