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The Grimleys (1999)

Comedy

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.

IMDb rating
7.5 (224 votes)
Seasons
2
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

8.42 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 8.7

Ep 1: 7.4 · 10 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 7 votesEp 3: 8.7 · 6 votesEp 4: 8.7 · 8 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 7 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 6 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Romeo and Juliet7.410
2The Road Not Taken8.57
3The Golden Whistle8.76
4Something for the Weekend8.78
5Kung Fu Fighting8.57
6Survival of the Fittest8.76

Season 2 (2000)

8.90 avg 4 episodes 9.0 → 9.0

Ep 1: 9.0 · 7 votesEp 2: 9.0 · 7 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 7 votesEp 4: 9.0 · 7 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Beautiful Game9.07
2The Gold Star9.07
3The Beast with Two Backs8.67
4One Day in the Life9.07