List of Grange Hill characters explained

See also: List of Grange Hill episodes. This is a list of characters from the long-running BBC children's series Grange Hill.

Pupils

Character	Actor(s)	Series	Years
Justin Bennett	Robert Morgan (later credited as Robert Craig-Morgan)*	1–5	1978–1982
Judy Preston	Abigail Brown (later credited as Abigail Arundel)	1–2	1978–1979
Michael Doyle	Vincent Hall	1–4	1978–1981
		1–5, 26, 31	1978–1982, 2003, 2008
Tommy Watson	James Jebbia	1	1978
	Paul McCarthy	3–4	1980–1981
Ann Wilson	Lucinda Duckett	1	1978
Trisha Yates	Michelle Herbert	1–5	1978–1982
Alan Humphries (Alan Hargreaves and Alan Turner in series 1)		1–5	1978–1982
Benny Green		1–5	1978–1982
Joseph Hughes	Donald Waugh	1–4	1978–1981
Mary Johnson	Kim Benson	1–3	1978–1980
Simon Shaw	Paul Miller	2	1979
Jessica Samuels	Sara Sugarman	2	1979
Sudhamani Patel		2–4	1979–1981
Andrew Stanton	Mark Chapman (later credited as Mark Eadie)*	2–4	1979–1981
Susi McMahon	Linda Slater	2–4	1979–1981
Cathy Hargreaves		2–5	1979–1982
Penny Lewis		2–3, 5	1979–1980, 1982
Antoni Karamanopolis	Vinny Mann	2–3	1979–1980
Madelin Tanner	Lesley Woods	2–3	1979–1980
Tracy Edwards		3	1980
Sally Forsyth	Sarah Summerfield	3	1980
Michael Green	Mark Bishop	3–4	1980–1981
Anita Unsworth	Joanne Boakes	3–7	1980–1984
Karen Stanton	Carey Born	3–4	1980–1981
Douglas "Pogo" Patterson	Peter Moran (later credited as Peter Emmett)	3–7	1980–1984
Duane Orpington	Mark Baxter	3–7	1980–1984
Pamela Cartwright	Rene Alperstein	4–5	1981–1982
Matthew Cartwright		4–5	1981–1982
Suzanne Ross		4–7	1981–1984
Precious Matthews		4–8	1981–1985
Christopher "Stewpot" Stewart		4–8	1981–1985
Norman "Gripper" Stebson	Mark Savage	4–8	1981–1985
Claire Scott	Paula Ann Bland	4–8	1981–1985
Richard Marks	David Doyle	4	1981
Denny Rees	Julian Griffiths	5–6	1982–1983
Belinda Zowkowski	Paula Taras	5	1982
Gordon "Jonah" Jones	Lee Sparke	5–6	1982–1983
Annette Firman		5–8	1982–1985
Janet St. Clair	Simone Nylander	5–9	1982–1986
Samuel "Zammo" Maguire		5–10	1982–1987
Roland Browning		5–10	1982–1987
Fay Lucas		5–10	1982–1987
Christine Everson	Lisa East	5–7	1982–1984
Jimmy Flynn	Terry Kinsella	5–8	1982–1985
Sarah Wilks	Joanne Bell	6–8	1983–1985
Julie Marchant		6–10	1983–1987
Randir Singh	Kaka Singh	6–7	1983–1984
Jeremy Irvine	Vincent Matthews	6–7	1983–1984
Glenroy Glenroy		6–7	1983–1984
Derick "Woody" Woods	Tony McPherson	6	1983
Kevin Baylon		7–9	1984–1986
Jackie Wright	Melissa Wilks	7–10	1984–1987
Jimmy McClaren		7	1984
Steven "Banksie" Banks	Tim Polley	8–10	1985–1987
Jane Bishop	Joann Kenny	8–11	1985–1988
Luke "Gonch" Gardner	John Holmes (later credited as John McMahon)*	8–12	1985–1989
Paul "Hollo" Holloway	Bradley Sheppard	8–10	1985–1987
Robert "Robbie" Wright		8–13	1985–1990
Trevor Cleaver	John Drummond	8–14	1985–1991
Vincent "Vince" Savage	Steve West	8–12	1985–1989
Veronica "Ronnie" Birtles	Tina Mahon	8–14	1985–1991
Caroline "Calley" Donnington		8–14	1985–1991
Helen Kelly	Ruth Carraway	8–12	1985–1989
Emma Stebson	Bonita Jones	8	1985
Julian Fairbrother	Douglas Chamberlain	8	1985
Imelda Davis	Fleur Taylor	9–10	1986–1987
Cheryl Webb		9–10	1986–1987
Anthony "Ant" Jones	Ricky Simmonds	9–10	1986–1987
Laura Reagan	Fiona Mogridge (later credited as Fiona Lee-Fraser)*	9–11	1986–1988
Julia Glover	Sara McGlasson (later credited as Sara Peters)	9–11	1986–1988
Danny Kendall		9–12	1986–1989
Louise Webb	Alison McLaughlin	9–11	1986–1988
Eric "Ziggy" Greaves	George Wilson (later credited as George Christopher)	9–12	1986–1989
Georgina Hayes	Samantha Lewis	9–14	1986–1991
Freddie Mainwaring	Simon Vaughan	10–11	1987–1988
Fiona Wilson		11–12	1988–1989
Francis "Mauler" McCaul	Joshua Fenton	11–13	1988–1990
Ted Fisk	Ian Congdon-Lee	11–15	1988–1992
Terence "Tegs" Ratcliffe		11–14	1988–1991
Matthew Pearson	Paul Adams (later credited as Paul Parris)*	11–15	1988–1992
Susi Young	Lynne Radford	11–12	1988–1989
Christine "Chrissy" Mainwaring	Sonya Kearns	11–15	1988–1992
Clarke Trent	Darren Cudjoe	11–12	1988–1989
Justine Dean	Rachel Victoria Roberts	11–17	1988–1994
Mandy Freemont	Melanie Hiscock	12	1989
Aichaa Rashim	Veena Tulsiana	13	1990
Mike Bentley		13–14	1990–1991
Natalie Stevens		13–16	1990–1993
Akik Rashim	Sundeep Suri	13–14	1990–1991
Neil Timpson		13–14	1990–1991
Kevin "Locko" Lockery	Otis Munyangiri	13–14	1990–1991
Alice Rowe	Alice Dawnay	13–15	1990–1992
Brian Shaw	Ian Steele	13–18	1990–1995
Russell "Jacko" Morgan	Jamie Lehane	13–19	1990–1996
Rebecca "Becky" Stevens	Natalie Poyser	13–19	1990–1996
Julie Corrigan	Margo Selby	13–19	1990–1996
Barry Timpson	David Shane	13–16	1990–1993
Maria Watts		14–17	1991–1994
Fran Williams	Rebekah Joy Gilgan	14–16	1991–1993
Richard Hare	Desmond Askew	14–17	1991–1994
Raymond "Ray" Haynes		14–16, 20–25	1991–1993, 1997–2002
Robyn Stone		14–19	1991–1996
Diane Richmond	Helena Meagher	15	1992
Frank Buttering	Christopher McGown	15–16	1992–1993
Graham "Grimbo" Pipe	Jamie Golding	15–16	1992–1993
Andy "Spanner" Walker	Zander Ward	15–16	1992–1993
Mick Daniels		15–16	1992–1993
Natasha Stevens		15–16	1992–1993
Dennis "Techno" Morris	Alan Cave	15–21	1992–1998
Lauren Phillips	Melanie Joseph	15–21	1992–1998
Gabriel Woods	Darren Kempson	16–19	1993–1996
Jodie Abadeyo	Natalie Tapper	16–19	1993–1996
Lucy Mitchell	Belinda Crane	16–21	1993–1998
Dudley Wesker	Steven Hammett	16–21	1993–1998
Mary McCarthy	Helen McDonagh	16	1993
Paula Webster	Abigail Hart	17–19	1994–1996
Rachel Burns		17–21	1994–1998
Josh Davis	Jamie Groves	17–21	1994–1998
Denny Roberts		17–19	1994–1996
Jessica Arnold		17–21	1994–1998
Delia "Dill" Lodge	Rochelle Gadd	17–23	1994–2000
Sam Spalding		17–18	1994–1995
James "Arnie" Arnold		17–24	1994–2001
Colin Brown	Colin Ridgewell	17–24	1994–2001
Joe Williams	Martino Lazzeri	17–19	1994–1996
Anna Wright	Jenny Long	17–19	1994–1996
Wayne Sutcliffe	Peter Morton	18–24	1995–2001
Kelly Bradshaw		18–24	1995–2001
Sarah-Jane Webster	Laura Hammett	18–23	1995–2000
Kevin Jenkins	George Stark	18–22	1995–1999
Rick Underwood	Simon Long	18–19	1995–1996
Poppy Silver		18–21	1995–1998
Joanna Day		19–21	1996–1998
Alec Jones	Thomas Carey	19–23	1996–2000
Robert Buckley	Sam Powell	19–20	1996–1997
Laurie Watson	Sian Welsh	19–21	1996–1998
Chris Longworth		19–21	1996–1998
Carlene Joseph	Lorraine Woodley	20–21	1997–1998
Claire Sullivan	Tracey Murphy	20–21	1997–1998
Judi Jeffreys		20–22	1997–1999
Gemma Lyons	Maggie Mason	20–22	1997–1999
Evelyn Wright	Diana Magness	20–24	1997–2001
Tracy Long	Sally Morton	20–24	1997–2001
Tom Smith	Oliver Elmidoro	20–25	1997–2002
Lisa West		20–25	1997–2002
Sam "Cracker" Bacon	Jonathan Marchant-Heatley	20–25	1997–2002
Matt Singleton	Robert Stuart	20–25	1997–2002
Nathan Charles	Marcel McCalla	20–25	1997–2002
Sean Pearce		21	1998
Zoe Stringer		21–22	1998–1999
Franco Savi	Francesco Bruno	21–23	1998–2000
Adam Hawkins	Sam Bardens	21–24	1998–2001
Max Abassi		21–25	1998–2002
Ian Hudson		21–27	1998–2004
Kamal Hussain	Taylor Scipio	22	1999
Becky Radcliffe		22	1999
Ben Miller	Daniel Lee	22–25	1999–2002
Darren Clarke		22–25	1999–2002
Amy Davenport	Lindsey Ray	22–26	1999–2003
Anika Modi	Jalpa Patel	22–27	1999–2004
Calvin Braithwaite	Arnold Oceng	22–27	1999–2004
Spencer Hargreaves	Colin White	22–28	1999–2005
Katy Fraser	Emma Waters	23–24	2000–2001
Briony Jones	Renee Montemayor	23–25	2000–2002
Danny Hartston		24–25	2001–2002
Kieran "Ozzie" Osbourne	Jon Newman	24–25	2001–2002
Clare Chaplin	Naomi Osei-Mensah	24–25	2001–2002
Vikki Meedes	Emma Willis	24–25	2001–2002
Shannon Parks		24–27	2001–2004
Leah Stewart	Jessica Staveley-Taylor	24–26	2001–2003
Shona West	Sophie Shad	24–25	2001–2002
Josh Irvine	Shane Leonidas	24–27	2001–2004
Maddie Gilks		24–29	2001–2005
Martin Miller		24–30	2001–2007
Kathy McIlroy	Sammy O'Grady	24–31	2001–2008
Carl Fenton		25	2002
Nick Edwards	Tom Graham	26–27	2003–2004
Mel Adams	Sarah Lawrence	26–27	2003–2004
Barry "Baz" Wainwright	Thomas Hudson also credited as Tom Hudson*	26–30	2003–2007
Karen Young		26–30	2003–2007
Max Humphries	James Wignall	26–30	2003–2007
Annie Wainwright	Lauren Bunney	26–28	2003–2005
Matthew "Mooey" Humphries		26–30	2003–2007
Emma Bolton	Daniella Fray	26–30	2003–2007
Andy Turner	Chris Crookall	26–30	2003–2007
Jeremy Bishop	Max Friswell	26–30	2003–2007
Abel Benson	Lucas Lindo	26–31	2003–2008
		26–31	2003–2008
Tanya Young	Kirsten Cassidy	26–31	2003–2008
Taylor Mitchell		27–30	2004–2007
Dawn O'Malley		28–29	2005
Katrina Simpson	Chantelle Latham	28–29	2005
Timothy "Tigger" Johnson		28–31	2005–2008
Ed Booth	Alex Sheldon	28–31	2005–2008
Sammy Lee		28–31	2005–2008
Chloe Moore		28–31	2005–2008
Andrea O'Malley	Darcy Isa	28–31	2005–2008
Alex Pickering		28–31	2005–2008
Alison Simmons		28–31	2005–2008
Donnie Briscoe	Rob Norbury	29–30	2005–2007
Holly Parsons	Rebecca-Anne Withey	29–30	2005–2007
Eleanor Smith		29–30	2005–2007
Ross Duncan	Lewis Rainer	30	2007
Kyle Brown		30	2007
Anna Duncan		30	2007
Ali Duncan	William Rush	30	2007
Jake Briggs		30–31	2007–2008
Lucy Johnson	Daisy McCormick	30–31	2007–2008
Rachel Towers		30–31	2007–2008
Bryn Williams	Joseph Slack	30–31	2007–2008
Jenny Young	Naomi Richie	30–31	2007–2008

* On joining the actors' union Equity at the age of 16, it was necessary for some Grange Hill actors to change their professional names to avoid confusion with existing artists with the same name.

Many of the original cast members from the first two series are credited as characters in 1982 yet appeared in many cases in only one scene with the majority appearing only in one episode and were not seen formally leaving the school.

Staff

• Since 2003, there has been a reluctance to give teachers first names or to expand their roles in the show beyond teaching or keeping pupils in line.
• Additionally, since around the mid-1990s, the number of teachers we see declines as their roles become more prominent, meaning that in the 2008 series there were only four members of staff (and only one actual teacher).
• Two former pupils became staff members of Grange Hill in the show's final years. These were Taylor Mitchell, who became assistant caretaker, and Kathy McIlroy, who was appointed as a liaison officer to primary schools.

Parents

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Character	Actor(s)	Children	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Mrs. Preston		Judy Preston	colspan="29"
Mrs. Yates		Carol, Trisha and Jenny Yates	colspan="29"
Mrs. Ruth Jenkins			colspan="27"
Mr. Sam Green		Benny and Michael Green	colspan="28"
Mrs. Green	Jumoke Debayo		colspan="29"
Mr. George Karamanopolis	Alexis Mylonas	Antoni Karamanopolis	colspan="29"
Mrs. Karamanopolis	Helen Bourne		colspan="29"
Mr. John Hargreaves	Nigel Baguley	Gary and Cathy Hargreaves	colspan="29"
Mrs. Hargreaves	Jo Anderson		colspan="28"
	Sheila Freeman		colspan="27"
Councillor Doyle	David McKail	Michael Doyle	colspan="29"
Mrs. Doyle	Amanda Reiss		colspan="29"
Mrs. Stanton	Briony Hodge	Andrew and Karen Stanton	colspan="27"
Mr. Tony McMahon		David and Susi McMahon	colspan="29"
Mrs. McMahon			colspan="27"
Mrs. Lewis	Jennifer Hill	Penny Lewis	colspan="29"
Mrs. Edwards	Barbara Bermel	Tracy Edwards	colspan="28"
Mrs. Patterson	Sylvia Carson	Douglas "Pogo" Patterson	colspan="28"
Mr. Patel	Minoo Golvala	Sudhamani Patel	colspan="28"
Mr. Albert Humphries	Tony Barton	Alan Humphries	colspan="27"
Mrs. Orpington	Christine Shaw	Duane Orpington	colspan="28"
	Deirdre Costello		colspan="27"
Mrs. Stewart	Helen Cotterill	Christopher "Stewpot" Stewart	colspan="27"
Mr. Leslie Scott		Claire Scott	colspan="24"
Mrs. Ann Scott	Jennifer Piercey		colspan="24"
Mr. Cartwright		Pamela and Matthew Cartwright	colspan="26"
Mrs. Cartwright	Christine Akehurst		colspan="26"
Mrs. Zowkowski	Diana Ricardo	Belinda Zowkowski	colspan="26"
Mr. Stewart	Mike Lewin	Christopher "Stewpot" Stewart	colspan="24"
Mr. Browning	Mike Savage	Roland "Roly" Browning	colspan="23"
Mrs. Joyce Browning			colspan="25"
Mrs. McGuire		Samuel "Zammo" McGuire	colspan="21"
Mr. Singh	Ahmed Khalil	Randir Singh	colspan="25"
Mrs. Singh	Sheila Chitnis		colspan="25"
Mrs. Firman	Dorothy White	Annette Firman	colspan="24"
Mrs. Gloria Cooney		Diane Cooney	colspan="24"
Mr. Bill Donnington	John Bleasdale	Caroline "Calley" Donnington (adoptive)	colspan="23"
Mrs. Donnington	Deirdre Costello		colspan="18"
Mrs. Angela Selby	Jean Heard	Caroline "Calley" Donnington (birth)	colspan="23"
Mrs. Fairbrother	Ann Curthoys	Julian Fairbrother	colspan="23"
Mrs. Wilks	Cecily Hobbs	Sarah Wilks	colspan="23"
Mr. Wright	Barry Summerford	Jackie and Robbie Wright	colspan="23"
Mrs. Wallace		Eric Wallace	colspan="23"
Mrs. St. Clair	Alibe Parson	Janet St. Clair	colspan="23"
Mrs. Jones	Elspeth Charlton	Ant Jones	colspan="22"
Mr. Jones	Keith Drinkel		colspan="22"
Mrs. Gardener	Joanna Mackie	Luke "Gonch" Gardener	colspan="22"
Mr. Martin Glover	Vincent Brimble	Julia and Steven Glover	colspan="21"
Mrs. Glover	Sarah Nash		colspan="22"
Mrs. Davis	Marcia King	Imelda Davis	colspan="21"
Mr. Kendall	Chris Sanders	Danny Kendall	colspan="21"
Mrs. Kendall	Jo Manning Wilson		colspan="19"
Mr. Pearson	Bunny Losh	Matthew and Lucy Pearson	colspan="20"
Mrs. Pearson	Julia Goodman		colspan="17"
Mr. Les Birtles		Veronica "Ronnie" Birtles	colspan="19"
Mrs. Birtles			colspan="18"
Mrs. Young	Jenny Lee	Susi Young	colspan="19"
Mr. Savage	Christopher Driscoll	Vincent "Vince" Savage	colspan="19"
Mr. Ratcliffe		Mark and Terence "Tegs" Ratcliffe	colspan="18"
Mr. Rashim	Raj Patel	Akik and Aichaa Rashim	colspan="17"
Mrs. Rashim	Chanda Sharma		colspan="17"
Mr. Bentley	David Cann	Mike Bentley	colspan="17"
Mr. Frank Glanville		Paul Glanville, Mark and Terence "Tegs" Ratcliffe (stepsons)	colspan="17"
Mrs. Rita Glanville	Cristina Avery	Mark and Terence "Tegs" Ratcliffe, Paul Glanville	colspan="17"
Mrs. Stevens	Janet Allen	Becky, Natalie and Natasha Stevens	colspan="16"
Mr. Shaw	David Streames	Brian Shaw	colspan="17"
Mrs. Shaw	Helen Duvall		colspan="17"
Mr. Ken Mainwaring	Vincent Pickering	Christine "Chrissy", Fred "Freddie" and Paula Mainwaring	colspan="16"
Mrs. Mainwaring	Eliza Hunt		colspan="16"
Mrs. Corrigan		Julie Corrigan	colspan="12"
Mrs. Lodge	Maria Warner	Delia "Dill" Lodge	colspan="8"
Mr. Phillips	Andrew Francis	Lauren and Andy Phillips	colspan="15"
			colspan="11"
Mrs. Phillips	Lee Halliday		colspan="15"
			colspan="11"
Mr. Stone	Paul Ridley	Robyn Stone	colspan="15"
Mrs. Stone	Lois Butlin		colspan="14"
Mr. Morgan	Jim Barclay	Russel "Jacko" Morgan	colspan="14"
Mrs. Morgan			colspan="14"
Mr. Watts	John Arthur	Maria Watts	colspan="14"
Mr. Jim Arnold		Jessica and James "Arnie" Arnold	colspan="8"
Mrs. Caroline Arnold	Daryl Webster		colspan="12"
Mr. Morris	Tony Millan	Dennis "Techno" Morris	colspan="13"
Mrs. Morris	Sharon Bower	Dennis "Techno" Morris	colspan="13"
	Susannah Bray		colspan="11"
Mr. Jenkins	Geoff Lawson	Kevin Jenkins	colspan="12"
Mrs. Jenkins			colspan="10"
Mr. Greg Mitchell		Lucy Mitchell	colspan="11"
Mrs. Silver	Delmozene Morris	Poppy Silver	colspan="10"
Mr. Longworth	Stephen Earle	Chris and Elizabeth Longworth	colspan="10"
Mrs. Longworth	Julie Foulds		colspan="10"
Mrs. Jeffreys	Theresa Streatfield	Judi, Harry and Jonathan Jeffreys	colspan="9"
Mrs. Day	Patti Love	Eddie, David and Joanna Day	colspan="10"
Mrs. Sutcliffe	Brenda Ford	Wayne Sutcliffe	colspan="10"
Mrs. Singleton		Matt Singleton	colspan="9"
Mr. Hudson		Ian Hudson	colspan="6"
Mrs. Savi	Susan Henry	Franco and Fabio Savi	colspan="9"
Mr. Abassi	Wale Ojo	Max Abassi	colspan="9"
Mr. Radcliffe		Becky Radcliffe	colspan="9"
Mrs. Radcliffe	Alison Rose		colspan="9"
Mrs. Hattie Davenport		Amy Davenport	colspan="6"
Mrs. Webster	Susan Beresford	Paula, Sarah-Jane and Kimberley Webster	colspan="9"
Mrs. Braithwaite		Calvin Braithwaite	colspan="9"
Mr. Hawkins	Steve Weston	Adam Hawkins	colspan="8"
Mr. Fraser	Stephen Tiller	Emily and Katy Fraser	colspan="8"
Mrs. Modi	Sakuntala Ramanee	Anika and Amit Modi	colspan="6"
Mr. Modi	Tanveer Ghani		colspan="8"
Mr. Don West	Simon Pearsall	Lisa and Shona West	colspan="6"
Mrs. Sally West			colspan="7"
Mr. Miller	Peter Temple	Ben and Martin Miller	colspan="7"
Mrs. Miller	Jacqueline Bucknell		colspan="7"
Suzie Gilks		Maddie Gilks	colspan="6"
Mr. Stewart	Malcolm Tomlinson	Leah Stewart	colspan="5"
Mrs. Stewart	Natalie Forbes		colspan="5"
Mr. Owen Wainwright	Mark Entwhistle	Barry "Baz" and Annie Wainwright	colspan="3"
Mrs. Wainwright			colspan="4"
Mrs. Bolton	Gillian Perry	Emma Bolton	colspan="1"
Mr. Bolton	Philip Hazelby		colspan="3"
Mr. Benson	Danny Lawrence	Abel and Theo Benson	colspan="3"
Mr. Pickering		Alex Pickering	colspan="1"
Mrs. McIlroy	Cally Lawrence	Kathy McIlroy	colspan="1"
Miss Moore	Kerry McGregor	Chloe Moore	colspan="1"
Mr. Johnson	Danny McCall	Patrick "Togger", Timothy "Tigger" and Lucy Johnson	colspan="1"