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With its catchy theme tune, cast of mischievous pupils and gritty storylines, Grange Hill, set in a fictitious comprehensive school in London, provided the backdrop to a generation of childhoods.
First broadcast in 1978 and regularly attracting audiences of up to 12 million during its 30-year run, the show’s cast became household names.
Among the characters that featured over the years were Tucker Jenkins, played by Todd Carty, Benny Green, Zammo McGuire, Justine Dean, and Norman 'Gripper' Stebson.
Todd Carty, 57, who played hit character Tucker Jenkins. remains one of the show's most famous alumni having remained on TV screens since the first series aired in 1978 - most memorably as Eastenders' Mark Fowler.
Today, some will be reminiscing on Radio 4’s The Reunion – so what happened after they left Grange Hill?
Grange Hill opening credits
Todd Carty - Tucker Jenkins
Todd’s character was so popular that he got his own spin-off show, Tucker’s Luck.
He then starred as Mark Fowler in EastEnders from 1990 to 2003, with a groundbreaking storyline when his character was diagnosed with HIV.
But after his departure from the square, he played away from type portraying the villainous PC Gabriel Kent in The Bill.
Plotting a deranged revenge plot on the mother who gave him away involving incest and raping a colleague, psychopathic Gabriel became a serial killer and eventually committed suicide.
As well as continuing to act on stage and screen, he's also delved into producing and directing and made a memorable appearance on Dancing On Ice in 2009 because of his lack of flair.
As well as starring in panto, he appeared on Celebrity Masterchef in 2014 and in 2015, the actor and his eldest son James filmed a documentary, Dangerous Adventures For Boys, for Channel 5 based on the book by Conn and Hal Iggulden.
Carty and his eldest son, James, filmed together in a factual television series for Channel 5, Dangerous Adventures For Boys, based on the book written by Conn and Hal Iggulden
Most recently, he appeared in the film Silver Birches in 2017 about an author struggling to rebuild his life after the untimely death of his wife.
Todd has been with his childhood sweetheart Dina Clarkin since 1990, and they have two sons James and Thomas.
Todd Carty playing Tucker Jenkins - the character was so popular he got his own spin-off show, Tucker’s Luck
Todd Carty played Tucker Jenkins, before going on to appear in a range of other television shows
He played Mark Fowler for 13 years, pictured at Wendy Richards' funeral, who played his on-screen mother Pauline Fowler
Paula-Ann Bland - Claire Scott
With her Lady Diana hair-flick, Paula-Ann played the daughter of over-protective parents.
She quit Grange Hill aged 18 and posed topless for a men’s magazine.
‘For a little time I regretted it, but I don’t now,’ she says. ‘That was the thing at the time.’
After TV roles in Spender and Only Fools And Horses, a career in PR followed.
The mother-of-two was diagnosed with
