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Grange Hill: Season 12

20 episodes Premiered Jan 3, 1989 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Grange Hill

Season 12 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Grange Hill Season 11.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 12 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 12: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (17): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S12·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Jan 3, 1989

Tegs brother comes home, Mr. Bronson's car breaks down, Danny Kendall gets off to a bad start and Clark's new paper round is beset with difficulties.

S12·E2 Core

Episode 2

Jan 6, 1989

Justine meets Tegs's on-the-run brother, Vince saves Georgina with his "psychic powers" and Gonch explains his computerized Homework Service to Ziggy and Robbie.

S12·E3 Core

Episode 3

Jan 10, 1989

Vince's psychic powers continue to amaze Trevor Cleaver. Subterfuge is used to get Calley to do Mauler's French homework and the police raid Tegs's house.

S12·E4 Core

Episode 4

Jan 13, 1989

It's the night of Ronnie's party, and there are unwelcome guests in the form of Trevor Cleaver and Mauler McCaul.

S12·E5 Core

Episode 5

Jan 17, 1989

Chrissy is mugged on the way to school, and this prompts Miss Booth into suggesting self-defence classes. Danny starts on the swimming pool mosaic, but forgets his appointment with

S12·E6 Core

Episode 6

Jan 20, 1989

Gonch tries to impress Mandy Freemont to get her help with the homework service - but "Les Diapositives de Bretagne" turns out not to be the musical gig he was expecting.

S12·E7 Core

Episode 7

Jan 24, 1989

Mr. Bronson spoils Danny's work experience and Justine helps Tegs get his shirts clean. Trevor's got a lot of money on a horse - will "Lucky Shark" live up to the promise of his na

S12·E8 Core

Episode 8

Jan 27, 1989

Ronnie gets into Mr. Bronson's bad books when he collides with her moped. Clarke and Matthew use signalling to find the missing bike.

S12·E9 Core

Episode 9

Jan 31, 1989

Trevor's out to get Vince for his failed prediction, and Mauler wants to muscle in on Gonch's Sweepstake. When Mauler and Ted chase Gonch and Ziggy through the estate, there's a tr

S12·E10 Core

Episode 10

Feb 3, 1989

Grange Hill comes to terms with Danny Kendall's death with the planting of a tree and the holding of a memorial service.

S12·E11 Core

Episode 11

Feb 7, 1989

Who is hiding inside Grange Hill? Trevor has a skinful and has to be hidden away by Ziggy and Robbie. Mr Bronson, increasingly isolated and withdrawn, pulls out of the Isle of Wigh

S12·E12 Core

Episode 12

Feb 10, 1989

Mr. Bronson changes his mind about the isle of Wight trip, Justine discovers where Tegs has been hiding, and Helen has her first day of work experience as an engineer.

S12·E13 Core

Episode 13

Feb 14, 1989

Gonch sees Mandy in a new light on the Isle of Wight trip. Georgina's been getting weird notes from an admirer, and Trevor keeps losing his beer.

S12·E14 Core

Episode 14

Feb 17, 1989

Trevor's drinking gets him into a dangerous situation. At the barbecue, Calley goes cold on Robbie, and Mandy discovers the original reason that Gonch asked her out.

S12·E15 Core

Episode 15

Feb 21, 1989

Helen encounters Mauler at her work experience, Mr. Bronson hands in his notice and Trevor is seen going to the off-license.

S12·E16 Core

Episode 16

Feb 24, 1989

Mr. Griffiths, Mauler and Ziggy make a search for the mystery intruder under the cover of darkness.

S12·E17 Core

Episode 17

Feb 28, 1989

Who will be Mauler's date? Matthew and Clarke find the owner of the ferocious dog.

S12·E18 Core

Episode 18

Mar 3, 1989

Mauler is out for revenge on Gonch. A reporter for the local radio station comes to school. Tegs goes back to his old house.

S12·E19 Mytharc

Episode 19

Mar 7, 1989

Plans are laid for the forthcoming Prom, and money is raised for Mr. Bronson's leaving present.

S12·E20 Mytharc

Episode 20

Mar 10, 1989

Grange Hill holds a glitzy end-of-term Prom. There's a clash of the Rambos, and a mission to get Georgina and Ziggy together.

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