"1999 onwards. A new school entrance set was unveiled in 1990 and remained in use until 2002, with cosmetic modifications along the way. However, as the 1990s progressed more use was made of real schools including the Nicholas Hawksmoor School and Bushey Meads School, and St Audrey's School in Hatfield. Early in 2002 it was announced that ""Grange Hill"" creator Phil Redmond had signed a deal for his production company Mersey TV to produce the next three series of the programme. Production moved to Mersey TV's studios in Childwall, Liverpool from Series 26 onwards and for the first time in"
"name of the school in another Redmond creation, the ""Channel 4"" soap opera ""Brookside"" (1982–2003). ""Grange Hill"" was originally conceived by ATV writer Phil Redmond, who first approached various television companies with the idea in 1975, unsuccessfully. In 1976, he managed to sell the idea to the BBC, and the children's drama executive Anna Home commissioned an initial series of nine episodes in a trial run, the first being broadcast on 8 February 1978. From the start, the series caused controversy for its real-life, gritty portrayal of school life, which differed from the idealised portrayals of earlier school dramas. Redmond"
"Phil Redmond Philip Redmond, (born 10 June 1949) is an English television producer and screenwriter from Huyton, Lancashire. He took the 11-plus and passed it, but attended St Kevin's RC School in Northwood, Kirkby (it became All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby). His mother was a cleaner and his father was a bus driver. He left school with four O-levels and one A-level and trained to become a quantity surveyor. He based his first ideas for ""Grange Hill"" on his time at St Kevin's. He is well known for creating several popular television series such as ""Grange Hill"" (BBC One,"
"Christoph Waltz as Mikhail Gorbachev, and was to begin shooting in March 2013. Kevin Hood Kevin Hood is a playwright and screenwriter who is perhaps best known for contributing scripts to the BBC television series ""Grange Hill"" and the 2007 film ""Becoming Jane"". A successful playwright from 1987 to 1998, Hood wrote the plays ""Beached"", ""Astronomer's Garden"", ""Sugar Hill Blues"", ""Hammett's Apprentice"", and ""So Special"". During this period, Hood delved into television. He wrote episodes of ""Medics"" and ""Grange Hill"", a popular school drama for BBC. Later he co-devised the crime drama ""Silent Witness"", writing four episode scripts. Hood also"
"Colin Cant Colin Cant is a British television director and producer, best known for his work for the children's department of BBC Television from the 1970s to the 1990s. Within that department, he was for several years involved as both a director and producer on the long-running school-based drama series ""Grange Hill"". Cant was the first ever director on ""Grange Hill"" in 1978, and was responsible for much of the original casting for the programme. He began his career in television in the 1960s, earning his earliest credits as a scenic designer on programmes such as the BBC Scotland series"
"Greg Daniels Gregory Martin Daniels (born June 13, 1963) is an American television comedy writer, producer, and director. He is known for his work on several television series, including ""Saturday Night Live"", ""The Simpsons"", ""Parks and Recreation"", ""King of the Hill"" and ""The Office"". All five shows were named among ""Time""s James Poniewozik's All Time 100 TV Shows. Daniels attended Harvard University and he became friends with Conan O'Brien. Their first writing credit was for ""Not Necessarily the News"", before they were laid off due to budget cuts. He eventually became a writer for two long-running series: ""Saturday Night Live"""
"Mark Schwahn Mark Schwahn (born July 5, 1966) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known as creator, head writer and executive producer of the WB/CW drama series ""One Tree Hill"". Schwahn has co-written ""Coach Carter"" (2005), ""The Perfect Score"" (2004), ""Whatever It Takes"" (2000) and ""35 Miles from Normal"" (1997). In addition, he was creator of the TV series ""One Tree Hill"", for which he also wrote and directed. He served as producer for ""Whatever It Takes"" and ""One Tree Hill"". He also directed ""35 Miles from Normal"", which he filmed in his hometown of Pontiac,"
"adult television, including three stints as a director on ""Coronation Street""; in 1971-72, 1995-96 and 2000-05. He also directed episodes of the police drama ""Juliet Bravo"", legal drama ""Crown Court"" and another ITV soap opera, ""Emmerdale"". Colin Cant Colin Cant is a British television director and producer, best known for his work for the children's department of BBC Television from the 1970s to the 1990s. Within that department, he was for several years involved as both a director and producer on the long-running school-based drama series ""Grange Hill"". Cant was the first ever director on ""Grange Hill"" in 1978, and"
"Leonard Hill (producer) Leonard Franklin Hill (October 11, 1947 – June 7, 2016) was an American television producer and property developer. Hill began his career as a television writer, writing scripts for numerous shows, including ""Adam-12"", an NBC police drama. He then became a television executive, serving first at NBC before becoming Vice President of Movies at ABC. Hill produced four television miniseries, dozens of television movies and three drama series during his tenures at NBC and ABC. The popularity of television films had waned by the early 2000s, which prompted a career change by Hill. In 2001, switched to"
"friend Kevin. The show's other favourite characters during this period were Gonch and Hollo, played by John Holmes and Bradley Sheppard. During his time at the school (1985–89) Gonch took part in many moneymaking schemes, most of which were unsuccessful. There was a comedic element to the duo's relationship that worked well with viewers. Script editor Anthony Minghella, who worked on the series for several years during the 1980s, later won an Academy Award for Best Director for the film ""The English Patient"" in 1996. During the 1990s, ""Grange Hill"" did not receive the same media attention that it had"
"Greg Prange Gregory ""Greg"" Prange is an American film editor, television director and producer. He did production work on ""One Tree Hill"" and ""Dawson's Creek"". Prange has held positions on ""One Tree Hill"", ""Dawson's Creek"", ""Dying to Belong"", ""French Silk"" and various other director and editorial roles. Greg Prange is the father of Ian Prange whose ex-spouse was Hilarie Burton. Both Burton and Prange are heavily connected to the ""One Tree Hill"" TV series. Prange was nominated for an ALMA Award in 2001 for ""Outstanding Director of a Drama Series"". The nomination was for his directing role in ""Dawson's Creek""."
"Kevin Hood Kevin Hood is a playwright and screenwriter who is perhaps best known for contributing scripts to the BBC television series ""Grange Hill"" and the 2007 film ""Becoming Jane"". A successful playwright from 1987 to 1998, Hood wrote the plays ""Beached"", ""Astronomer's Garden"", ""Sugar Hill Blues"", ""Hammett's Apprentice"", and ""So Special"". During this period, Hood delved into television. He wrote episodes of ""Medics"" and ""Grange Hill"", a popular school drama for BBC. Later he co-devised the crime drama ""Silent Witness"", writing four episode scripts. Hood also penned the screenplay for the 1998 television film ""The Echo"", a thriller starring"
"Program for the Simpsons episode, ""Lisa's Wedding,"" Outstanding Comedy Series for ""The Office"" and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for ""The Office: Gay Witch Hunt"". Daniels was also awarded Austin Film Festival's Outstanding Television Writer Award in 2008. Greg Daniels Gregory Martin Daniels (born June 13, 1963) is an American television comedy writer, producer, and director. He is known for his work on several television series, including ""Saturday Night Live"", ""The Simpsons"", ""Parks and Recreation"", ""King of the Hill"" and ""The Office"". All five shows were named among ""Time""s James Poniewozik's All Time 100 TV Shows. Daniels attended Harvard"
"often been commissioned from independent producers as well as being made in-house. ""Grange Hill"" switched to independent production after twenty-five years as an in-house programme in 2003, when production was taken over by Mersey Television, the company established by the programme's creator Phil Redmond in the early 1980s. Co-productions with foreign broadcasters are also common, with BBC Scotland's successful 2004 fantasy drama ""Shoebox Zoo"" being made in collaboration with the Canadian company Blueprint Entertainment. As of 2005, the BBC continues to broadcast children's drama, usually in the weekday afternoon CBBC slot, but also occasional Sunday early evening / late afternoon"
"68. He was survived by his second wife, Dr. Patricia Gordon, whom he married in 2011, and two brothers, Andrew Hill and Rock Hill. Leonard Hill (producer) Leonard Franklin Hill (October 11, 1947 – June 7, 2016) was an American television producer and property developer. Hill began his career as a television writer, writing scripts for numerous shows, including ""Adam-12"", an NBC police drama. He then became a television executive, serving first at NBC before becoming Vice President of Movies at ABC. Hill produced four television miniseries, dozens of television movies and three drama series during his tenures at NBC"
"John Behring John Behring (born in Canton, South Dakota) is an American television director, cinematographer, and producer. He has directed numerous episodic television dramas including ""Arrow"", ""The Flash"", ""Grimm"", ""Legends"", ""Ghost Whisperer"", """", ""The 100"", ""One Tree Hill"", ""The Client List"", ""V"", ""Charmed"", ""Dawson’s Creek"", ""Life"", ""Crash"", ""Surface"", ""Dark Blue"", ""Hellcats"", ""The Vampire Diaries"" and ""Trauma"" among others. He also directed eleven episodes of the series ""NUMB3RS"" for which he also served as producer for three seasons from 2006–2008. Behring received his bachelor's and master's degree from the University of South Dakota before working for television station WISN-TV in Milwaukee,"
"John Hill (screenwriter) John Hill was an American screenwriter and television producer. He was originally from Prairie Village, Kansas. He got his start in Hollywood when he penned the 1976 TV movie ""Griffin and Phoenix"", starring Peter Falk and Jill Clayburgh. In 1980 his film ""Heartbeeps"" was released, starring Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters. In 1988, he co-wrote ""Little Nikita"", starring Sidney Poitier and River Phoenix. He wrote the movie ""Quigley Down Under"" in 1975. It was slated to be filmed in 1980, but was postponed when star Steve McQueen became too ill with cancer. Clint Eastwood was approached next,"
"Morgan Gendel Morgan Adley Gendel (born 1952) is an American screenwriter and television producer from West Hartford, CT. Gendel is currently Co-Executive Producer of the popular CW sci-fi series, ""The 100."" He has written for such television shows as ""Drop Dead Diva,""""Nash Bridges,"" ""Law & Order,"" Star Trek: The Next Generation"", ""Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"", ""Wiseguy"" and ""21 Jump Street"". Gendel is perhaps best known for having written """", one of the most popular and lauded episodes of """", for which he won the Hugo Award. He was the first television writer to win the Hugo for the franchise"
"each. Dave Hill (screenwriter) Dave Hill is an American television writer. He is known for writing three episodes of the HBO series ""Game of Thrones"": in season 5, ""Sons of the Harpy""; in season 6, ""Home""; and in season 7, ""Eastwatch"". Dave Hill began working as an assistant to ""Game of Thrones"" executive producers/writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss in season 2. In 2014, Hill became a staff writer for the fifth season and was assigned to write an episode. He was credited as story editor on Season 6 and executive story editor on Season 7, and wrote an episode"
"2007 BBC Children's ordered major changes to ""Grange Hill"" so that it fitted in with the new requirement that all programmes under the CBBC banner must appeal to an audience age 12 and under – younger than the traditional age group for ""Grange Hill"", which was the same as to slightly younger than the secondary school characters. Under a deal signed in 2005 Lime Pictures was contracted to produce ""Grange Hill"" until 2008, so changes began to be made. For series 31, Lime Pictures creative director Tony Wood set about the task of meeting CBBC's new requirements. He shifted much"
"Dave Hill (screenwriter) Dave Hill is an American television writer. He is known for writing three episodes of the HBO series ""Game of Thrones"": in season 5, ""Sons of the Harpy""; in season 6, ""Home""; and in season 7, ""Eastwatch"". Dave Hill began working as an assistant to ""Game of Thrones"" executive producers/writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss in season 2. In 2014, Hill became a staff writer for the fifth season and was assigned to write an episode. He was credited as story editor on Season 6 and executive story editor on Season 7, and wrote an episode for"
"James Hill (British director) James Hill (1 August 1919 – 7 October 1994) was a British film and television director, screenwriter and producer whose career spanned 52 years between 1937 and 1989, best remembered for his documentaries and short subjects such as ""Giuseppina"" and ""The Home Made Car"", and as director of the internationally acclaimed ""Born Free"". Hill also directed, produced and/or wrote such diverse films as ""Black Beauty"", ""A Study in Terror"", ""Every Day's a Holiday"", ""The Lion at World's End"" (a.k.a. ""Christian the lion""), ""Captain Nemo and the Underwater City"", ""The Man from O.R.G.Y."", and the children's television"
"now runs Wynn Production Associates, a team of BBC trained London based creatives. James Wynn (Grange Hill) James Wynn is a British actor, author and film maker who currently works for HTB Church in London. He is best known for his role as Mr. 'Sooty' Sutcliffe on the British TV drama Grange Hill. After leaving the programme in 1983, he gained a place on the BBC film directing course and he went on to work on Comic Relief, Jim'll Fix It and Songs of Praise. In 2009 he wrote the non-fiction book The House That Jack Built, based on his"
"Jim Dauterive James Thomas Dauterive (born 1957) is an American animation producer and writer. He was the executive producer and writer of several episodes of the animated series ""King of the Hill"", and later developed and wrote for the Fox series ""Bob's Burgers"". ""King of the Hill's"" Bill Dauterive is named after him. Dauterive joined ""King of the Hill"" as a writer at its inception in 1996. He wrote multiple episodes, including: ""Strangeness on a Train"", ""The Redneck on Rainey Street"", ""Glen Peggy Glen Ross"", ""To Sirloin with Love"" (co-writer), ""What Happens at the National Propane Gas Convention in Memphis"
"that he wouldn't mind making more episodes. In early 1995, after the successful first run of ""Beavis and Butt-Head"" on MTV, Mike Judge co-created the show ""King of the Hill"" with former ""Simpsons"" writer Greg Daniels. Judge was a former resident of Garland, Texas, upon which the fictional community of Arlen was loosely based, but as Judge stated in a later interview, the show was based more specifically on the Dallas suburb of Richardson. Mike Judge conceived the idea for the show, drew the main characters, and wrote a pilot script. Judge voiced characters Hank Hill and Boomhauer. The show"
"married Nancy Gross in 1990. They were still married at the time of his death. John Hill (screenwriter) John Hill was an American screenwriter and television producer. He was originally from Prairie Village, Kansas. He got his start in Hollywood when he penned the 1976 TV movie ""Griffin and Phoenix"", starring Peter Falk and Jill Clayburgh. In 1980 his film ""Heartbeeps"" was released, starring Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters. In 1988, he co-wrote ""Little Nikita"", starring Sidney Poitier and River Phoenix. He wrote the movie ""Quigley Down Under"" in 1975. It was slated to be filmed in 1980, but was"
"as a writer on the Children's TV series ""Grange Hill"". Her stage play version of ""Castlehill"" was produced at Contact Theatre where she was resident writer in 1990. She also wrote on ""Home Farm Twins"" and co-wrote, with director Paul Hills, the award-winning feature film ""Boston Kickout"". From 1995 - 1998 she successfully combined a writing career with running her own production company, Bite-Back Productions, producing a short film ""Boom Boom Clap"", as well as numerous plays and documentaries for BBC Radio 4. Between 1998 and 2004, she moved into television and worked for Granada Kids as a series producer"
"He also received a nomination for an Primetime Emmy Award in 1988 for ""Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special - Single Camera Production"". The Emmy nomination was for ""To Heal a Nation"" and was shared with Millie Moore. Greg Prange Gregory ""Greg"" Prange is an American film editor, television director and producer. He did production work on ""One Tree Hill"" and ""Dawson's Creek"". Prange has held positions on ""One Tree Hill"", ""Dawson's Creek"", ""Dying to Belong"", ""French Silk"" and various other director and editorial roles. Greg Prange is the father of Ian Prange whose ex-spouse was Hilarie Burton."
"Charlie Hill Charles Allan Hill (July 6, 1951 – December 30, 2013) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer of Oneida-Mohawk-Cree heritage. He wrote for the television series ""Roseanne"". Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1951, he moved as a child with his family when they returned to their homestead on the Oneida reservation in 1962. In 1969, he graduated from West De Pere High School and enrolled at University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he majored in speech and drama. He was involved in the Broom Street Theatre Group. During the early 1970s, he was a member of Hanay Geiogomah's Native"
"Gene Roddenberry Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for creating the . Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer. Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Later, he followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Los Angeles Police Department, where he also began to write scripts for television. As a freelance writer, Roddenberry wrote scripts for ""Highway"
"Terence Hill Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. Hill started his career as a child actor and went on to multiple starring roles in action and comedy films, many with longtime film partner and friend Bud Spencer. During the height of his popularity Hill was among Italy's highest-paid actors. Hill's most widely seen films include comic and standard ""Westerns all´Italiana"" (""Italian-style Westerns"", colloquially called ""Spaghetti Westerns""), some based on popular novels by German author Karl May about the American frontier. Of these, the most famous are ""Lo chiamavano"
"drama after a period in which the idiom had been dormant on the BBC's television channels. She was involved in the direction of such children's serials as ""Mandog"" (1972), adapted by Peter Dickinson from his own novel, because budgets did not allow her to contract more experienced people. ""The Changes"" (1975, made in 1973), a serial produced and adapted by Home from another Dickinson novel followed. By 1975, she was exclusively an executive producer of children's drama, and in this role commissioned the long-running ""Grange Hill"" (1978-2008) which had been rejected by several ITV companies, including Yorkshire Television whose children's"
"by Ray Liotta in the award winning box office hit, Goodfellas which was directed by Martin Scorsese. Hill died unexpectedly just days after a meeting with Gere. The future of the film is unknown at this time, but Gere has indicated that he has been in contact with Hill's girlfriend, Lisa Caserta to revive the project. David Gere David Gere (born February 15, 1975) is an American film producer, actor, artist and business entrepreneur. David Gere was born and raised in Cromwell, Connecticut, and attended Cromwell High School. He later attended Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island on an academic"