Tag: Grange Hill
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Epic Steadicam Shot … In Grange Hill
I want to draw your attention to this Steadicam shot … It’s nearly a minute long. That’s like half a Goodfellas. And it’s from Grange Hill in 1982. Who said TV is more cinematic these days?
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Grange Hill Has A Whole Missing Year
As regular readers will know, I’m slowly watching Grange Hill from the beginning. There’s something about it that makes it easy and enjoyable to watch, when I thought it might be slow-paced and dated. But I’ve realised that there’s a whole year missing in the narrative. As you would expect, we start the series with…
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Craps And Dickheads In Grange Hill
Have a quick watch of this. The quality isn’t great, but keep an eye on his mouth. 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. There’s definitely some more…
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The S Bomb In Grange Hill
He definitely says ‘shit’ here, I’m convinced.
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That Grange Hill Sausage
Am I the last person to know that the Grange Hill theme was also used for the first few series of Give Us A Clue? It’s Chicken Man by Alan Hawkshaw. Anyway, here’s a really nice behind the scenes documentary about series 11, which aired on New Year’s Day in 1988. Yes, it’s that Anthony…
