BBC announces Grange Hill will end
The BBC has announced that its schoolhouse drama 'Grange Hill' is to ending after 30 old age.
At a launch for newly and recurring dramas for CBBC today, it was announced the upcoming series of 'Grange Hill' would be the last.
Announcing the end of 'Grange Hill', Anne Gilchrist, Controller, CBBC, said: "Function of CBBC's repute for reflecting contemporary Great Britain endorse to UK children has been built upon Phil Redmond's ['Grange Hill' creator] brightly realised estimation and of course it's sad to say good-bye to such a often loved institution. The lives of children bear changed a great deal since 'Grange Hill' began and we owe it to our audience to reflect this."
She continued: "We're actively seeking out fresh and exciting shipway of delivery social naive realism to the CBBC audience through drama and other genres. Yesterday we announced iI 'Newsround' Specials tackling dissociate and tongue offence and we will continue to make programmes around the ups and downs of coeval Great Britain."
Jon East, Head of CBBC Drama, said: "For 30 years, Grange Mound has get a adage for realistic and contemporary children's drama. It's now time to apply what we've learned over the age to about of the freshly ideas we're exploring."
