Grange Hill: Series 6
Season 6 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 5.
- 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 6 Progress Shield
Return
Jan 4, 1983
It's the start of a new year: Pogo is selling pens while Gripper is extracting money from the first years.
New Faces
Jan 7, 1983
Annette tries to spoil Fay's new friendship while Jonah and Zammo go visiting and get into very deep water.
Choices
Jan 11, 1983
Gripper has a new target, new boy Randir, and Suzanne's becoming increasingly rebellious.
Thuggies
Jan 14, 1983
Lunch breaks are being reduced, Stewpot's asked out Claire, and Gripper's racist attacks on Randir are intensifying.
On Trial
Jan 18, 1983
There is a shorter school day at Grange Hill so Jonah and Zammo decide to fill the gap by going elsewhere. Meanwhile Fay's hockey trials bring her relationship with Annette to brea
Field Trip
Jan 21, 1983
N2 set off on their field trip - but all does not go according to plan.
Love Triangle
Jan 25, 1983
Suzanne is on the verge of leaving home, and Gripper's demanding an Oath of Allegience.
Weightwatchers
Jan 28, 1983
Roland decides that he has heard enough jokes about his weight. Meanwhile Julie is doing some research on the staff.
An Inspector Calls
Feb 4, 1983
Jonah's suggestion for flexitime gets support from an unexpected source.
Paper Chase
Feb 8, 1983
Suzanne plans to start a pirate school magazine, but she needs paper, and lots of it. Help comes from an unexpected place.
Publication
Feb 11, 1983
Racially motivated fighting reaches a critical point, and the unofficial school magazine comes off the press.
Backlash
Feb 15, 1983
While Gripper is away, how will his henchman Denny 'Igor' Rees cope?
Repercussions
Feb 18, 1983
Gripper's back from suspension and not at all happy about Claire's magazine article against him. Mr. McGuffy is suspended, and a referendum on flexitime is announced.
Outward Bound: Part 1
Feb 22, 1983
Fun and games on the Outward Bound course, but Roland spends his time in a more unorthodox way.
Outward Bound: Part 2
Feb 25, 1983
Mr Baxter turns out to be afraid of heights. Meanwhile, Zammo has a near miss during the canoeing exercises.
Sympathy
Mar 1, 1983
It is exam time at Grange Hill. Jonah decides that the ballot on flexitime requires some special 'assistance'.
Rally
Mar 4, 1983
Mrs McClusky's suspension of Scruffy produces a very strong reaction among the Grange Hill students. They decide to take some rather extraordinary measures to express their point o