A vintage kids' TV classic is being rebooted by the BBC, 17 years after it last featured on our screens.

Grange Hill was known and loved by Britons from 1978-2008, and will bring back memories for the millions who were raised watching it.

It starred beloved characters like Peter “Tucker” Jenkins — who was played by EastEnders actor Todd Carty, whose catchphrase “flippin’ ’eck” and cheeky smile were so well recognized that it got him his own spin-off show, Tucker’s Luck.

Other recognizable pupils included Alan Humphries (played by George Armstrong from The Bill), Benny Green (Terry Sue-Patt), Suzanne Ross (EastEnders actor Susan Tully) Steven Banks (Tim Polley) and Sammy “Zammo” Mcguire (Lee MacDonald).

At the peak of the show’s popularity in the 1980s, Grange Hill bravely covered a di

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