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* On joining the actors' union Equity at the age of 16, it was necessary for some Grange Hill actors to change their professional names to avoid confusion with existing artists with the same name.
Grange Hill is a British children's television drama series, originally produced by the BBC and portraying life in a typical comprehensive school.The show began its run on 8 February 1978 on BBC1, and was one of the longest-running programmes on British television when it ended on 15 September 2008 after 31 series.
He started acting at the age of 6 as a child artist. [4] In school, he played as 'King Herod' in the play at the Corpus Christi Roman Catholic primary school on Brixton Hill. [2] In 1999, he made his acting debut as a child artist with the role 'Calvin Braithwaite' in the 73 episodes of BBC children's television drama serial Grange Hill.
Lee MacDonald (born 21 June 1968) is an English actor, who is known for his role as Zammo McGuire in the BBC drama Grange Hill. Since then, he has made cameo appearances on Birds of a Feather and The Bill. In 2019, he began appearing in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Terry. [1]
The cast recorded a song (also entitled "Just Say No"), which was released as a single, and reached number 5 in April 1986. [3] Bettles was also featured on a special music album released by the Grange Hill cast, with songs written by Steve Wright, who composed the theme tune for Channel 4's Brookside. [4]
Stuart Adrian Organ (8 November 1951 – 15 February 2024) was a British actor, best known for his role as teacher Peter Robson on the television series Grange Hill. [1] He appeared as the character for 15 years, from 1988 to 2003, across 260 episodes.
Originally from London, Maguire started his career at age five starring alongside Lord Olivier in A Voyage Round My Father. He then rose to fame at age ten when he was cast in the BBC drama Grange Hill in the role of "Tegs" Ratcliffe in which he remained until 1991. After leaving Grange Hill, Maguire played Aidan Brosnan in EastEnders.
John Alford (born John James Shannon; 30 October 1971) is a British actor. He played Robbie Wright in the BBC series Grange Hill (1985–90) and Billy Ray in the ITV series London's Burning (1993–98). He also had three Top 30 hits on the UK singles chart in 1996.