About this season
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.
Episodes (10)
1. The Beautiful Game
Aired 9 January 2000 • 30 min
Digby aims to fill the school's trophy cabinet - with the first coming in a cricket match against a posh school.
2. The Gold Star
Aired 16 January 2000 • 30 min
Digby runs for his life.
3. The Beast With Two Backs
Aired 23 January 2000 • 30 min
Geraldine decides it's time for some sex education for her students.
4. One Day In The Life
Aired 30 January 2000 • 30 min
Doug takes up English teaching.
5. The Search For Extraterrestial Intelligence
Aired 6 February 2000 • 30 min
Gordon plans a romantic evening with Geraldine under the stars - at Jodrell Bank.
6. Driving Miss Titley
Aired 13 February 2000 • 30 min
Digby finds his dream home.
7. The Bionic Boy
Aired 20 February 2000 • 30 min
Gordon is jealous as Darren is hailed as a genius.
8. The Pon Parr
Aired 27 February 2000 • 30 min
Gordon finally gets a girlfriend.
9. The Memory Gland
Aired 5 March 2000 • 30 min
Gordon moves in with the Titleys.
10. The Prime of Mr Doug Digby
Aired 12 March 2000 • 30 min
Gordon has a chance to fulfil his dream of wooing Geraldine at the Christmas skating gala.