Grange Hill

Im a keen follower of grange hill and watch it everytime it appears on television and the reasons i watch this is due to the realistic storylines which appear in the childrens program. Id just like to talk about the lat 2 words i put in the previous paragraph - Childrens Program. Ive been comparing Grange hill with other soaps such as Eastenders, Neighbours and in my opinion i feel that Grange hill is way a head of these soaps in the realistic storylines. Take Eastenders - Nick Cotton goes to prison after being put there by his mother and then gets free and is suddenly pushed off a bridge and then his mother loves him dearly yet again (please take note that ...

This drama has good ingredients - good characters, realism, and a good background. Its been running for about 25 years, and it certainly hasn't lost its touch yet. Some issues raised in the program have been controversial, including autism, in the last series and parental abuse, but it keeps on going, year by year. The schoolkids act very well, and are very convincing, and the realism in the show is very good, as it gives a good balance. Some characters are troubled, some characters we get to know and love, like Tucker Jenkins in the old days. Now, we have gangs, and more modern groups of people, with moderniused storylines, like building work in schools. ...

Since the days of Tucker Jenkins, 'Grange Hill' has always pushed the boundaries of children's television and now, over twenty years since it debuted, it's still going strong. Unlike the mindless and desperately unfunny comedies ('Big Kids', 'There's a Viking in My Bed') and tame dramas ('Byker Grove', 'The Ghosthunter') that seem to proliferate on children's television, 'Grange Hill' doesn't patronise and is written and acted to a standard that is consistently as good as and often better than prime-time programmes. While 'Grange Hill''s inferior Newcastle-based bedfellow 'Byker ...