Grange Hill - Bronson's Best Bits (Part Four)

[@markisaac7970]

For a kid's TV show, the drama was absolutely amazing

[@Longi1974]

Surely the most memorable of all Grange Hill characters. Michael Sheard was absolutely superb in this role.

[@normanby100]

Sheard's acting is a convincing portrayal of a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown

[@Glenn1967ful]

For what was considered a children's show, the acting was of a very high standard and Sheard played Bronson really well.

[@joshlawson5436]

I'm only 23 but i love the older episodes of Grange Hill, i think 1978-1989 was the best era and things started to go down hill in the 90's.

[@evonne_okafor]

As someone who started to watched in the mid 80s I have to agree. Kinder gave up watching from about 92

[@kailashpatel1706]

Between 1978-86...It was exceptional...still good by 1989...but yep post that period it simply was not that good...but that happens...

[@kenianpark2216]

Was best during Mrs McClusky years.

[@craigmullen9046]

Mr Bronson would have teached you the true way of the force.

[@kevinprior3549]

I agree

[@martinharvey3990]

This was the golden era of Grange Hill. Great acting and everyone had their own characters. Just like real school when I went.

[@TheBlackcular]

Definitely the golden era

[@gaywest4298]

Michael Sheard was such a great actor. RIP.

[@TheRX1982]

+gaywest4298 Loved the arrogance that was Admiral Ozzel

[@grantdeancommons5390]

He played a good German in ww2 films

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

On the buses ..

[@bernardmoss7171]

I loved grange hill especially back in the era of 1978-90.just glad I never had a teacher like bronson. still one of the all time classic TV shows.

[@twilliamspro]

the way his voice was quivering at the end was amazing

[@wazzerswifts4462]

Love Mr bronson, he was a typical teacher from my era, that's what it was like in my secondary school anyway.

[@lordfriezaUK]

If there had been more justice in the world, Michael Sheard would have become an even bigger star. Talent like this gets confined to "genre" but deserves greater exposure

[@Glenn1967ful]

He was Herr Grunwald in Auf Wiedersehen Pet, whch had 15 million viewers at its peakl.

[@colmoconnell2638]

And Adolf in The last crusade. 😅​@Glenn1967ful

[@Euphoftoday]

This episode greatly affected me because one of my friends died at 14 in the late 80s, something I've never forgotten.

[@andrewhuckle803]

Mrs McClusky, the best head teacher ever. Firm but fair.

[@richardpearson58]

agree.

[@spiralfirst6488]

Fantastic actor. His autobiography makes for good reading. An amusing, interesting and intelligent man. Much missed.

[@markgreet3543]

Great actor rest in peace micheal you were a true legend

[@peterprice-patrickofpenkri1898]

Glad us oldies 40+ experienced the last stage of normality.

[@Owen-hg3cu]

In the 80s old people were saying how they missed the old days and how the modern days were bad. You're just an old fart that's all.

[@kevinprior3549]

I could listen to McKenzie all day. Love his Scottish voice

[@rnw2739]

It's ugly and sounds retarded.

[@pauljordan4452]

The actor who played him died. Nicholas Donnelly was 83.

[@prendersmack1643]

The announcement by Mrs McCluskey of Danny's death sends shivers up and down my spine. The reaction from the pupils and some of the teachers is testament to how story-telling should be in a drama series. Nowadays, the character would've probably met a sticky end by being blown up in "one of the grittiest storylines in the shows history" nonsense.

[@rajnirvan3336]

Michael was brilliant in everything I can remember him acting in from The Sweeney, Minder, The Professionals and On The Buses etc

[@kailashpatel1706]

Was Grange Hill superb in the late 1970s and the 1980s? superbly written and superbly acted..

[@dewianthony4991]

Well said ! It sure was :)

[@robertprees603]

The best era was never quite the same after that still good but not the same,

[@MichaelBarry-wj3ee]

THE 9TH SERIES IN 1986 WAS THE BEST EVER WITH ANT JONES FOOLISHLY DECIDING TO TAKE ON MIGHTY BRONSON I LOVED THE WAY HE TURNED HEAD IN MILITARY PRECISION WHEN THE UNSEEN MCKENZIE SAID " US FOUR ACTUALLY " 🙂

[@gezatherton1071]

Superb acting from Sheard at the end. Bronson is a broken man, you can see right there he’s immediately riddled with guilt over the way he treated Kendall.

[@davidfoxall3344]

He didn’t treat him badly. Kendall was a dickhead and Bronson was absolutely right to be strict on him. Why should he get special treatment

[@bustygirl6763]

Bronson what a legend

[@simonthomas5367]

Brilliant actor. The teacher we all loved to hate. Groundbreaking series that my generation really appreciated.

[@RoonJazz]

Best teaching character ever. Mr. Bronson. Legend and Slaphead. xx

[@alexkrycek21]

Brilliant actor. Would have loved to see how he would have coped with Gripper had they been around in the same era.

[@genesis1765]

One of the great unanswered questions

[@kevinprior3549]

They'd be a bloody war I think

[@kasterborous1701]

Probably by bellowing “StebSOOOON!”

[@steely666]

Legend: Mr Bronson.

[@kevinprior3549]

McKlusky wud have been great as M in 007

[@richardpearson58]

that would have been funny and interesting.

[@Freddie1980]

It seems to me Bronson was suffering from PTSD.

[@memoir4you]

god bless Michael Sheard for giving us Mr Bronson, the teacher everyone loved to hate.Michael himself, though, didn't think Bronson was hateful or evil, just a strict disciplinarian and misunderstood..

[@BillyButcher90]

Yeh, I think he was just out of touch with how modern and liberal the school was.

[@3622Dave]

@@BillyButcher90 He also showed his kinder side with how he treated Roland.

[@cdwattie]

Michael sheard what an actor did lots of other tv shows but we all know him for the strict mr bronson and catchprease KENDEL

[@CoastHobbit9340]

Mr Bronson had very clipped, almost Dalek-like, intonation, and this made him quite a fearsome character. It's probably as well Bronson wasn't a head or deputy head with caning rights as he would quite likely have thrashed Danny and several of his classmates to death. Exterminate! Exterminate!

[@Howdy606]

I keep thinking the girl who was fixing the moped was a young Tracy from Birds of a Feather lol

[@ultradawg1]

Herr Grunwald from Auf Wiedersehen Pet.

[@littlejohnnyturtle8770]

At least Kendall lasted longer than General Ouzzell.

[@Foebane72]

Bronson is obviously distraught after the assembly in the corridor with all the pupils. He was shaken, indeed.

[@neoakram6354]

Fitted the part to play Hitler in Indiana Jones 3!

[@bestrickie2]

Very WELL acted though very sad in many ways as D Kendal and Mr B DIDN’T like one another and it sounds like Mr B REGRETTED this. It goes to show the truth of life in that 2 humans may NOT connect and HATE each other BUT the time comes when it’s TOO LATE. I used to watch Grange Hill with other mates when we attended board school based in the excellent South Lake District many years ago and this program SURE reminds me of those good old days myself and other mates and I attended the boarding school.

[@sb6678]

Mr Branson always reminded me of the Crock from the Browning Version (1951 version)

[@markgreet3543]

She's a good teacher even the bloody staff hated bronson

[@kevinprior3549]

Go to your classrooms I SAID GO TO YOUR CLASSROOM THIS IS NO WAY TO SHOW RESPECT Miss Booth? NOW MOVE! Have you just arrived? DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? Fantastic acting from Michael Sheard

[@DougPaulley]

It must have been bloody terrifying for those kids having to act with him in that role!!

[@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes]

I bet he wouldn't talk to Vader like he does kendall.

[@uglycustard1]

BAZFANSHOTHITS more like a dalek

[@lion5352-z1s]

BAZFANSHOTHITS u

[@richardpearson58]

if he treated vader like that he would have been murdered by vader by pointing the finger at him choking him to death

[@richardpearson58]

if he talked to vader like that he would have been murdered by him.

[@TheOptimod]

Normally not looking at someone when you speak to them is a sign of meekness or shyness, but this never seemed to be the case with Bronson. He would tear someone to shreds whilst staring emotionlessly into the distance.

[@UBZUKki]

Bronson was a mad man

[@carolinelynch2823]

Hark who's talking Mr Robson. Since he never showed Danny Kendall any respect. Also that lady teacher in this clip is right about what she said about Danny.

[@SI13O14GF]

He also was in Star Wars and played Hitler in Indiana jones and the last crusade. I never could under the connection with him and George lucas firms

[@Vicki-stfc]

I loved Mr McKenzie. He was a great character. Bronson used to annoy me!

[@MrDavros-qb2lj]

Didn't Mr mckenzie (whose real name escapes me) play a seargeant in Z Cars?

[@Djarra]

Nicholas Donnelly, he was Sgt. Willis in 'Dixon of Dock Green' not 'Z Cars' IIRC he was the other actor in the infamous outtake where the guy can't say "Dock Green nick" with out putting a dick in somewhere. Back at around the time he was in GH he also did the promotional video for the 'Scottish Whiskey Museum' in Edinburgh. After seeing that I always assumed he had a wee dram hidden in his desk.

[@evonne_okafor]

@@MrDavros-qb2lj Think his 1st name was Donald but don't quote me on that.

[@jeremyslaney5644]

@@evonne_okafor Mr Mackenzie was played by Nicholas Donnelly

[@howey935]

If a teacher was like that now hed end up getting stabbed.

[@TheAntHar1]

Is it me or is there a continuity fault? When Mr Bronson leaves his office he is not carrying his attache case - and yet when he enters Mrs McCluskey's office he is carrying it?

[@gerryryan]

he was the only sane one in that kip of a school

[@cmcewan9083]

Bronson = Davros with legs :P

[@MrDavros-qb2lj]

I 'v e never seen him working in the bunker (as part of the Elite Scientific Core) with Davros in "Genesis Of the Daleks". MS was a fine actor - strangely enough he played a headmaster in "Remembrance of The Daleks" too. It puzzles me that he was in several episodes of "On The Buses" as the depot manager, not one of his more demanding roles I think!!

[@PerpetualTiredness]

Classic

[@Djarra]

04:20 He was still blinking at that point.

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Poor Mr. Bronson came unhinged...

[@bobjordan69]

Bronsons got toupee

[@kevinprior3549]

I love Helen. Shes attractive but not over the top. Shes the sort of girl anyone can get on with. Great attitude, inspite of her being a friend of Imelda

[@EDM1210]

Great memories,he sounds like a dalek on steroids 😂

[@carlkinvig6047]

Always felt sorry for Mr Bronson as he tried his best to reach out to and educate ungrateful, delinquent children. Michael Sheard did a great job gaining sympathy for such a complex character.

[@philiprossiter3043]

Angry Bronson 😂😂 loveley

[@sologals361]

This guy needs to meet lord Vader.

[@markgreet3543]

He was even very angry with the staff

[@BillyButcher90]

Is it any wonder they walked out on whatever meetings or conferences they had with him whenever he complained?

[@markgreet3543]

@@BillyButcher90 no not really.

[@BABYWOLF--1966]

Sounds like a DALEK

[@melwignal]

Mr B was always angry.

[@kennysyt]

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[@MovieMad007]

@GibbletsMcGinty Bronco Bronson lololo pmsl!!!

[@toxlaximus3297]

His portrayals of hitler put the real hitler to shame.

[@markgreet3543]

He was a highly articulate guy but so angry 😠

[@Glenn1967ful]

Bronson should have done the decent thing and resigned. Yet later episodes, where he atones for Danny's death, show him as a far nicer and sympathetic character.

[@Glenn1967ful]

Andy Merrett Also he would probably have a good excuse to trade in his unreliable Austin Maestro. I could probably see him upgrading to a Rover 213 with his lump sum when he retired.

[@davidirving9242]

@@Glenn1967ful He was nice once he ditched the wig, it was the wig which was evil, not him!

[@Glenn1967ful]

@@davidirving9242 I think the whole point of Bronson's character is he's a teacher from the old days of grammar schools who can't adjust to the eighties and comprehensives. He's not a bad man, as later on in series 12 he really mellows and tries to make amends, just stuck in the past.

[@Glenn1967ful]

@@davidirving9242 It made him look like Hitler. Oh hang on, Bronson was Hitler in the Indiana Jones films and came back as a teacher to terrorise Grange Hill.

[@markgreet3543]

Bronson stopped at nothing I'm sorry its even quite amusing.he really could be a cold hearted git at the best of times

[@ianheath4332]

What was her name!

[@markgreet3543]

Bully bully bully bronson you are still to blame.

[@TheRX1982]

Did Mr Bronson have a nervous breakdown? guy is wound up way too tight...

[@mrbronson5333]

I lost my car all because of Kendall stealing it!

[@mathematics5573]

when i was 15, a boys death at our school was announced. it was a shock to us all

[@markgreet3543]

He was bad but very articulate and strict

[@rdvrdv8920]

Och.

[@GenXTopG]

Since when was Lady Gaga in Grange Hill?

[@TomthatiscalledTom]

whoohooo....!!! Bronson popped pills on the quiet....... And to think there was such a hue and cry over Zammo Maguire going all Shaun Ryder on their asses and shooting gear in the changing rooms. Maybe they could have had the adult cast record a 'Just say No' pop single to discourage grown ups developing tranquilliser addiction....

[@malaporter2004]

Pure nonce

[@alwoo5645]

great actor was mr bronson on drugs or something seams to be popping pills

[@philiprossiter3043]

You are not great attention Mr Bronson