Grange Hill | |
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Season 29 | |
No. of episodes | 20 |
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Original network | BBC One |
Original release | 7 November – 2 December 2005 |
Series chronology | |
The twenty-ninth series of the British television drama series Grange Hill began broadcasting on 7 November 2005, before ending on 2 December 2005 on BBC One. The series follows the lives of the staff and pupils of the eponymous school, an inner-city London comprehensive school. [1] It consists of twenty episodes.
# | Episode | Writer | Director | Original airdate |
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1 | Episode One | Phil Redmond | Paul Murphy | 7 November 2005 |
The school gates open for the first day of a new school year. Togger and his friends suddenly find themselves interested in the opposite sex. | ||||
2 | Episode Two | Heather Robson | Paul Murphy | 8 November 2005 |
Tanya isn't impressed by the PE kit. Martin falls out with Maddie. | ||||
3 | Episode Three | Neil Jones | Chris Johnston | 9 November 2005 |
Alex and Alison's friendship hits problems. Holly is saved from having an accident by Baz. | ||||
4 | Episode Four | Phil Redmond | 10 November 2005 | |
Togger finds himself in trouble. Tanya continues her campaign for an improved PE kit. | ||||
5 | Episode Five | Phil Redmond | 11 November 2005 | |
Togger and his friends find their lives in danger on the day of the wedding. | ||||
6 | Episode Six | Andy Lynch | Paul Murphy | 14 November 2005 |
Tanya decides to stand for the school council. | ||||
7 | Episode Seven | Sarah Daniels | Daikin Marsh | 15 November 2005 |
Preparations get under way for the school's first ever GP. When Togger tries to help Tanya get elected to the school council his plan goes wrong. After saying goodbye to Martin, Maddie leaves the school. | ||||
8 | Episode Eight | Kaddy Benyon | Daikin Marsh | 16 November 2005 |
The school's GP gets underway, Holly and Martin persuade a local company to part with an incinerator, and Tanya is disillusioned at her first school council meeting. | ||||
9 | Episode Nine | Neil Jones | Jayne Chard | 17 November 2005 |
Togger comes to school with a black eye. | ||||
10 | Episode Ten | Richard Burke | Jayne Chard | 18 November 2005 |
Togger continues to find himself in trouble. | ||||
11 | Episode Eleven | Kaddy Benyon | Chris Johnston | 21 November 2005 |
Tanya is concerned how Emma will react when she finds out that she is now seeing Baz. | ||||
12 | Episode Twelve | Sarah Daniels | Chris Johnston | 22 November 2005 |
Tanya and Togger continue in their quest to get the school's PE kit improved. Karen isn't impressed when she learns that Baz is seeing Tanya. | ||||
13 | Episode Thirteen | Heather Robson | Paul Murphy | 23 November 2005 |
Tanya thinks about how her relationship with Baz is going. | ||||
14 | Episode Fourteen | Richard Burke | Paul Murphy | 24 November 2005 |
Taylor clashes with Max. Ed and Alex find themselves falling out with Tigger. | ||||
15 | Episode Fifteen | Andy Lynch | Daikin Marsh | 25 November 2005 |
The first showing of Togger's film is broadcast. Tanya decides to cancel her date with Baz. | ||||
16 | Episode Sixteen | Kaddy Benyon | Daikin Marsh | 28 November 2005 |
Chloe and Andrea find themselves in trouble. | ||||
17 | Episode Seventeen | Heather Robson | Dusan Lazarevic | 29 November 2005 |
Togger finds himself in trouble when he states a protest over the state of the toilets. | ||||
18 | Episode Eighteen | Sarah Daniels | Dusan Lazarevic | 30 November 2005 |
Emma ends up returning. Alex makes some smoothies for the restaurant. Tanya is asked out by Jeremy. The P.E referendum takes place at the school. Baz ends up fighting with Donnie. | ||||
19 | Episode Nineteen | Neil Jones | Chris Johnston | 1 December 2005 |
Mooey has no intention of going home without the prize money where he wins the remote control car race or not. | ||||
20 | Episode Twenty | Kaddy Benyon | Chris Johnston | 2 December 2005 |
The school term comes to a close and Martin proves the wind turbine project to be a cheat. Mrs. Bassinger offers Taylor a job. Togger and Tanya grow closer. | ||||
The twenty-ninth series of Grange Hill has never been released on DVD as of 2014.
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