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06.01.2022 - 20:05 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Grange Hill is being made into a movie seventeen years on - and fans who watched the last episode when it was aired in 2008 are getting nostalgic as we remember some of the Scots stars who took part.
The series, set in a fictional comprehensive school, ran as a BBC children's TV series for 30 years from 1978 .
It became a staple diet of schoolchildren and their families ahead of their homework duties and covered a wide spectrum of social issues that made headlines including Zammo's addiction to heroin.
Popular characters included Tucker Jenkins, played by Todd Carty, Benny Green, Zammo McGuire, Justine Dean, and Norman 'Gripper' Stebson as well as Roland Browning played by Erkan Mustafa and Suzanne Ross played by Susan Tully who went on to Eastenders fame,
There were some Scottish born faces in the series too, including Iain Robertson aka Sean Pearce who went on to be Lex in cult Glasgow gang film, Small Faces and has featured in Rab C Nesbitt and Spielberg's Band of Brothers amongst other productions.
Most people will remember the late Michael Sheard who played French teacher and Deputy Headteacher Mr Bronson.
Michael, who passed away in 2005, was from Aberdeen, and also starred as Adolf Hitler in Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, Admiral Ozzel in the Star Wars Trilogy and of course as well as strict disciplinarian Mr Bronson, a former Latin teacher who arrived when Grange Hill merged with another school. It wasn’t long before his shout of ‘You Boy!’ became legendary.
Another Scots born actor was John Alford who was originally born in Glasgow, despite his cockney persona.
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