Guest The Watcher Posted October 21, 2015 Paual Ann Bland and Todd Carty are possibly the most famous Grange Hill pupils. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,638 Posted October 21, 2015 Would be amiss not to post this 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,653 Posted October 21, 2015 Paual Ann Bland and Todd Carty are possibly the most famous Grange Hill pupils. Alex Kingston (River Song) herself played a bully in an early series. Susan Tully & Sean McGuire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,682 Posted October 21, 2015 Paual Ann Bland and Todd Carty are possibly the most famous Grange Hill pupils. Alex Kingston (River Song) herself played a bully in an early series. Susan Tully & Sean McGuire isn't Paula Ann Bland mostly remembered for losing her bikini top in some clip or other? Her last acting credit is from 1994. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,552 Posted October 21, 2015 Michael Cronin who played Geoff "Bullet" Baxter the P.E. teacher has a string of acting credits to his name http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188788/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 288 Posted October 21, 2015 That was the film The Fruit Machine from 1988, in a scene shot in a dolphinarium. She also posed nude for a top shelf magazine around the same time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted October 21, 2015 Get yer tits out for the lads! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,552 Posted October 21, 2015 That was the film The Fruit Machine from 1988, in a scene shot in a dolphinarium. She also posed nude for a top shelf magazine around the same time. I think they also featured her topless in The Sun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 21, 2015 Michael Cronin who played Geoff "Bullet" Baxter the P.E. teacher has a string of acting credits to his name http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188788/ Punched Andrew Sachs in the face in 'Fawlty Towers'... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 21, 2015 Gonch was running the UEA Student union when I was there back in the day... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted October 21, 2015 Michael Cronin who played Geoff "Bullet" Baxter the P.E. teacher has a string of acting credits to his name http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188788/ Punched Andrew Sachs in the face in 'Fawlty Towers'... https://youtu.be/6i8IER7nTfc?t=73 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted November 25, 2015 Annie Wood, scriptwriter who penned a couple of episodes for season 22, has died of cancer at 64. http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/nov/24/annie-wood-obituary Also wrote more prolifically for EastEnders and was on the scriptwriting team for Surgical Spirit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted January 9, 2016 Sadly, no information on when he died, but Michael Percival who played Mr Mitchell, the very first form teacher of Tucker, Benny, Justin, Trisha et al died sometime between 1 May and 9 November 2015. His death is mentioned in the In Memoriam section of the Winter edition of Equity Magazine (page 16) available here. https://www.equity.org.uk/documents/equity-magazine-winter-2015/ Might be worth checking names mentioned there in case we missed anyone else. I was alerted to this by his mention in the Doctor Who In Memoriam video I posted on the British Science Fiction thread. I really liked his character who left at the end of Series 2 I believe. I'm so disappointed that there appears to be zero coverage of his passing elsewhere, however it may be that the family wanted that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,226 Posted January 9, 2016 Sadly, no information on when he died, but Michael Percival who played Mr Mitchell, the very first form teacher of Tucker, Benny, Justin, Trisha et al died sometime between 1 May and 9 November 2015. His death is mentioned in the In Memoriam section of the Winter edition of Equity Magazine (page 16) available here. https://www.equity.org.uk/documents/equity-magazine-winter-2015/ Might be worth checking names mentioned there in case we missed anyone else. I was alerted to this by his mention in the Doctor Who In Memoriam video I posted on the British Science Fiction thread. I really liked his character who left at the end of Series 2 I believe. I'm so disappointed that there appears to be zero coverage of his passing elsewhere, however it may be that the family wanted that. Shit, I remember watching Grange Hill from the start and that fella didn't look like he was acting he WAS a teacher just like those I were taught by. Edit: Found this site.http://familiar-unknown.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-min=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=50 should go well with ATJs thread sometime back 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted January 27, 2016 Rita Davies' death reported here: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8301&p=251280 Here she is as Joan Hamilton, the manager of the centre on a Grange Hill day out in 1989. Cracking for 80s fashion, John Alford, Michael Sheard etc etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted January 27, 2016 And the second part of the above story: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted March 1, 2016 Spade reports Louise Plowright's death here: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2531&p=256485 She played Ms Lawrence in Season 28 of this fine series also: https://youtu.be/achwKJrurPU Edited. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,558 Posted March 1, 2016 Either I've gone very blind, or I'm seeing it reported by Spade, not Shaun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted March 1, 2016 Either I've gone very blind, or I'm seeing it reported by Spade, not Shaun. Edited. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted April 26, 2016 Report of the death of Mark Farmer at 53. https://twitter.com/hill_grange/status/725020008187846657 Played the part of Gary Hargreaves. Also known as Justin in Minder and the eponymous role of Johnny Jarvis. RIP Mark, I was a huge fan. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,226 Posted April 26, 2016 Report of the death of Mark Farmer at 53. https://twitter.com/hill_grange/status/725020008187846657 Played the part of Gary Hargreaves. Also known as Justin in Minder and the eponymous role of Johnny Jarvis. RIP Mark, I was a huge fan. I remember him! Blimey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 26, 2016 Report of the death of Mark Farmer at 53. https://twitter.com/hill_grange/status/725020008187846657 Played the part of Gary Hargreaves. Also known as Justin in Minder and the eponymous role of Johnny Jarvis. RIP Mark, I was a huge fan. I wondered whatever happened to him. He was terrific in Minder... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,226 Posted April 26, 2016 Report of the death of Mark Farmer at 53. https://twitter.com/hill_grange/status/725020008187846657 Played the part of Gary Hargreaves. Also known as Justin in Minder and the eponymous role of Johnny Jarvis. RIP Mark, I was a huge fan. I wondered whatever happened to him. He was terrific in Minder... He was very good in Johnny Jarvis. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted April 27, 2016 Daily Express on Mark Farmer: http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/664980/Grange-Hill-Minder-Mark-Farmer-loses-short-battle-with-cancer-aged-53 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted August 10, 2017 Obituary for Beryl King aged 90. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/aug/10/beryl-king-obituary Better known as a stage actress and teacher, she played the role of Mrs Stannard, a bitch of a governess of the school, at a meeting to discuss the alleged relationship between Fay Lucas and the teacher Mr King. This was also around the height of Zammo's drugtaking. IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1469271/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites