GRANGE HILL: Series 5 & 6 BOXED SET

The sheer joy of revisiting 1982 and the Grange Hill kids I grew up with! Zammo and his stink bombs, the rise and fall of Gripper and the gorgeous Hoppy Hopwood. Six discs worth of reliving my childhood. The wonderful thing about Grange Hill was it's mixture of comedy and quite powerful drama which touched on serious issues. This era is perhaps best known for the storyline around Gripper Stebson, who progresses from mugging small children for their dinner money to all out racial violence. Never afraid to take any contentious subject by the horns, Grange Hill tackles the issues of racism and bullying incredibly well. Gripper is no less than vile but the portrayal does hint at why he turned out so full of of pointless hatred. Aside from the wider social issues it took on, Grange Hill was always a mirror to the experiences of schoolchildren and the day to day worries they faced such as the pressures of study, unfair teachers and being mortified when someone found out you had a crush on them. Generations of kids found great comfort in watching these characters going through the same things that they were dealing with. Childrens tv at its best.

We have waited a very long time for this on dvd. What was strange....... I was 9 going on 10 when the very first GH came out and when I watched the dvd of series 1 to 4 when it came out in 2007 I could remember most of it.I was 13 going on 14 when 5 and 6 was on TV. Watching this now aged 49 and 8 months I can't remember any of it!!!! It's as if I'm watching it for the first time.Roll on 7 and 8 and Tucker's Luck dvd releases. That will bring us up to 1985 and the year I left school and started work. 😁

Iv long awaited this series coming out. Iv so enjoyed watching them. It take me back to happy days, watching this while laid on the floor doing my homework. I love the characters and considering they were mostly kids, the cast acting was excellent. I wished we had seen something of Grippers home life, so we could understand why he was a bully. I will watch this again and share it with my nephews. I laughed out loud at some parts. Such quality for a childrens programme. Well written and acted throughout. I love it. I hope further series will be soon released.

Finally, many years after releasing the first 4 seasons on DVD, perhaps the best and most memorable Grange Hill episodes escape the vaults to be enjoyed again. It was a joy to see the first 4 seasons but Rollo and arch-villain Gripper hadn't appeared yet. Seasons 5 and 6 covers all of Grippers' tenure in the series, including his well deserved expulsion. For those who love 80s nostalgia this is perfect. I trust this sells well so the BBC release more seasons in due course. Zammo's darkest hour isn't cover in this set but fans of the series will want to see it again.

With the explosion in media i am surprised for reasons unknown the bbc are being so frugal with this massive classic. The child actors are very good. It is incredible most did not continue to act after there education. The writing is witty and believable. Please release the rest of the zammo years through to end of the 80s bbc.

Grew up with Grange Hill from day one. I already have series 1-4. And I have just bought series box set 5 and 6 but the disc would not play. Disc one would only play episode one on my bluray player and there were no options to selct any episodes it just kept repeating episode one and 13. Yet on my computer it played with no proplem at all.I have order a replacement and hope this one plays As my other dvds play ok.

Unmissable nostalgia from children's tv of the 1980s. First seen as a teenager, this box set brings back realistic memories of bog standard comprehensive education. But there's nothing average about the drama that doesn't flinch in bringing to the screen the harsh realities of bullying and racism of the era. The series main attraction is mixing this drama with genuine comic relief.

another set of grange hill . only down side was source copy it was taken from {some episodes} but who new back then we would be able to buy copys. lucky these even remain. life in 80s schools those were the days all told happy to have.