THE WEEKLY NEWS FROM GH ONLINE Issue 65 02 October 2005
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Hot news about Grange Hill's first ever deaf character, plus two former Grange Hill favourites progress to other programmes. And if you were in Grange Hill in the 90s, there's still time to get in touch...

Rebecca-Anne Withey Rebecca is Grange Hill's deaf student
HERE IS THE FIRST PICTURE OF Grange Hill's first deaf character. Rebecca-Anne Withey, from Walsall, will play the as yet unnamed girl when the new series begins in November. Rebecca, 19, was chosen after a nationwide search for an actress who could sign.

Rebecca is no stranger to television; she's appeared in Channel 4's deaf magazine show Vee-TV. She is now a first year student at Wolverhampton University where she hopes to set up a dance/aerobics class for the deaf.

More details on our Series 29 page
http://www.grangehill.net/know/series29.html

 

Rochelle Gadd

Iain Robertson

 

From Grange Hill to Hollyoaks...and Casualty
THERE'S SOMETHING FAMILIAR ABOUT
one of the new students in Channel 4's Hollyoaks this Monday. The new girl, Olivia, is played by none other than Rochelle Gadd who played Dill in Grange Hill for seven years in the 1990s. Catch Rochelle's first appearance on Monday night at 6:30pm.

Another Grange Hill favourite, Iain Robertson, was seen in BBC1's Casualty last Saturday. As Grange Hill's sinister Sean Pearce, Iain found himself locked up after knifing Judi. But in Casualty he was on the other side of the bars, playing a sympathetic prison officer disgusted to learn his colleague "discouraged" an inmate from reporting a sexual assault. Iain was seen in a large part of the episode.
http://www.grangehill.net/noticeboard.html

 

Don't forget...1990s reunion
IF YOU WERE IN GRANGE HILL during the 1990s, Ian Steele, who played Brian Shaw - is organising a reunion in London and would love you to be there! No date has been finalised but the event is expected to take place in central London in mid-October.

If you appeared in Grange Hill any time between 1990 and 1996, we'd love to hear from you, so please drop us a line. Further information at
http://www.grangehill.net/ghreunited_1990s.html

 

THIS WEEK ON THE BLACKBOARD

Location filming in Essex? in TALK GRANGE HILL
Deaf Character in Series 29 in TALK GRANGE HILL
Will Taylor & Karen still got out together in 2005/06? in GRANGE HILL TODAY
Toilet Tax in THE NAUGHTY NINETIES
Keith Appleyard taught at Grange Hill in THE EARLY YEARS
Hands off school vending machines! in TALK ABOUT IT
The 'crazymatt' fanclub in TEEN TALK
Where were you on September 11th 2001 ? in 16 PLUS

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So that's it for another GRANGE HILL NEWS - have a great week and see you again soon!