History Series / GrangeHill

* NewTransferStudent Surprisingly this was not actually the way the majority of new characters were added to already established classes, with most instead appearing to be an existing member of the class who had previously [[RememberTheNewGuy always been off camera]]. However over the years a number of pupils were explicitly shown as new to the school that year with various struggles to fit in including Diane Cooney, Randir Singh, Jeremy Irvine, Ziggy Greaves, Natasha Stevens and Jessica Arnold.

* NewTransferStudent Surprisingly this was not actually the way the majority of new characters were added to already established classes, with most instead appearing to be an existing member of the class who had previously [[RememberTheNewGuy always been off camera]]. However over the years a number of pupils were explicitly shown as new to the school that year with various struggles to fit in including Diane Cooney, Randir Singh, Jeremy Irvine, Ziggy Greaves,
Natasha Stevens and Jessica Arnold.

* NewTransferStudent Surprisingly this was not actually the way the majority of new characters were added to already established classes, with most instead appearing to be an existing member of the class who had previously [[RememberTheNewGuy? always been off camera]]. However over the years a number of pupils were explicitly shown as new to the school that year with various struggles to fit in including Diane Cooney, Randir Singh, Jeremy Irvine, Ziggy Greaves,

** Danny Kendall is introduced as part of a class of previously unseen third years with no indication that he's [[New Transfer Student new that year]]. His troublesome disinterest in life and frequent truanting but also his artistic talents only then seems to be noticed by the staff.

* AnAesop: Being mischievous and a prankster is one thing, but wasting the opportunities education gives you is another. [[spoiler: Tucker delivers this lesson to his nephew, because he regrets leaving school at seventeen and doesn't want Patrick to make the same mistake he did. That being said, he's definitely proud of all the trouble Patrick's caused.]]

* TheBusCameBack: Fan favourite of the 90s era of the show, Ray Haynes, returned unexpectedly three years after leaving the school, and consequently stayed on for a further six years as a café owner, having matured from a juvenile delinquent into a BigBrotherMentor to all the current students.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Highly prevalent in the first few series, there were at least a dozen schoolkids that disappeared without trace and were ''never'' mentioned again by any of the schoolkids, which included previously major characters such as Tracy Edwards and Penny Lewis, and several teachers came and went without trace too, often replaced with [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute identical personality replacements.]]

* HighSchoolHustler: Many pupils tried to their hand at this including Douglas "Pogo" Patterson, Luke "Gonch" Gardener and Russell "Jacko" Morgan. The results were never profitable.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Tucker, Benny and Alan sneak into Brookdale school to retrieve a stolen blazer, as they try to leave, they are confronted by a teacher, who realises that something is wrong. Just then, their bullies arrive and chase them, distracting the teacher, and the heroes escape.

** Repeated with Nigel and Jimmy at the end of series 7, who having spent the entire season robbing other people of their money, step into save the school's takings at the disco.

--> '''Mr Baxter''': Who for, [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot Godot]]? (Pupil looks blank) You wouldn't know, it's a literary reference.

* LongRunners: And how. Lasted for 31 years, from 1978 to 2008. The only longer-running show on CBBC is ''Series/BluePeter''.

There was a game adaptation of it for the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum and UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}}, which sold poorly because RealLife offered the same gameplay options with vastly better graphics, but is notable for the following HaveANiceDeath:

->"You see a shifty man in a leather jacket. "Hey, son. Want to buy some of this?" The man offers you a packet of white powder. He is a pusher."\\
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[Player selects "Yes"]\\
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"There is an empty look in his eye as he snatches the money from your hand. His face is pale and drawn; his body thin and unfed. He steals to keep his habit; and makes addicts of children. He is dead, and soon you will be too."

There is a fan site at: http://www.grangehillfans.co.uk/

*** In a poll run as part of ''UsefulNotes/ComicRelief'' 1988, viewers were asked to nominate someone, out of all the people appearing on BBC Children's TV, to be dropped into a "gunk tank" on Red Nose Day. Mr Bronson swiftly became the top choice. But then he appeared with the link presenter during one of the links between the shows, and sternly warned the nation's children to stop voting for him. And it ''worked''. [[labelnote:Or...]] more likely, he just made it known to the Powers That Be that he would not actually sit down and allow himself to be gunked, and since there was no clause in his contract that could force him to do this, they had to fudge things so that someone else ended up in the hot seat.[[/labelnote]]

* ShoutOut: One 1980s storyline has Grange Hill students attending a LARP/ModelUnitedNations as Tanzania.

--> '''Trisha''': Tell someone!
--> '''Simon''': No!!
--> '''Trisha''': Why not?
--> '''Simon''': Because they'll send me to a school for loonies, that's why.

* RugbyIsSlaughter: Lampshaded in an early episode of ''Series/GrangeHill'', when the DeadpanSnarker teacher Mr Baxter gives the first years a lesson in rugby, causing Justin Bennett to have a nose bleed. Alan Humphries excels in this lesson, and brings Mr Baxter to the ground, who smiles and says "that's more or less the idea".

* SadistTeacher

* HighSchoolHustler: Luke "Gonch" Gardener, or at least he tried to be one.

* NeverLearnedToRead: Simon Shaw in an early series, and this seems to go unnoticed by his unseen parents, and teachers; every time one of them asks him to read, he invents an excuse, such as not having his glasses (which nobody has seen him wear). Simon confesses being unable to read to fellow pupil Trisha Yates, who very kindly tries to teach him to read, but it does not go well.

* FiveFingerDiscount: Cathy Hargreaves shoplifts during an unexpected day off school, egged on by Madelin Tanner (who dobs her in).

* CluckingFunny: When Benny hesitates to do something which might get him and his friends in trouble, Jenkins flaps his arms and makes clucking noises.

* AsleepInClass: A boy in the 1979 series regularly fell asleep in class, as his restauranteur father made him work late into the night.

*** Made more hilarious by the fact his actions prove to be in vain anyway as his choice ends up winning regardless.