Parents and Grange Hill

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For those who were growing up when Grange Hill started in 1978.
Did you parents try to stop you watching it?

I watched. Started when I was in Yr6 or 7 and my school was very similar. I loved it

Need to add my kids were only born 1983 onwards so very much later era

Some bits are now very un PC so may have been cut out

Danny Kendall? Had a really bad attitude because he knew he was going to die, from what I can remember.

My kids, young teens in the early 90s were never interested.
I very much doubt I would have stopped them but it didn't arise

@PriamFarrl I have read various episode guide sites about this episode and none of them mention that happening. Could it be another programme?

Born in 77. My parents never cared what we watched. Don’t recall any of my friends not being allowed either.

I had a thing for Gonch

I loved Grange Hill, but wasn’t allowed to watch Eastenders! Taught me to say no to drugs!!

No Grange Hill, neighbours or Eastenders allowed here. TV in general was looked down on. My mum was forever turning it off and making us do something else.

We got away with watching the A-team on Sunday though probably because my dad enjoyed it. Doubt mum approved!

Defo when it first started it was a thing that parents wouldn't let their kids watch it. Tucker Jenkins era when it was very gritty and the teachers were often a bit brutal. I can still remember the early episode about the poor kid who couldn't do footy as had no boots. I went to a big comp with a rough reputation (at the time) and it was so similar

I watched it when I was probably year 5 or 6 so 1990/1991, and then biker grove later in the 90s when I was a teenager.
I was pretty much allowed to watch anything I wanted so long as it was before the 9pm watershed until I was 12-13 or so.

My mum was surprisingly liberal, I was reading Stephen King books when I was 14.

I wasn’t allowed to watch it. Somehow I still know the theme tune and the names of the main characters though!

@snowtrees That was Benny

Yes! It was not allowed in our house.

I wasn't allowed to watch it in the 90s - I wasn't happy

Nope. I’m certain. I watched it a couple of weeks ago on BritBox. I’ve read episode guides to get the characters name and it’s not mentioned.

I don’t think so. They don’t tend to edit things on there. They have the Fawlty Towers episode with language that we wouldn’t dream of using today.

@AttentionAll I just looked it up on Britbox. Episide2
I am going to have to subscribe and binge watch the lot

@PriamFarrl I've defo seen bits that had very racist language albeit prob common at the time. But now I need to re live the joy of it at age 10/11 and watch again

No. My mum didn’t stop me watching it.
It was a million miles away from my own secondary school experience. Shocking to watch but it wasn’t real, it was just telly.

I was allowed to watch it even though I was quite young. I think my mum assumed because it was on children's bbc it would be suitable, but I dont think she ever actually watched it with us.

I know she discouraged ITV because of the adverts. And I wasn't allowed to watch Neighbours until I was 13, much to my disgust. Because that was a soap opera so NOT SUITABLE!

I've just watched it, Series 5 Episode 3.

The story is that he's a late developer who's not been told the facts of life yet. He's a bit shy and he's been bullied by Gripper and ribbed a bit by his older sister. The bit where he's reading the medical book is before he's had the sex education lesson and Gripper's bullying has made him feel he'll never grow up like the other boys are doing. I can't see hint of a gay storyline being planned there.

Snap!!!!!!🙃Was it Anthony Karamanopolis who fell off a tall building????

I was in it! (Am not Tucker or Trisha). Mr Bronson seemed ancient to us and he could never remember his lines.

I was allowed to watch it from the first series in 78 which coincided with me starting secondary school. It was like a window on a different world for me (I was at an all girls boarding school).