[ecrea] 40 Years of Grange Hill - conference

*40 Years of Grange Hill*

*Royal Holloway, University of London*

*28th April 2018
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*10am - 5pm*

*Tickers available at: 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/40-years-of-grange-hill-tickets-44096234023
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**The Centre for the History of Television Culture and Productionat 
Royal Holloway, University of London, has teamed up with the television 
archive organisation, Kaleidoscope <https://www.tvbrain.info/>, to 
co-host an event marking the fortieth anniversary of the BBC children's 
TV drama, /Grange Hill/.


Set in a London comprehensive school, the programme was first broadcast 
on 8 February 1978. Although initially conceived as a nine-part series, 
the programme proved so popular that it continued to be made until 2008. 
It also earned a reputation for its realism and willingness to tackle 
difficult subjects – from bad behaviour and truancy to drug use and 
teenage pregnancy – which also meant that it soon became a source of 
public controversy.


The event at Royal Holloway on 28 April 2018 will bring together a 
number of those involved in the making of the programme, including the 
original**Executive Producer, Anna Home, the programme’s creator and 
original writer, Phil Redmond (tbc), and many of the show’s cast: Mark 
Baxter, Linda Slater, Lisa East, Joanne Boakes, Gwyneth Powell, Lucinda 
Curtis, Paul McCarthy, Erkan Mustafaand Ruth Carraway(via satellite). 
Helen Wheatleyand Rachel Moseleyfrom the University of Warwick and Maire 
Messenger Davies**from the University of Ulster will also assess Grange 
Hill’s importance in TV history.

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*40 Years of Grange Hill*is designed to be an accessible event that is 
open to all. Tickets may be purchased at:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/40-years-of-grange-hill-tickets-44096234023


All proceeds from the event will go to the Good Grief Trust 
<http://www.thegoodgrieftrust.org/>, a charity that is run by 
LindaMagistris, formerly Linda Slater, who played Susi McMahon in Grange 
Hill.


For more information on the Centre for the History of Television Culture 
and Productionat Royal Holloway see: 
https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/mediaarts/research/centre-for-history-of-tv-culture-and-production.aspx



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