Grange Hill: Series 2
Season 2 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 1.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jan 2, 1979
The start of a new term brings new faces, a new headmaster and new problems, especially for Benny who is suspected of stealing.
Episode 2
Jan 5, 1979
Benny's friends are convinced that he's been stealing from them and refuse to have him in the football team.
Episode 3
Jan 9, 1979
Justin thinks he has found a champion in Andrew, but making friends can be hard work.
Episode 4
Jan 12, 1979
Trisha reluctantly agrees to call for the unpunctual Simon on her way to school, but this leads to more complications than she'd bargained for.
Episode 5
Jan 16, 1979
As Penny prepares for her first School Council meeting she discovers that an official position has its problems.
Episode 6
Jan 19, 1979
Simon is in trouble with Mr Baxter. By the end of the day he's in much worse trouble, all because of Tucker and the Tremblers.
Episode 7
Jan 23, 1979
Simon is in big trouble, but things can't get any worse - can they ?
Episode 8
Jan 26, 1979
Despite a warning from the police about a child molester in the area, Cathy takes a short cut home.
Episode 9
Jan 30, 1979
Cathy is disturbed by the sudden arrival of her father, and she falls out with Trisha. All might be well, but for Madelin's interference.
Episode 10
Feb 2, 1979
Trisha won't speak to Cathy, so when the teachers go on strike, it is with Madelin that Cathy visits the shopping precinct. There, they are soon both in serious trouble.
Episode 11
Feb 6, 1979
The Students Action Group start picketing sports activities to further their campaign for the abolition of school uniform, but they reckon without Mr Baxter.
Episode 12
Feb 9, 1979
Cathy makes it up with Trisha, but they are soon in trouble when Jessica Samuels organises another protest over the school uniform.
Episode 13
Feb 13, 1979
As the opening night of the school play approaches, Andrew seems to be sickening for something.
Episode 14
Feb 16, 1979
After the school play, all is returning to normal at Grange Hill, but Tucker is late. This might mean trouble...
Episode 15
Feb 20, 1979
A weekend field trip in the country should have been quiet and peaceful, but Doyle and his friends are soon in trouble.
Episode 16
Feb 23, 1979
Penny and Susi are lost in the forest and a large-scale search is mounted.
Episode 17
Feb 27, 1979
Susi's parents threaten to take her away from Grange Hill if she doesn't do well in the exams.
Episode 18
Mar 2, 1979
Exams are over, term is ending quietly until Brookdale issues a challenge to Grange Hill.