Series · 1999 – 2001 · Comedy

The Grimleys

Name: The Grimleys
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Amanda Holden, Jan Ravens, Craig Kelly, Brian Conley, Ryan Cartwright

★7.6 1999 – 2001 3 Seasons Jed Mercurio TV-MA

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.

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Seasons & episodes

3 seasons · 22 episodes

Episode 01

Romeo & Juliet

Mar 8, 1999 · 30 min

When Miss Titley puts on a production of Romeo And Juliet, young Gordon is first to volunteer for the part of the male lead.

Episode 02

The Road Not Taken

Mar 15, 1999 · 30 min

Geraldine invites a former pupil to give a careers talk, which makes Doug insanely jealous, while Baz thinks it's about time Gordon stopped filling his head with dreams of university and got a proper job.

Episode 03

The Golden Whistle

Mar 22, 1999 · 30 min

Doug puffs his chest out for the highlight of PE teachers' year, The Golden Whistle Awards. He is a bit too grand to take Geraldine and instead takes the Amazonian PE mistress, Miss Thing.

Episode 04

Something For The Weekend

Mar 29, 1999 · 30 min

Gordon tries every trick in the book to stop leering love rival Doug Digby from whisking winsome Geraldine off for a dirty weekend.

Episode 05

Fung Fu Fighting

Apr 5, 1999 · 30 min

Doug Digby may think he's a hard man, but he's a softie compared with his dad. Digby senior drops in on his son, spit-roasts his pet piglet for bacon sarnies and leaves Doug a quivering mess.

Episode 06

Survival Of The Fittest

Apr 20, 1999 · 30 min

Lovelorn Gordon tries to convince Miss Titley that Digby is nothing but a brute, but she will have none of it until the grudge match against a team led by his arch-rival Ron Atkinson.

About the series

Audience score

★ 7.6 /10

based on 8 votes

Synopsis

Comedy

Cast

8 principal cast

Amanda Holden

Geraldine Titley

Jan Ravens

Craig Kelly

Brian Conley

Ryan Cartwright

Noddy Holder

Mr Holder

James Bradshaw

Gordon Grimley

Nigel Planer

Les Grimley

Where to watch The Grimleys

The Grimleys is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The comedy from Jed Mercurio has 3 seasons and 22 total episodes, rated 7.6/10 by 8 viewers.