Category: e.phemera
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Take Two Grange Hill Special
There’s some interesting stuff in this Take Two special about Grange Hill from 28th May 1986. Rumbelows is such a perfect 80s reference too. This is behind the scenes filming for series 10, and the show had been an OB production since the move to Elstree in series 8.
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Movies In Grange Hill
Movie buffs assemble. I need your help identifying some films that were featured in a couple of episodes of Grange Hill during series 8. You see, Gonch has hit upon a money-making wheeze, and he’s charging his schoolmates to watch rental VHS tapes during lunch hour. This is what they’re watching. Starts with a high…
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Pop Culture References In Grange Hill
I’m on to series eight of Grange Hill, and it struck me just how few pop culture references there have been in the show until now. Then along came a couple all at once. I find it funny that they explain the joke in such detail.* And later on, we get a Terry & June…
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A Dutch Blobby
Let’s be honest, the only reason this post exists is because I am a child and found the title too funny to ignore. Anyway. Noel’s House Party sold to five overseas territories. Here’s the Dutch version, called Monte Carlo, which aired on RTL4. https://twitter.com/chuckthomasuk/status/1297364881793003520?s=20 And here’s a trailer for it. The Belgian version was called…
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That Time Pogo Patterson Dated Sharon Watts
The crossover of actors from Grange Hill to Eastenders is quite lengthy, including the obvious ones of Todd Carty, Susan Tully, and Gary Hailes. I didn’t know though that Letitia Dean appeared in Grange Hill, only a year before she began on Eastenders. And she dated Pogo Patterson. Except, she uses a different stage name…
