Jed Mercurio
Director
The Grimleys (1999)
Season 2
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
S2E1 - The Beautiful Game
Digby aims to fill the school's trophy cabinet - with the first coming in a cricket match against a posh school.
Jan. 9, 2000, midnight
S2E2 - The Gold Star
Digby runs for his life.
Jan. 16, 2000, midnight
S2E3 - The Beast With Two Backs
Geraldine decides it's time for some sex education for her students.
Jan. 23, 2000, midnight
S2E4 - One Day In The Life
Doug takes up English teaching.
Jan. 30, 2000, midnight
S2E5 - The Search For Extraterrestial Intelligence
Gordon plans a romantic evening with Geraldine under the stars - at Jodrell Bank.
Feb. 6, 2000, midnight
S2E6 - Driving Miss Titley
Digby finds his dream home.
Feb. 13, 2000, midnight
S2E7 - The Bionic Boy
Gordon is jealous as Darren is hailed as a genius.
Feb. 20, 2000, midnight
S2E8 - The Pon Parr
Gordon finally gets a girlfriend.
Feb. 27, 2000, midnight
S2E9 - The Memory Gland
Gordon moves in with the Titleys.
March 5, 2000, midnight
S2E10 - The Prime of Mr Doug Digby
Gordon has a chance to fulfil his dream of wooing Geraldine at the Christmas skating gala.
March 12, 2000, 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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