Advent Calendar 2020 Day 14: Grange Hill, 1985

Otherwise known as the arrival of Harriet the Donkey. Well, it was workable for a one-off. But it wasn't, was it? Penned by Phil Redmond himself for the first time in four years it acted as a bridge between series, wrapping up loose ends before series nine began in the new year, it's also the arrival of fibreglass-enabled golden age bully Imelda Davis and irate caretaker Mr Griffiths and the farewell of Gripper and Stewpot. Mr Baxter gets a fine sarcasm workout and Ro-Land is the centre of the story arc. Believers in the sanctity of the fourth wall, watch out.