Grange Hill series 9

The ninth series of the British television drama series Grange Hill began broadcasting on 7 January 1986, and ended on 1 April 1986 on BBC One. The series follows the lives of the staff and Students of the eponymous school, an inner-city London comprehensive school. It consists of twenty-four episodes.

Cast and characters

Students

Teachers

Episodes

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! style="background: #333333; color:white"| No. ! style="background: #333333; color:white"| Episode ! style="background: #333333; color:white"| Writer ! style="background: #333333; color:white"| Director ! style="background: #333333; color:white"| Original airdate |- | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| Episode One | align="center"| Barry Purchese | align="center"| Edward Pugh | align="center"| 7 January 1986 |-b | style="background:white" colspan="5" | There are some new faces at Grange Hill and some changes. Annette has moved to Milton Keynes and Ziggy has arrived from Liverpool. Mr Humphries, the headmaster, has disappeared and Zammo has fallen out with Jackie. Imelda plants a frog in someone's crisp packet and creates havoc in assembly. Trevor and Vince nick Ziggy's bag but it turns out to be Ant Jones's. Also, Ant doesn't get on well with his new tutor, Mr Bronson. Caretaker Mr Griffiths catches Danny Kendall smoking and chases after him, but on the way Danny runs into Mr Baxter. Mrs. McClusky finds out that the Headmaster has been killed in a car crash. Outside, Ziggy is playing with a spider, explaining that he got his nickname from the Bowie record "Spiders From Mars". Imelda arrives and promptly stamps on it and Ziggy pushes her into a fountain. First Appearances: Eric "Ziggy" Greaves, Danny Kendall, Ant Jones, Julia Glover, Laura Reagan, Mrs Reagan, Miss Partridge, Mr Kennedy, Mr King and more. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 3 | align="center"| Episode Three | align="center"| David Angus | align="center"| Edward Pugh | align="center"| 14 January 1986 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | Everyone's wondering what is behind the plaster on Mr Bronson's neck and some suggest it could be a love bite. Mr King warns E2 to stay clear of fibreglass because it causes thousands of tiny cuts to the skin and Ronnie Birtles suspects Imelda. Ziggy tells on Imelda in art and she puts fibreglass down his back. Meanwhile, Mr. Griffiths finds the off-limits area in the Upper School is on fire and sounds the alarm, but after the many false alarms Mr Bronson does not dismiss his class. The firemen are angry that the building has been evacuated so late. Mr King finds Ziggy with an injured back but doesn't snitch. The fire is put out, but there's further bad news - the place is full of asbestos dust and the whole building needs to be closed indefinitely. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 6 | align="center"| Episode Six | align="center"| Margaret Simpson | align="center"| Roger Singleton-Turner | align="center"| 24 January 1986 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | Georgina is in trouble with Imelda for going to Louise's party without her or Helen. Gonch starts a sandwich selling business. Fay tells Julia that she fancies Mr King. Ant wins his swimming match, but the girls do badly, At the skip, some copper piping provides cash to buy a toaster. Ronnie gets in trouble for throwing a dishcloth at Mr Griffiths, and has to clear up sweet wrappers for a week. Calley is planning to create a fanzine for the school. Zammo's broke again and Jackie doesn't believe a word he says. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 7 | align="center"| Episode Seven | align="center"| Frances Galleymore | align="center"| Roger Singleton-Turner | align="center"| 28 January 1986 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | Gonch starts selling buttered toast at 10p a slice. The portacabins haven't arrived and the staff are losing patience. Mr Bronson is angry with Mr Baxter because he thinks he is using his deputy head position to improve sports resources. Georgina is worried that seeing Ant Jones will provoke violence from Imelda, but Ant reassures that he'll protect her. However, he falls into more trouble with Mr Bronson and cannot make it in time. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 8 | align="center"| Episode Eight | align="center"| Frances Galleymore | align="center"| Roger Singleton-Turner | align="center"| 31 January 1986 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | Imelda is winding up Ziggy and as a result of that, a bucket of paint ends up over Mr Griffiths. Gonch starts taking advance orders for toast. The teachers become puzzled by the abundance of toast and the lack of people in the canteen. Ziggy is fast on Imeda's trail but she stops him by entering the girls' toilets. Mr Griffiths finds the toaster and reports to Mrs McClusky. Mr Griffiths gets another bucket over the head as Ziggy accidentally dislodges the ladder. Featuring Patsy Palmer as Natasha. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 9 | align="center"| Episode Nine | align="center"| Sarah Daniels | align="center"| Margie Barbour | align="center"| 4 February 1986 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | Danny refuses to participate in Drama and ends up walking out. Zammo has been borrowing money from everyone and is in a hurry to speak to Jackie. At a local café, Mrs Reagan asks her daughter and Julia to investigate Louise Webb's family. Ant has a heart-to-heart with Georgina, who can't leave Imelda's Terrorhawks gang without danger. Zammo is trying to raise money - his rather dubious friend Doug is in his house looking at his mother's belongings. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 10 | align="center"| Episode Ten | align="center"| Sarah Daniels | align="center"| Margie Barbour | align="center"| 7 February 1986 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | The temporary classrooms have arrived at last – with Imelda hiding inside one of them. Mr Baxter and Mr Bronson seem surprised to find out the crane driver is a woman. Gonch takes Ziggy's letter from the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, since Ziggy hasn't arrived yet, and decides to make it more interesting, by telling him that Prince Philip himself will visit and that he wants him to collect as much chalk as possible. Mr King asks Imelda about her letter to Rentokil – apparently she asked if rat poison would work on humans! Ziggy and Robbie's attempt to water-balloon Imelda leads to more damage. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 11 | align="center"| Episode Eleven | align="center"| John Godber | align="center"| David Bell | align="center"| 11 February 1986 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | Mrs McClusky has come up with the idea of a logo design competition since the merger between Grange Hill, Rodney Bennett and Brookdale. Ziggy starts collecting chalk for the fake Duke of Edinburgh award invented by Gonch. Ant's having trouble finding Georgina because of Imelda. Some of the first years find their own way around Imelda's timetable corner-cutting idea by cutting it themselves so they don't have to pay. Ant fetches Georgina before the staff catch up with her but Imelda isn't happy. Ant comforts Georgina but Mr Bronson is outraged by the display of affection and grabs hold of Ant. He pushes him off and Mr Bronson falls. Imelda is chased, caught and suspended. Ant is told he must apologise to Mr Bronson or face suspension. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

| align="center"| 13 | align="center"| Episode Thirteen | align="center"| Margaret Simpson | align="center"| David Bell | align="center"| 18 February 1986 |- | style="background:white" colspan="5" | It is a half-term holiday and Robbie and Ziggy go to London. Laura and Julia are out shopping and are planning to go to an all-night party. They bump into Louise who is looking after her brothers but doesn't seem to want to talk. At the River Thames, Ziggy and Robbie sneak onto a pleasure boat, pretending to be part of a group, but they are caught, and are fast running out of money. Robbie tells Ziggy he saw bodies in an open crypt and they decide to go back there. After searching, they find the place but it has been turned into houses. When they get back to the tube station, the ticket collector recognises them and tells them they'll have to walk home. |- style="background:#333333; height:2px" | colspan="5" |

Grange Hill series 9

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