Grange Hill series 8

The eighth series of the British television drama series Grange Hill began broadcasting on 18 February 1985, until 22 April 1985 (with a Christmas special broadcast on 27 December 1985) on BBC One. The series follows the lives of the staff and pupils of the eponymous school, an inner-city London comprehensive school. It consists of nineteen episodes (including a Christmas Special).

Pupils
• Paula Ann Bland as Claire Scott

• Mark Burdis as Christopher 'Stewpot' Stewart

• Dulice Liecier as Precious Matthews

• Mark Savage as Gripper Stebson

• Lee MacDonald as Samuel 'Zammo' McGuire

• Erkan Mustafa as Roland Browning

• Alison Bettles as Fay Lucas

• Simone Nylander as Janet St. Clair

• Nadia Chambers as Annette Firman

• Terry Kinsella as Jimmy Flynn

• Lisa York as Julie Marchant

• Julie-Ann Steel as Diane Cooney

• Anita Savage as Mandy Firth

• Joanne Bell as Sarah Wilks

• Melissa Wilks as Jackie Wright

• Mmoloki Chrystie as Kevin Baylon

• Tim Polley as Banksy Banks

• Douglas Chamberlain as Julian Fairbrother

• James Hickling as Eric Wallace

• Bonita Jones as Emma Stebson

• Simone Hyams as Calley Donnington

• John Drummond as Trevor Cleaver

• Tina Mahon as Ronnie Birtles

• John Alford as Robbie Wright

• John Holmes as Luke 'Gonch' Gardner

• Steve West as Vince Savage

• Ruth Carraway as Helen Kelly

• Joann Kenny as Jane Bishop

• Bradley Sheppard as Paul 'Hollo' Holloway

• Fleur Taylor as Imelda Davis

Teachers
• Michael Cronin as Mr Geoff Baxter

• Gwyneth Powell as Mrs Bridget McClusky

• Simon Heywood as Mr Nick Smart

• Nicholas Donnelly as Mr Craig McKenzie

• George A. Cooper as Mr Eric Griffiths

• Karen Ford as Miss Ginny Booth

• Michael Sheard as Mr Maurice Bronson

• Caroline Gruber as Miss Gillie Washington

• Tony Armatrading as Mr Peter McCartney

• Dennis Edwards as Mr Humphries

Release History
The eighth series of Grange Hill was released by Eureka Entertainment on DVD on 11 November 2019. This series includes English subtitles on all 18 episodes on three DVD discs, with format of 4:3 and total running time of 438 mins. (7hrs 18min).

Also bundled with this series is the 1981 Christmas Special, broadcast 28 December, which lasts 24mins.

Series 8 was also added to the Streaming site BritBox in November 2021