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Paual Ann Bland and Todd Carty are possibly the most famous Grange Hill pupils.

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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

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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.

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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/

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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.

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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

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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'...

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Gonch was running the UEA Student union when I was there back in the day...

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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.

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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

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And the second part of the above story:

 

 

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Either I've gone very blind, or I'm seeing it reported by Spade, not Shaun.

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Either I've gone very blind, or I'm seeing it reported by Spade, not Shaun.

 

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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.

 

main_115x150_Regular_MarkFarmerAsJustinJ

I remember him!

Blimey.

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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.

 

main_115x150_Regular_MarkFarmerAsJustinJ

I wondered whatever happened to him. He was terrific in Minder...

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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.

 

main_115x150_Regular_MarkFarmerAsJustinJ

I wondered whatever happened to him. He was terrific in Minder...

 

He was very good in Johnny Jarvis.

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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/

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