Craps And Dickheads In Grange Hill

June 20, 2020

Have a quick watch of this. The quality isn’t great, but keep an eye on his mouth.

https://youtu.be/2QcnaG3O5U8?t=719

He definitely says ‘crap’.

He’s been muted though. I wonder if they muted it before broadcast, or after, or for the DVD. I suspect before it was shown.

Now watch this scene carefully too.

https://youtu.be/2QcnaG3O5U8?t=719

There’s definitely some more muting shenanigans going on, but I can’t make out what’s being obscured. Anyone know?

Sometimes though, the ear plays tricks on me.

https://youtu.be/KO_vJ00-_Bk?t=483

At first it really sounds like Michael says ‘dickhead’, it’s just later when Duane repeats it that I realised it was ‘thickhead’.

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