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The Grimleys

TV·1999–2001·3 seasons, 22 episodes·ITV1·Comedy·30m·Created by Jed Mercurio

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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.

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Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1999AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Romeo & JulietMarch 8, 1999When Miss Titley puts on a production of Romeo And Juliet, young Gordon is first to volunteer for the part of the male lead.
  2. S01E02The Road Not TakenMarch 15, 1999Geraldine invites a former pupil to give a careers talk, which makes Doug insanely jealous, while Baz thinks it's about time Gordon stopped
  3. S01E03The Golden WhistleMarch 22, 1999Doug puffs his chest out for the highlight of PE teachers' year, The Golden Whistle Awards. He is a bit too grand to take Geraldine and inst
  4. S01E04Something For The WeekendMarch 29, 1999Gordon tries every trick in the book to stop leering love rival Doug Digby from whisking winsome Geraldine off for a dirty weekend.
  5. S01E05Fung Fu FightingApril 5, 1999Doug Digby may think he's a hard man, but he's a softie compared with his dad. Digby senior drops in on his son, spit-roasts his pet piglet
  6. S01E06Survival Of The FittestApril 20, 1999Lovelorn Gordon tries to convince Miss Titley that Digby is nothing but a brute, but she will have none of it until the grudge match against

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0210Episodes2000AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01The Beautiful GameJanuary 9, 2000Digby aims to fill the school's trophy cabinet - with the first coming in a cricket match against a posh school.
  2. S02E02The Gold StarJanuary 16, 2000Digby runs for his life.
  3. S02E03The Beast With Two BacksJanuary 23, 2000Geraldine decides it's time for some sex education for her students.
  4. S02E04One Day In The LifeJanuary 30, 2000Doug takes up English teaching.
  5. S02E05The Search For Extraterrestial IntelligenceFebruary 6, 2000Gordon plans a romantic evening with Geraldine under the stars - at Jodrell Bank.
  6. S02E06Driving Miss TitleyFebruary 13, 2000Digby finds his dream home.
  7. S02E07The Bionic BoyFebruary 20, 2000Gordon is jealous as Darren is hailed as a genius.
  8. S02E08The Pon ParrFebruary 27, 2000Gordon finally gets a girlfriend.
  9. S02E09The Memory GlandMarch 5, 2000Gordon moves in with the Titleys.
  10. S02E10The Prime of Mr Doug DigbyMarch 12, 2000Gordon has a chance to fulfil his dream of wooing Geraldine at the Christmas skating gala.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season036Episodes2001AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01The Big SleepJanuary 22, 2001It's now 1978 and Britain is experiencing the punk revolution. Poor Miss Titley has been in a coma since her accident in 1975. Lovestruck Go
  2. S03E02Death And The MaidenJanuary 29, 2001Gordon takes an instant dislike to the new woodwork teacher.
  3. S03E03Ecce HomoFebruary 5, 2001Mr Holder is concerned that Miss Titley's new look will cause too much disturbance among the male pupils. Gordon enjoys camping it up on sta
  4. S03E04An Inspector CallsFebruary 12, 2001Mr Holder is terrified when he finds out that formidable inspector Mrs Robbins is due to visit his school. Gordon discovers that she's also
  5. S03E05Forbidden FruitFebruary 19, 2001Dave Trebilcock decides to cool things down with Miss Titley when their relationship becomes the talk of the school. In order to rekindle hi
  6. S03E06The Grimley CurseApril 1, 2001Gordon becomes a punk guru.

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