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Article: Over the Hill... ; True grit: A classic scene from Grange Hill in the early 1980s with Zammo (Lee MacDonald) far right.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- February 7, 2008
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Byline: Paul Revoir
IOver the Hill... Thirty years ago it gave a shocking picture of schoollife. Now, as reality eclipses fiction, its the end for Grange Hill
IN ITS heyday the hard-hitting stories of drug addiction, teenage pregnancy andbullying at school scandalised even the teachers.
But yesterday, almost 30 years to the day since Grange Hill first enthralledteenagers and appalled parents, the drama fell victim to a grimmer realityit no longer strikes a chord because life in many schools is even worse.
The BBC announced that the gates of the London-based secondary school are toclose, claiming the series no longer reflected childrens ...