Picture the scene - a squalid public toilet, its filthy urinal the grim focal point as a drug-addled teen slumps to the floor, glassy eyes staring vacantly into space as he savours the effects of his latest fix.
Played by Lee MacDonald, Zammo would inevitably alienate friends and family as he battled his addiction to the Class A drug, before finally turning his life around. Lee MacDonald played Zammo Maguire in Grange Hill. The character would sink into heroin addiction in one of the BBC children's show's most controversial storlinesThe addiction storyline and its subsequent Just Say No anti-drugs campaign turned MacDonald into a household name
Born in 1956, he started his professional career at the Leeds Playhouse in 1975 in a performance of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead. Todd Carty, 57, remains one of the show's most famous alumni having remained on TV screens since the first series aired in 1978. His Grange Hill character was so popular, he was given his own spin-off show Tucker's Luck from 1983 to 1985.
As well as continuing to act on stage and screen, he's also delved into producing and directing and made a memorable appearance on Dancing On Ice in 2009 because of his lack of flair. Most recently, he appeared in the film Silver Birches in 2017 about an author struggling to rebuild his life after the untimely death of his wife.
Susan Tully starred as rebellious school girl Suzanne Ross in Grange Hill from 1980 to 1984, and was the daughter of Mrs Ross. Since her EastEnders exit, Susan has paved a successful career in directing with the likes of The Bill, Silent Witness, Lark Rise to Candleford and Secret Diary of a Call Girl on her résumé.
John Alford - played Robbie Wright Actor John Alford played happy go lucky Robbie Wright between 1985 and 1991 . John Alford was jailed for nine months last year after being convicted of supplying cocaine and cannabis to a bogus Arab prince in 2000 Little brother to Jaqui, Robbie is best remembered for his romances with Calley Donnington and his friendship with Ziggy Greaves. He also enjoyed several top 40 hit singles, produced by Stock/Waterman, following his TV success.
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