grange hill is a british children's television drama series, originally produced by the bbc and portraying life in a typical comprehensive school. the show began its run on 8 february 1978 on bbc1, and was one of the longest-running programmes on british television when it ended on 15 september 2008 after 31 series. it was created by phil redmond, who is also responsible for the channel 4 dramas "brookside" and "hollyoaks"; other notable production team members down the years have included producer colin cant and script editor anthony minghella.