Jed Mercurio
Director
The Grimleys (1999)
Specials
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.
Released March 8, 1999
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.northern-england, tmdb.1970s, tmdb.school, imdb.english, imdb.dudley, imdb.british-comedy, imdb.1970s + 8 more, imdb.misfit, imdb.school, imdb.bully, imdb.sitcom, imdb.crush, imdb.sadist, imdb.teaching, imdb.sitcom-comedy
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S0E1 - The Pilot
Comedy set in 1975, which tells the story of teenager Gordon Grimley's unrequited love for his English teacher and his attempts to outwit a formidable romantic rival - the thuggish sports master. Part of Granada Television's 'Comedy Premieres' strand.
July 5, 1997, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 660 min.
Released: March 8, 1999
Last Air Date: April 1, 2001, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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