I remember seeing a scene between him and (I think) Fay Lucas.
Something along the lines of:-
“Aw Benny, it’s not your fault that you’re a n*g-nog”
“It’s not your fault you’re a honky”
Ok, it’s ham-fisted way of depicting the struggles that different races faced in multi-cultural Britain, but it reminded me of how brave Grange Hill was. Racism, drug abuse, bullying… All subjects that the show covered, but treated its audience with respect.
I hear you’re a racist now, Goatboy Is that the official position of the Goat Orthodox church? Should we all be racists now? It’s just that I like a cup of tea, and what with the farm and all, I’m not sure I’ll be able to devote meself full-time to the ol’ racism.
NOTE: Goatboy is not a racist, and tits aside on account of scary females in my house, I am not a squeamish moderator. I’ve always said that language is about context, and the context, such as it is, is alright I reckon.
They did make the decision to move it up North. I did some work for Lime Pictures, the company that made it (amongst other things, such as Hollyoaks, etc) and actually walked around the set of the northern version. It was weird. Totally incongruent. You’d walk into what was a perfectly normal conference room, having passed by loads of little disconnected bits of interior that were obviously part of the school.
The “move north” was accidental in a way. The original idea was to have a school which reflected all of the accents of the country, but it ended up being north west kids only on account of child employment laws.