Adele Rose
Director
Byker Grove (1989)
Season 8
Byker Grove was a British television series which aired between 1989 and 2006 and was created by Adele Rose. The show was broadcast at 5.10pm after Newsround on CBBC on BBC One. It was aimed at an older teenager and young adult audience, tackling serious and sometimes controversial storylines.
Released Nov. 8, 1989
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
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Production Companies: Zenith Entertainment
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S8E1 - Episode 117
Sept. 3, 1996, midnight
S8E2 - Episode 118
Sept. 5, 1996, midnight
S8E3 - Episode 119
Sept. 10, 1996, midnight
S8E4 - Episode 120
Sept. 12, 1996, midnight
S8E5 - Episode 121
Sept. 17, 1996, midnight
S8E6 - Episode 123
Lou takes in a new foster child, Harry. A girl who has a tragic past. Cher, her bestfriend, comes to visit her and Frew invites them to the Grove.
Sept. 19, 1996, midnight
S8E7 - Episode 124
Sept. 24, 1996, midnight
S8E8 - Episode 125
Sept. 26, 1996, midnight
S8E9 - Episode 126
Oct. 1, 1996, midnight
S8E10 - Episode 127
Frew is released from the court on the sole condition that he leaves Newcastle, Lou arranges for him to stay with her sister in Northampton.
Oct. 3, 1996, midnight
S8E11 - Episode 128
Teraise is angered when she discovers that a free poster of a pop band had been defaced by her newspaper deliver. She confronts him and he apologises as he was only doing it in protest for girls to start liking boy bands for their singing talent instead of how good looking they are.
Oct. 8, 1996, midnight
S8E12 - Episode 128
Phillip is taken by Teraise to meet Geoff at the Grove. However on the way there Gruff, a wayward goat, follows them. Angered that Teraise didn't pay him any attention, Jack arranges to have Gruff taken to the slaughterhouse (which is where he was from to begin with).
Teraise and Phillip save Gruff from his fate.
Oct. 10, 1996, midnight
S8E13 - Episode 129
A sad day at the Grove for Terraise and Phillip when Gruff is killed in a racist attack on the Grove.
Oct. 15, 1996, midnight
S8E14 - Episode 130
Oct. 17, 1996, midnight
S8E15 - Episode 131
Oct. 22, 1996, midnight
S8E16 - Episode 132
Terry introduces his younger brother Ben to the other Grovers. Problems follow though as their father has just been released from prison and he has no intention of going straight.
Oct. 24, 1996, midnight
S8E17 - Episode 133
Jack and Phillip are planning to be the Gallagher brothers for the ""Stars In Your Eyes"" competition. Their first rehersal however goes a bit off as they get drunk on the alcohol that Alfie and Ed had hidden.
Oct. 29, 1996, midnight
S8E18 - Episode 134
Oct. 31, 1996, midnight
S8E19 - Episode 135
Nov. 5, 1996, midnight
S8E20 - Episode 136
It's ""Stars In Our Eyes"" night at the Grove and Anne joins Sita on stage as the Eternal Sisters.
Cher and Harry argue as Cher decides to perform solo as Madonna instead of performing as ABBA with Harry.
Harry decides to get revenge on Cher by pulling the plug on the cassette player proving to everyone that she was miming.
Nov. 7, 1996, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 10260 min.
Released: Nov. 8, 1989
Last Air Date: Dec. 10, 2006, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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