Review: Chris Tucker at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Hollywood star Chris Tucker went back to his roots and showed flashes of his Def Comedy Jam days with his stand-up routine.
Entertainment|Nov 27, 2012
Entertainment
Birmingham
Hollywood star Chris Tucker went back to his roots and showed flashes of his Def Comedy Jam days with his stand-up routine.
It's the nation's most famous comprehensive and it celebrates its 30th anniversary next year - but whatever happened to the star pupils, asks Women's Editor Maria Cuisine.It's the nation's most famous comprehensive and it celebrates its 30th anniversary next year - but whatever happened to the star pupils, asks Women's Editor Maria Cuisine. He was probably the first television hero for schoolchildren. Leather jacket wearing rebel Tucker Jenkins was the loveable rogue that everyone looked up to in Grange Hill. The school is the nation's most famous comprehensive - and it first opened its doors three decades ago. Its instantly recognisable theme tune, comic strip-style opening credits and its bid to tackle the grittier side of life at a British comprehensive scored top marks with children up and down the land. Tucker Jenkins was the top dog of the show. And now, 30 years after the series was first aired, Todd Carty is back as Tucker. The actor, now aged 44, has filmed a one-off special to celebrate the 30th birthday of the show. Grange Hill, the brainchild of Phil Redmond, broke the mould when it was first broadcast in 1978 by attempting to cover "real issues". It didn't shy away from controversy and has dealt with issues affecting ordinary kids around the country. Read the full story in the Express & Star