Melinda and Conrad explore the trailblazing teen shows Degrassi Junior High and Grange Hill.
References
The Invention of the Teenager - https://www.ushistory.org/us/46c.asp
A Brief History of Teenagers - https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/02/brief-history-teenagers/
A Brief History of the Teen: How two world wars and the industrial revolution created the modern teenager, by Michael Hafford June 20, 2017, Medium - https://medium.com/mel-magazine/a-brief-history-of-the-teen-ad9d240720d5
Traumatic Episodes: A History of the ABC Afterschool Special, Jake Rossen, 28-Mar-2019, Mental Floss website: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/577502/abc-afterschool-special-history
Grange Hill Gold - https://grangehillgold.wordpress.com/
Grange Hill Wiki - https://grangehill.fandom.com/wiki/Grange_Hill_Wiki
George Wilson interview on ‘This Morning’ https://youtu.be/5emqa9aLyuk
Grange Hill behind the scenes (1987): https://youtu.be/04ji58hL73U
Grange Hill behind the scenes on ‘Take Two’ (1986): https://youtu.be/QSrVydad9CM
Grange Hill cast in the White House: https://youtu.be/zjYxHpMX0KI
Grange Hill ‘Just Say No’ music video: https://youtu.be/kkQXnQ0plDA
Back to school Degrassi, 11/24/2001. Janice Kennedy. The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ont.: Nov 24, 2001. pg. E.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20050816042115/http://news.degrassi.ca/article.php?a_id=549
The Degrassi Franchise on the Teenage Experience https://the-artifice.com/degrassi-franchise-teenage-experience/
Introducing… Kit Hood and Linda Schuyler, Cinema Canada. https://cinemacanada.athabascau.ca/index.php/cinema/article/viewFile/2292/2342
1989- Degrassi: Between Takes - Original Broadcast October 30th Television Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb2437TFOkc&t=229s