User Reviews

Series 9, 1986, is usually seen as the best year of Grange Hill's history. Here we have a classic mix of characters, some who are on their way out, or nearly so, (Fay, Roland, Zammo, Jackie), with new characters who are going to be with us for a few more years. We have the entrepreneurial Gonch and Hollo, the bad girl Imelda and her gang, and other pairs: Ziggy & Robbie, Calley & Ronnie, Ant & Georgina, and loner Danny Kendall. The teachers are good too, the incomparable Mr. Bronson, beautiful Miss Booth, and headed by the superb Mrs. McClusky. This season is also the source of the anti-drugs "Just Say No" campaign in Britain, with a single and album released by the cast. In series 9, we see Zammo slowly revealed as a drug addict, losing his friends, and his money, until the final memorable scene of him pathetically scrabbling around on the floor as his precious powder is spilled by girlfriend, Jackie. Series 9 is much longer than previous series - 24 episodes, 25 if you count the Christmas Special that preceded it. 10 out of 10 for this episode, but really that is for the whole of this year's series.