BBC axes Grange Hill after 30 years

forge · Post by **forge** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:29 pm

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080 ... e80_2.html

"The lives of children have changed a great deal since Grange Hill began and we owe it to our audience to reflect this.

"We're actively seeking out new and exciting ways of bringing social realism to the CBBC audience through drama and other genres."

These include two Newsround specials tackling divorce and knife crime.

so wait a minute, they're axing it so they can show childern programs about divorce and knifing people?

I think I'd prefer they watched grange hill

Khazul · Post by **Khazul** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:39 pm

Should have been axed 30 yrs ago...

ava · Post by **ava** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:43 pm

Grange hill has always been a "Hard" school (Or atleast was when I was a kid), now our youths are getting stoned, snorting coke, smoking crack , dropping pills, chasing the dragon and more...) bbc can't show this stuff on tv so grange no longer has any relevance to today's youths.

Khazul · Post by **Khazul** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:14 pm

Allways thought grange hill was a training program for chavs anyway...

Actually the beeb could do somethign useful and turn the tables - lets have a program based upon blowing away chavs with sawn off shotguns :p

monoschall · Post by **monoschall** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:15 pm

was a great show but could have cancelled it after the two of the main characters moved on to Eastenders.

give me coronation street anyday

mosca · Post by **mosca** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:21 pm

1. this is for all you lovers in the dark.
2. i'll be your friend Roland.
3. Zammo

genius!

jeskola · Post by **jeskola** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:23 pm

monoschall wrote:was a great show but could have cancelled it after the two of the main characters moved on to Eastenders.

give me coronation street anyday

See i reckon they should merge tv shows together more...
Like those characters should have moved to eastenders after theyd left school.
OR maybe someone from eastenders might have a stag night in manchester and end up in the rovers.. that kind of thing

I think one family did a move from brookside to hollyoakes a few years ago

Too much time on my hands... i will admit to being an eastenders fan though

andydes · Post by **andydes** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:44 pm

ava wrote:Grange hill has always been a "Hard" school (Or atleast was when I was a kid), now our youths are getting stoned, snorting coke, smoking crack , dropping pills, chasing the dragon and more...) bbc can't show this stuff on tv so grange no longer has any relevance to today's youths.

Do you not remember Zammo's heroin addiction and subsquent death in the late 80s.

Not saying it's cutting edge TV exactly.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:02 pm

forge wrote:These include two Newsround specials tackling divorce and knife crime.

I'm having problems following this thread because I don't know the show, but "knife crime"? Is this a serious issue over there? Is it like living in the Beat It video? I'm not pro guns but by comparison knife crime sounds like a non problem.

GUY SMILEY · Post by **GUY SMILEY** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:43 pm

ava wrote:Grange hill has always been a "Hard" school (Or atleast was when I was a kid), now our youths are getting stoned, snorting coke, smoking crack , dropping pills, chasing the dragon and more...) bbc can't show this stuff on tv so grange no longer has any relevance to today's youths.

classic yeah zammo scared the shit out of me

andydes · Post by **andydes** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:51 pm

beats me wrote:
forge wrote:These include two Newsround specials tackling divorce and knife crime.
I'm having problems following this thread because I don't know the show, but "knife crime"? Is this a serious issue over there? Is it like living in the Beat It video? I'm not pro guns but by comparison knife crime sounds like a non problem.

It's a problem when you get stabbed.

Mr Man · Post by **Mr Man** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:25 pm

always liked the theme tune for some reason.

pulsoc · Post by **pulsoc** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:00 pm

beats me wrote:
forge wrote:These include two Newsround specials tackling divorce and knife crime.
I'm having problems following this thread because I don't know the show, but "knife crime"? Is this a serious issue over there? Is it like living in the Beat It video? I'm not pro guns but by comparison knife crime sounds like a non problem.

I would have thought that too, but since a major crackdown on guns here in Baltimore knife crimes have shot up. Still, I'd rather try to outrun a guy with a knife than a bullet.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:08 pm

Yeah, living in a country of people who are either shooting shit or blowing shit up, hearing about knife crime sounds like a manageable utopia....unless of course the kinves are being used by ninjas. That wouldn't be good.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:09 pm

beats me wrote:Yeah, living in a country of people who are either shooting shit or blowing shit up, hearing about knife crime sounds like a manageable utopia....unless of course the kinves are being used by ninjas. That wouldn't be good.

or pirates.

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