History Series / GrangeHill

* FiveFingerDiscount: A regular pass time of some pupils.

* OutOfFocus The pupils in Tucker and Trisha's year group are prominent throughout the first four series. Come series 5 and they get a single prominent episode plus a handful of cameos.

* SafeAroundTheCorner: This sometimes happens when pupils are hiding from teachers, or the caretaker. Played straight in the second series, when Singer hides in a changing room. Mr Baxter enters the room in the background, while Singer is hidden around the corner; Mr Baxter then leaves again.

* WavingSignsAround: In series2 , the Students' Action Group hold protests against school uniform, complete with demonstrations, and makeshift signs. In a gesture of DefiantToTheEnd, they stage a sit-in protest in the secretary's office. Unconcerned, the headmaster locks them in. The group put sheets of paper with big letters in the window, saying "S. A. G. Sit-in No. 1".
** The end of series 6 sees a mass demonstration organised to reinstate popular teacher Mr "Sruffy" McGuffy, complete with hand made signs and banners. Despite the staff seeking to lock them out of the school they manage to enter and assemble in the main hall... only to discover that Mr McGuffy was reinstated the previous day and that they were just projecting all their frustrations with the school onto his cause.

* WavingSignsAround: In an early series, the Students' Action Group hold protests against school uniform, complete with demonstrations, and makeshift signs. In a gesture of DefiantToTheEnd, they stage a sit-in protest in the secretary's office. Unconcerned, the headmaster locks them in. The group put sheets of paper with big letters in the window, saying "S. A. G. Sit-in No. 1".

** An internal variation applies with pupils transferred from another class previously not shown on screen, upsetting the existing dynamics. Examples include Michael Doyal and Imelda Davis.

** A mass example occurs at the start of Series 8 when Grange Hill merges with Brookdale and Rodney Bennett, suddenly thrusting together many pupils in the higher years. The staffroom also experiences this, with teachers from the different schools struggling to assimilate.

* MakingUseOfTheTwin: Natalie Stevens was played by Julie Buckfield, whose twin sister Clare was also an actress. Two years after Natalie first appeared the show saw the arrival of her previously unmentioned twin sister Natasha, who had gone with their father in their parents' separation. The sisters have spent the last few years [[RichSiblingPoorSibling in very different circumstances]] which leads to [[IdenticalTwinMistake confusion]] and [[EvilTwin multiple]] [[ImpersonatingTheEvilTwin conflicts]] to the point where their younger sister Becky declares they're as bad as each other.

* MakingUseOfTheTwin: Natalie Stevens was played by Julie Buckfield, whose twin sister Clare was also an actress. Two years after Natalie first appeared the show saw the arrival of her previously unmentioned twin sister Natasha, who had gone with their father in their parents' separation. The sisters have spent the last few years [[RichSiblingPoorSibling in very different circumstances]] which leads to [[IdenticalTwinMistake confusion]] and [[EvilTwin multiple]] [[ImpersonatingTheEvilTwin conflict]] to the point where their younger sister Becky declares they're as bad as each other.