Grange Hill only one more series!!!!!

Grange Hill was an early children's soap opera set in an east end London school. When the series first came on TV back in 1978 I think it is fair to say it caused a lot of controversy as it was far removed from Blue Peter and dealt with real life issues, such as drugs, rape, disability and attempted suicide. Many parents worried about the effect it would have on their children and who would have believed it would be running 30 years on......

well it seems that all good things must come to an end and the BBC in it's wisdom, has decided to axe the programme after the next series. I used to watch it with my children and, whilst I sometimes used to cringe at some of the story lines, I think it was gritty programme that children loved as they could relate to some of the characters.
Many of the child stars have continued with their acting and you can see a few of them here. I am sure there will be equally as much controversy about the programme's demise as there was when it started, because many of today's parents will look back on this soap with nostalgia. I bet the ratings will boom for the last series!!!
I expect my girls Sam and Beccy will remember it very differently to me so I will be interested in their views.
I know many of you won't have a clue what I have been wittering on about but I just wanted my girls to have this news in case they had not picked it up!!!!!

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