The Grimleys(1999)
Overview
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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No imageSeason 1
6 episodes • 1999
Season 1
6 episodes • 1999
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romeo & Juliet | Mar 8, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Road Not Taken | Mar 15, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Golden Whistle | Mar 22, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Something For The Weekend | Mar 29, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Fung Fu Fighting | Apr 5, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Survival Of The Fittest | Apr 20, 1999 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 2
10 episodes • 2000
Season 2
10 episodes • 2000
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beautiful Game | Jan 9, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Gold Star | Jan 16, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Beast With Two Backs | Jan 23, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 4 | One Day In The Life | Jan 30, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Search For Extraterrestial Intelligence | Feb 6, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Driving Miss Titley | Feb 13, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Bionic Boy | Feb 20, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Pon Parr | Feb 27, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Memory Gland | Mar 5, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Prime of Mr Doug Digby | Mar 12, 2000 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 3
6 episodes • 2001
Season 3
6 episodes • 2001
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Big Sleep | Jan 22, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Death And The Maiden | Jan 29, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Ecce Homo | Feb 5, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 4 | An Inspector Calls | Feb 12, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Forbidden Fruit | Feb 19, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Grimley Curse | Apr 1, 2001 | 0.0 |
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