BBC announces Grange Hill will end
The BBC has announced that its school drama 'Grange Hill' is to end after 30 eld.
At a launch for new 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, Comptroller, CBBC, said: "Part of CBBC's reputation for reflecting coeval Britain endorse to UK children has been built upon Phil Redmond's ['Grange Hill' jehovah] bright realised idea and of course of action it's sad to say good-bye to such a practically loved institution. The lives of children have changed a great deal since 'Grange Hill' began and we owe it to our hearing to reflect this."
She continued: "We're actively quest out freshly and exciting ways of bringing sociable realness to the CBBC audience through and through drama and other genres. Yesterday we announced two 'Newsround' Specials tackling disassociate and knife crime and we testament go along to make programmes about the ups and downs of contemporary Great Britain."
Jon Eastern United States, Head of CBBC Drama, said: "For 30 years, Grange Pitcher's mound has become a byword for realistic and coeval children's dramatic event. It's instantly time to utilise what we've learned over the days to or so of the fresh ideas we're exploring."
