Thank you for posting this. Devastating. Grange Hill (of this era) was so far beyond a "kids show" - the writing, directing, acting, casting, everything really, elevated it to a level of deeply empathetic gritty pathos closer to Alan Clark films than anything else on "children's" telly at the time.
Tucker Jenkins, Alan Humphries, Benny Green, Tommy Watson, Andrew Stanton, Tricia Yates, Cathy Hargreaves, Suzanne Ross, Susie McMahon and Pamela Cartwright was my era. And that was from 1978 to 1982; almost, but not quite corresponding to my last five years at a Comprehensive School (that wasn’t really that ... well, err, comprehensive!) 😕😕
@@syteanricHe WAS a good writer, he turned s**t when Grange Hill moved north, Brookside went violent and depressing, and Hollyoaks scripts are the same, fires, murderers, affairs.
@@maximusplebius9992spot on, he was found in bronsons car that he had stolen because bronson was giving him a hard time.died of natural causes from his previouse illness. used to watch this after school.
pretty much all of that video was shot at my old school in London and the housing estate next to it. We all went to the below ground carpark area to see where Danny was found. such a strong childhood memory watching this.
It was Edgware Secondary School which was reasonably close to Elstree where the show was being filmed at the time. I haven’t been back in over a decade but think it’s all still there. The area is called Stonegrove.
@@michaelprobert4014 no, I was recently corrected so looked it up, apparently brain tumour, but I was sure he was on drugs aswell.... not just Zammo, I can barely remember zammo, but do remember Danny Kendall era
@@wisteela yeah maybe... I remember the credits rolling and Danny's eyes opening because they didnt cut it in time 😆 unless I dreamed that. Wasnt Danny into graffiti aswell?
Perhaps the most chilling thing I ever saw on children's TV was Danny Kendall's lifeless face. Well done for uploading this disturbingly memorable scene.
@@Foebane72He should have been made to grovel on bended knee in front of the whole school and publicly apologise. Then pay compensation to the family and beg for his life!
@@angelacooper2661irony is that Bronson's character is someone EVERY school could benefit from these days. Another little ironic twist is that Michael Sheard very often got the horrible characters in various shows or films (rather like Ronald Lacey), but having met Michael many years ago, he was nothing but the kindest & most understanding of people, who would talk to you like he knew you very well.
It's good to know that Mr Bronson left teaching and became an Admiral in the Imperial Fleet and was killed by Vader not because he jumped out of light speed too close to Hoth but because of what he had done to Danny Kendall. Apparently Vader was a huge fan of Danny's inner city grafitti.
Yep, Michael Sheard (Mr Bronson) was probably one of those mature actors that many young actors would look up to......and he would support and encourage them to the full.
@@johnthwaites5976 at the same time he was on air as Bronson, he was the building site boss Herr Grunwald in Auf Wiedersehen Pet. The site was the location of Albert Square a year later and looking at the location, some episodes of Grange Hill were filmed there too. All have the same houses in the background and a tall distinctive tower block of flats. Sheard also played a range of characters in Dr Who, as well as a villain called Klegg in S3 Ep2 of Blakes Seven.
Grange Hill was never afraid to shy away from the difficult subjects and the death of Danny Kendall was one of them. It was such a shocking and disturbing moment and the BBC would never be allowed to show this kind of stuff these days.
People talk about Stebson, but I think Mauler was by far the most intimidating bully on Grange Hill. He actually look liked the archetypal school bully also, flat top hairstyle, abnormally large, constant scowl and shirt that was never properly tucked in.
This season was my absolute favourite❤❤AWSUUUUMMMMMM I just loved all the characters Ziggy, Robbie, Gonch were hilarious 😂😂. Danny Kendell was always dramatic 😮, and who can forget Mr Bronsen an absolute LEGEND he was💯🤘. Ahhhhhhh those were the days, goin to school, getting into scraps, pissing teachers off, pegging off aswel 😂😂😂... Times were simpler and we were kids with our British culture whatever your background was👍🏼👍🏼 Can you post this season please if you can. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
There is no kid show like Grange Hill nowadays. Grange Hill dealt with real topics, from drug addiction (heroin), racism, bullying and death, just like this heartbreaking scene. The acting was superb, the stories were gripping and not afraid to tell the truth. These days there doesn't seem to be anything like this for kids. it was so real!
I remember watching this as a 7 or 8 year old and getting spooked by seeing Danny dead in the car. I also used to think how cool would secondary school be after watching Grange Hill (and also how terrified I'd be if I had a teacher like Mr Bronson). I was wrong on both counts.
@un known and he has the cheek to call himself a comedian if all his jokes are like that he'll be better off just reading a phonebook out loud it will have more laughs than his jokes will get.
I still remember this very episode although this is the first time I have seen it since it originally aired. The character was always a bit of an odd-sort but I cannot remember what exactly happened for him to end up dead in the back of that car.
I was so glad when Danny Kendall was killed off - I was sick of being called Danny Kendall in school because of my resemblance to him and his character at the time…..
wow i remember this, this was before PC culture, it was pretty near the bone in those days on CBBC, i think it finished because there was so much filtering, i stopped watching it as i grew up. magic times. hats off to all the actors alive and dead that made this series possible.
" Mr Bronson pursued Danny so fiercely this year that other teachers accused him of having a vendetta. After Bronson intervened to destroy Danny's chances of getting a job with a design company the boy furiously confronted him before storming out of the school and stealing Bronson's car. Later the car was discovered on an estate with Danny's dead body in the back. A post mortem established that Danny died of natural causes, due to a recurrence of his old illness. Danny's death impacted on many at the school and led to Mr Bronson noticeably mellowing before taking early retirement. "
Wasn't there a storyline where they said Danny's ghost was haunting the school? I remember the end of a episode where the camera panned round the school and a shadow of a figure appeared at the top of the staircase that resembled Danny??
Grange Hill - Danny Kendall found dead 1720pm 13.7.23 i am sure there are dannys across the world who have it bad but we really do need to draw a line between danny - a character in a kids tv show and danny the foundling of however many streets across the world house one such poverty stricken and mithered to death beast..
We're Gritty and it's devised by Phil Redmond who was never scared to depict difficult subjects.. He is a Sir now, for services to drama.. Rightfully so..
I'm surprised Mauler and Ted aren't as slim as Greavsie and Co, with the amount of pounding after people they do. Though, Greavsie and Co would have had to run faster.
Luke Hyams Yeah. I remember it being, well sadder really. Also I remembered it being in a white car and surrounded by others. I also would have sworn it was 1990 and not early 89'. Still, great memories. This was when I was most into Grange Hill. It was like essential viewing when you were 8-12.
Thank you for posting this. Devastating. Grange Hill (of this era) was so far beyond a "kids show" - the writing, directing, acting, casting, everything really, elevated it to a level of deeply empathetic gritty pathos closer to Alan Clark films than anything else on "children's" telly at the time.
Waterloo road for kids 😂
Phll redmond understood his audience like no other
This still hits me like it did as a kid in the 80s
It was heartbreaking...KENDALL!!!
Bloody awful...KENDALL!!!
I rememeber this like it was yesterday, sent a shiver down my spine.
series 12, my era, robbie, ziggy, gonch & cleaver. magic times
Robbie Wright same
Same here 😁
Exactly this
Mine too
Tucker Jenkins, Alan Humphries, Benny Green, Tommy Watson, Andrew Stanton, Tricia Yates, Cathy Hargreaves, Suzanne Ross, Susie McMahon and Pamela Cartwright was my era. And that was from 1978 to 1982; almost, but not quite corresponding to my last five years at a Comprehensive School (that wasn’t really that ... well, err, comprehensive!) 😕😕
you have to admit, this was some heavy shit for a daytime kid's TV show.
Grange Hill did that very well in many story lines. Phil Redmond is a very good writer
This is what school was like in the 80s.
Wouldn't be allowed now. Also if this was shown on TV today there would be trigger warnings.
Because parents allowed their kids to learn about the real world and not pussyfoot around with cottonwool like modern days
@@syteanricHe WAS a good writer, he turned s**t when Grange Hill moved north, Brookside went violent and depressing, and Hollyoaks scripts are the same, fires, murderers, affairs.
I never ever saw this as a teen (I was a huge GH fan) only just came across it.. OMG I am very emotional and I am 47 years old!!! RIP Danny
Emotional😅😂,
Anyone else notice the superior quality in the production of television programs back in the 80s?
Yes, I certainly notice the superior quality of the production of television programs back in the 1980s.
I remember this well...I was in my second year at secondary school in 1991 when I saw this...it sent a shiver down by my spine
I too was in my second year at secondary, I remember being at school after it and everyone talking about it. They even did a bit about it in assembly
This episode was 1989
@@maximusplebius9992 are you sure?
@@nikreece6295 Yes. Series 12, 1989
@@maximusplebius9992spot on, he was found in bronsons car that he had stolen because bronson was giving him a hard time.died of natural causes from his previouse illness. used to watch this after school.
pretty much all of that video was shot at my old school in London and the housing estate next to it. We all went to the below ground carpark area to see where Danny was found. such a strong childhood memory watching this.
What's the name of the school and is it still there?
It was Edgware Secondary School which was reasonably close to Elstree where the show was being filmed at the time. I haven’t been back in over a decade but think it’s all still there. The area is called Stonegrove.
Did you poke him with a sick?
Out of all the episodes of GH, this is the one I remember most. Quite disturbing for an afternoon kids program.
same I got mixed up and thought it was of f Drugs
@@hellfirecorner9022 It was wasn't it?
@@michaelprobert4014 no, I was recently corrected so looked it up, apparently brain tumour, but I was sure he was on drugs aswell.... not just Zammo, I can barely remember zammo, but do remember Danny Kendall era
@@hellfirecorner9022 Just on medication for it
@@wisteela yeah maybe... I remember the credits rolling and Danny's eyes opening because they didnt cut it in time 😆 unless I dreamed that. Wasnt Danny into graffiti aswell?
Perhaps the most chilling thing I ever saw on children's TV was Danny Kendall's lifeless face. Well done for uploading this disturbingly memorable scene.
Most chilling thing I saw is this and peri in doctor who bald
This, bald Peri, and the intro to fucking Chocky!!!! Screw all those things!
Zammo zonked out on Smack in the arcade toilets had to be up there too!
@@1978rharris that fucking shriek at the start of Chocky gave me actual nightmares
To be fair , Kendal's alive face wasn't pleasant to look at
I remember this to this day. And I’m now in my 40’s!
Never forget this Danny found dead😢😢
Classic Austin maestro. What a place to go.
Really dates the program - haven’t seen one of those in decades……
@@MiniLemmy if rust didn't kill em gov scrappage schemes did.
What superb observation! 🤣👍
This was the turning point for Bronson. Having been a git to kids and teachers alike for the past 2 or 3 seasons, he suddenly started to be nice.
Of course, Bronson felt guilty for hounding Danny relentlessly, possibly leading to his aneurysm.
@@Foebane72He should have been made to grovel on bended knee in front of the whole school and publicly apologise. Then pay compensation to the family and beg for his life!
@@angelacooper2661irony is that Bronson's character is someone EVERY school could benefit from these days.
Another little ironic twist is that Michael Sheard very often got the horrible characters in various shows or films (rather like Ronald Lacey), but having met Michael many years ago, he was nothing but the kindest & most understanding of people, who would talk to you like he knew you very well.
i'm sure if i remember?...bronson was forced to leave grange hill after this incident
It's good to know that Mr Bronson left teaching and became an Admiral in the Imperial Fleet and was killed by Vader not because he jumped out of light speed too close to Hoth but because of what he had done to Danny Kendall. Apparently Vader was a huge fan of Danny's inner city grafitti.
Little known rumour, Gripper worked for Jabba, he was going to stop solo at the gate and take his money off him.
@@Howdy606 Gripper shot first.
He also became a headteacher after time travelling back to 1963 and worked with the Imperial Dalek faction.
Admiral Ozell was his alias in the Imperial Navy.
...only to be reincarnated in 1992 as a bank manager in The Darling Buds Of May.
I hope he finally can rest now.
Apparently the actors who played Danny and Mr Bronson were very close in real life.
Yep, Michael Sheard (Mr Bronson) was probably one of those mature actors that many young actors would look up to......and he would support and encourage them to the full.
I know an old boy who knew Mike Sheard quite well. A true eccentric gent apparently
Michael Sheard who played Mr Bronson also played Admiral Ozzal in The Empire Strikes Back.
@@ShahPhilLeotardo he played Hitler in Indiana Jones and the last crusade too
@@johnthwaites5976 at the same time he was on air as Bronson, he was the building site boss Herr Grunwald in Auf Wiedersehen Pet. The site was the location of Albert Square a year later and looking at the location, some episodes of Grange Hill were filmed there too. All have the same houses in the background and a tall distinctive tower block of flats.
Sheard also played a range of characters in Dr Who, as well as a villain called Klegg in S3 Ep2 of Blakes Seven.
Blast from the past. I'd love to watch these again
One of the saddest moments in teatime TV viewing, GH for its time really knew how to push the boundaries
That scene crept me out back then. Grange Hill wasn't afraid to push the envelope on issues in it's heyday.
I remember that episode as well, I was about 8 years old.
for em i w 13/14
Grange Hill was quality tv & compulsive viewing in the 80s
I remember this was a really big storyline. It was in all the newspapers and every kind in England was talking about it.
Grange Hill was never afraid to shy away from the difficult subjects and the death of Danny Kendall was one of them. It was such a shocking and disturbing moment and the BBC would never be allowed to show this kind of stuff these days.
The BBC would never allow this in a children's show today.
You never seen Hetty feather? The woman dying after giving birth had me bawling and I'm 27 😂😂
that because you never watch TV
@@ahsenkhan5386 I watch tv all the time. Can you show me an example in recent years where the BBC have screened something like this to children?
Yep, all English people for a sustained amount of time on screen
Not enough ‘diversity’…
1989 a blast from the past.
Pribably the most disturbing scene in GH history, if I remember correctly it faded to black and the credits rolled with no music
I thought the boy falling to his death was worse
@@mrnaughtycat Zammo doped out fo his mind was pretty hard to see as well
Lol, imagine that jolly theme tune kicking in straight after that! 😂
Zammo's pals smug cousin Jeremy drowning in the school pool was quite a shocker...
Zamora rattlin was rough aswell ….
Loved this show
Mauler Mccall looks like the beast on the chase if he was an actor back then lol
angie s a was going to say that 😂
I always thought that too
Scarlett Fox mabye he is in a new celeb name 😂
People talk about Stebson, but I think Mauler was by far the most intimidating bully on Grange Hill. He actually look liked the archetypal school bully also, flat top hairstyle, abnormally large, constant scowl and shirt that was never properly tucked in.
Holy fuck. I’ve been trying to figure out for ages who Mauler looks like. Thanks for that.
Amazing to think that just a few short years later, Mauler McCaul was fronting seminal indie rock band The Pixies
The 80's, when teenagers were actually fit enough to run around.
😂😂😂
And could be arsed
😂
Isn’t this the 90s?
@kate_cooper January 1989 according to IMDB.
Sorry, Jimi, but the theme tune for this show is the most iconic use of a wah pedal of all time
Something called "Chicken Run" wasn't it?
Remember watching this at the time thinking whaaat! 🤯 now days it wouldn’t surprise me one bit.
They filmed these at my old school.
I was about 7 and I remember this vividly, we even talked about it at school, was quite a shocking scene.
Ill never forget seeing this, aged six lol. Bloody hell it was about 4pm 😅
This season was my absolute favourite❤❤AWSUUUUMMMMMM
I just loved all the characters Ziggy, Robbie, Gonch were hilarious 😂😂. Danny Kendell was always dramatic 😮, and who can forget Mr Bronsen an absolute LEGEND he was💯🤘.
Ahhhhhhh those were the days, goin to school, getting into scraps, pissing teachers off, pegging off aswel 😂😂😂... Times were simpler and we were kids with our British culture whatever your background was👍🏼👍🏼
Can you post this season please if you can.
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Black slip ons with white socks, ahh the 80s
As a teen myself back then. Teens today wouldn't stand a chance against us
You go big man
This scene seriously shit me up when I was 9. There is a fade to black after this and the credits silently roll down the screen. Very sombre.
Danny Howell TV knew how to be sombre back then. As soon as they mentioned the car it came flooding back.
I remember this transmission as a Monday night as it was tea then off to cubs for the evening. I remember it being scary.
Same here. Traumatised me.
There is no kid show like Grange Hill nowadays. Grange Hill dealt with real topics, from drug addiction (heroin), racism, bullying and death, just like this heartbreaking scene. The acting was superb, the stories were gripping and not afraid to tell the truth. These days there doesn't seem to be anything like this for kids. it was so real!
The acting was not superb 😂
@@nasdkhan254 you've clearly never acted :-)
@@whatsnottohike It's my opinion . Deal with it .
@@nasdkhan254 wow. So angry! Have a drink or something 🤣
@@whatsnottohike Yean I will with Bullit Baxter & Mrs Mcluskey
Reminds me of the teenagers I went to school with. This generation is 30 before they reach the same level of maturity.
Bollocks to Blue Peter. This was the programme to watch.
On the plus side wasnt the Grange hill theme tune the funkiest thing on the box!!
Imagine this on at 5pm now.
No chance. Great telly.
Still creeps me out to this day
Imagine kids shows today showing dead children.
I remember watching this as a 7 or 8 year old and getting spooked by seeing Danny dead in the car.
I also used to think how cool would secondary school be after watching Grange Hill (and also how terrified I'd be if I had a teacher like Mr Bronson).
I was wrong on both counts.
Lol Gonch "I'm getting too old for this game" What age was he 15?
John Holmes was 19 when this was made, while Ziggy was 21.
@@Djarra yeah but they were meant to be 15
@@Djarra No, I think this was made in ‘88 so that makes George Christopher (Ziggy) 18 in this.
Most of the kids in Grange Hill were about two years older than the ages they were playing.
It was figure of speech ffs 🥱🥱🥱
Yes kids! We could run! And fight without knives! Halcyon days.
I'm near certain i saw Danny Kendall in Ibiza in 1996, can't believe I didn't approach him. lol
obviously you didn't though cause Danny is dead. He died in Mr. Bronsons car.
@@colshythecomedian I know right? Duhh!!...🤔😂😂
@un known and he has the cheek to call himself a comedian if all his jokes are like that he'll be better off just reading a phonebook out loud it will have more laughs than his jokes will get.
impossible, he clearly died here in the 80s
John Alford once a girls heartfob
Didn’t he get busted for selling drugs to an undercover reporter?
"I'll get Mucker, Ducker, Trucker...you get Spaz!"
"But I am Spaz!"
The Young Ones.
Nice Maestro.
I remember this episode. I was only about 8 ish but I remember being freaked out by it
Great times miss it
Watching this gain has actually made me start crying.
The sudden flashback I had to my schooldays and the realisation I had an identical hairdo to Gonch has just made ME start crying an all...
And they wonder why the children of the 70s and 80s hit the drugs in the 90s 😆
When bullying was at school face to face not faceless online. Cowards
I remember that episode. Bonkers!
I still remember this very episode although this is the first time I have seen it since it originally aired. The character was always a bit of an odd-sort but I cannot remember what exactly happened for him to end up dead in the back of that car.
Anyone remember the chalk outline in the spot where the car had stood?
Kendaaaaaaaaalllllllllll!!!
In the same league as the scene where Zammo is zonked out on drugs.
The shocker was the young smug lad Jeremy drowning in the school swimming pool...
just say no
Man, this makes Degrassi Junior High look like Saved By the Bell.
I almost stopped watching Grange Hill when I saw the death of Danny.
I was so glad when Danny Kendall was killed off - I was sick of being called Danny Kendall in school because of my resemblance to him and his character at the time…..
God, rest, his soul
Trevor and Mauler were classic characters.
i rember the one kid drowns in the pool still haunts me now
This gave me nightmares as a kid 😱
wow i remember this, this was before PC culture, it was pretty near the bone in those days on CBBC, i think it finished because there was so much filtering, i stopped watching it as i grew up. magic times. hats off to all the actors alive and dead that made this series possible.
Nothing to do with 'PC culture', they stayed hard hitting until the end. This though was their most powerful scene ever though.
It finished because the producers felt like it had run it's course
Gonch was simply the intelligent one
God I loved this show 😂
What was Danny Kendal doing in the back of Bronsons car? I can't remember
" Mr Bronson pursued Danny so fiercely this year that other teachers accused him of having a vendetta. After Bronson intervened to destroy Danny's chances of getting a job with a design company the boy furiously confronted him before storming out of the school and stealing Bronson's car. Later the car was discovered on an estate with Danny's dead body in the back. A post mortem established that Danny died of natural causes, due to a recurrence of his old illness. Danny's death impacted on many at the school and led to Mr Bronson noticeably mellowing before taking early retirement. "
Not enough diversity for the BBC to show something like this nowadays 😂
This wouldn't be allowed now on TV 😔. Not woke and snowflake enough 🤷👎😒
I member watching that at the time ( I would of been bout 8 ) it gave me nightmares for a few nights afterwards
The auburn haird lad reminds me off the actor Ron wensley from harry potter!
Wensley 😂
Wasn't there a storyline where they said Danny's ghost was haunting the school? I remember the end of a episode where the camera panned round the school and a shadow of a figure appeared at the top of the staircase that resembled Danny??
Imagine how many trigger warnings they would have to post nowadays.
Alretnate timeline where Ron Weasly went to Grange Hill.
then crab and goyle left trevors side and became malfoys sidekicks
The way ziggy runs is funny
I prefered Mr Bronson when he was in aufweidesein pet he was the german site manager.
I preferred him when he was getting force choked by darth vader.
Mr Bronson was also the manager in on the busses
Herr Grunwald
Grange Hill - Danny Kendall found dead 1720pm 13.7.23 i am sure there are dannys across the world who have it bad but we really do need to draw a line between danny - a character in a kids tv show and danny the foundling of however many streets across the world house one such poverty stricken and mithered to death beast..
What?
@@robyntheslytherin
I actually remember this episode but can't remember what he died of or why he was in the car.
@un known Thank you
He had a brain tumour.
@@micksharman9327 You've told me brain tumour someone else said drugs, I know this was nearly 30 years ago so is this just wild guessing?
@@sovietonion72 It was what I said, wasn't drugs, this is only acting after all.
@@micksharman9327 Thanks, sorry for getting carried away.
Watching this because of spaced
You're right - that is better than when Jeremy went into the swimming pool to retrieve Faye's necklace and suffered a brain embolism...
Mauler looks like a young Mark Labbett. 😂
So how did Danny die? I may be an 80's kid, but i'm not familliar with every show aired that time.
Why is it when the Brits make a show about anything it's so true to life unlike (sorry USA) where it's more glitz and glamour?
The yanks would've probably made this with a laugh track. JK
We're Gritty and it's devised by Phil Redmond who was never scared to depict difficult subjects..
He is a Sir now, for services to drama..
Rightfully so..
Hang on boys there back
Back in 1980s kids tv was plenty of times dark
Who is the big ginger kid?
Trevor Cleaver
I'm surprised Mauler and Ted aren't as slim as Greavsie and Co, with the amount of pounding after people they do. Though, Greavsie and Co would have had to run faster.
Pounding, great word😂
Poor Danny. Bronson broke him
Gripping storylines. Well done to Phil Redmond
not quite how I remembered but still pretty sad
Luke Hyams Yeah. I remember it being, well sadder really. Also I remembered it being in a white car and surrounded by others. I also would have sworn it was 1990 and not early 89'. Still, great memories. This was when I was most into Grange Hill. It was like essential viewing when you were 8-12.
I think it may have been because of _Spaced_ but I seem to remember his head hitting the floor with an audible crack as he fell.
Classic powerful scene.
Why is the chubby dude not puffing? Great cardio by the big man.
How did Danny die?
He had a neurological condition and it was determined in the next episode that he died of a brain haemorrhage.