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| The Grimleys | |
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| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Created by | Jed Mercurio |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Granada Television |
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| Network | ITV[1] |
| Release | 5 July 1997 – 1 April 2001[2] |
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The Grimleys is a comedy-drama television series set on a council estate in Dudley, West Midlands, England in the mid-1970s.[3] It was first broadcast by Granada TV for ITV in 1999, following a pilot in 1997, and concluded in 2001 after three series.[4]
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.[5]
The filming of the school took place in Salford, Buile Hill High, Hope High, and Pendleton College, and the characters' homes were filmed in Langley, Greater Manchester.[6] Later series featured location filming in Dudley, including a scene at Dudley Zoo.
- ^ Robert Hanks (9 March 1999). "Television Review - Arts & Entertainment". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "BBC - Comedy Guide - the Grimleys". Archived from the original on 5 December 2004.
- ^ Thu, 11 Mar 1999 (11 March 1999). "Ratings boost for new ITV post-10pm schedule | Archive". Marketing Week. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Jason Deans (21 May 2002). "The Grimleys Go West | Media | MediaGuardian". London: Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ Belcher, David (1 March 1999). "With a Flare for the Past". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ Dudley Chronicle, 15 May 1998