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The Grimleys is a nostalgic comedy-drama television series set on a council estate in Dudley, West Midlands, England in the mid-1970s. It was first broadcast by Granada TV for ITV in 1999, following a pilot in 1997, and concluded in 2001 after three series. The show was written by Jed Mercurio, who had trained as a doctor and whose first series, Cardiac Arrest - written under the pseudonym 'John MacUre' - had attracted critical plaudits for its dark portrayal of life in a disintegrating British National Health Service. The filming of the school took place in Salford, Buile Hill High, Hope High and Pendleton College, although the filming of the characters' homes actually took place some 80 miles away in the Dudley area itself; around Parkes Hall Road on the Dudley-Sedgley border.
Seasons
Episode 1
The Big Sleep
30m
It's now 1978 and Britain is experiencing the punk revolution. Poor Miss Titley has been in a coma since her accident in 1975. Lovestruck Gordon, who is now a trainee English teacher, has visited her everyday to hold her hand and read her his poems.
Episode 2
Death And The Maiden
30m
Gordon takes an instant dislike to the new woodwork teacher.
Episode 3
Ecce Homo
30m
Mr Holder is concerned that Miss Titley's new look will cause too much disturbance among the male pupils. Gordon enjoys camping it up on stage in the school's production of Where Eagles Dare: The Musical, until his masculinity is questioned. Geraldine is smitten with new teacher Dave.
Episode 4
An Inspector Calls
30m
Mr Holder is terrified when he finds out that formidable inspector Mrs Robbins is due to visit his school. Gordon discovers that she's also a scary seductress when she offers him some hands-on tuition back in her hotel room.
Episode 5
Forbidden Fruit
30m
Dave Trebilcock decides to cool things down with Miss Titley when their relationship becomes the talk of the school. In order to rekindle his interest, Miss Titley makes him an offer no man could refuse, and it's all in the name of art. Darren, the school's resident punk, is caught selling nude photos in the tuck shop.
Episode 6Latest episode
The Grimley Curse
30m
Gordon becomes a punk guru.
