Grange Hill Clip - Mr Baxter Punches Mr Hicks 'Slip On The Wet Floor did You

Grange Hill is a British television children's drama series originally made by the BBC. The show began its run on 8 February 1978 on BBC1, and was one of the longest-running programmes on British television when it ended its run on 15 September 2008. It was created by Phil Redmond who is also responsible for the Channel 4 dramas Brookside and Hollyoaks; other notable production team members down the years have included producer Colin Cant and script editor Anthony Minghella.
After 30 years, the show was cancelled in 2008 as it was felt by the BBC that the series had run its course.
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[@stevecooksley]

I was the same age as these kids when the show run and Mr Baxter was a very realistic portrayal of a good teacher in an 80s comprehensive. Commanded respect but very proud of their job and doing the right thing. Back then if you mucked around you'd get punished twice, first by the school and then by your parents who'd back the school and not go running to the local newspapers.

[@punisher264]

Absolutely. Nowadays he'd be done for child abuse. The snowflakes have sadly taken over and our children are suffering the consequences.

[@saywhat303]

@@punisher264 FFS shut yer face, they're there to teach kids, not assault them.

[@rastus5174]

looked like he spanked the boys

[@mattansell8275]

Strict but fair. And not without a sense of humour. Yep, our fave teachers were like that

[@NorthEastTrailRunner]

Mr. Baxter was a tough bloke, but he was a great teacher and always stood up for what was right and fair. He was properly dedicated to doing the best job that he could.

[@_Ben4810]

For those kind words I'm sure he'd say "Call me Bullet...'' 😉

[@adammartin8047]

Best teacher I never had

[@robinbroady6596]

Wonder what become of the actor who played the gym teacher

[@swibwi]

never warmed to Baxter, i thought hick's was more genuine

[@derekwhitaker4905]

@@robinbroady6596I remember him punching Manuel in Fawlty towers. He played one of the Irish builders. Hilarious!

[@neilburns8869]

Slip on the wet floor, did we?😜😂 Unfortunately it's the only thing bullies understand is when someone punches them.

[@benhikescamps]

I love the way Mr Hicks politely says “Yes, Mr Baxter?” before getting utterly decked as the door swiftly shuts.

[@englishchief373]

This was the kind teacher we grew up and respected and talk about today... #MrBaxter 👊

[@stephen2583]

Indeed. Mine was called Richard White. Taught me Rugby. The only teacher as I recall no one messed about with.

[@bungford4]

Mr Baxter was at the centre of two of the most iconic storylines in the history of Grange Hill. Giving Mr Hicks a taste of his own medicine, and reading Gripper Stebson his last rites as a Grange Hill pupil. Was my all-time favourite teacher from the series.

[@rajnirvan3336]

Baxter was one of the best teachers. Firm but fair stood no nonsense

[@michaelharman6576]

He also showed a 'sweeter' side when him and Roland got stuck in the woods on an outward bound course, when Roland opened up about his parents splitting up.

[@rajnirvan3336]

@@michaelharman6576 Oh yeah I remember that.

[@ChrisCasseroles]

Bullet Baxter was a total legend.

[@alanprince2544]

Absolutely loved Mr Baxter

[@mabshussain3492]

Really miss Grange Hill especially from the 80s

[@user-to4jr1jq1q]

Absolutely loved this show waited all day to watch it... mr baxter,,firm but fair,the type you'd want on your side in a fight

[@benhikescamps]

I have to keep reminding myself that this was on at about 5pm in the children’s TV slot on BBC1 😂

[@trevorberridge6079]

One of the most iconic TV moments for my generation. Baxter went from a tough teacher who could be a bit of a twat sometimes to being a total hero with one punch. I love that moment. I think every school child in the country who watched that must have cheered and many would have had a particular teacher in mind either as Baxter, Hicks or both. The stuff some people got away with in those days. But, there again, this was the age of Jimmy Saville and Rolf Harris.

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

Don't forget Jonathan King, Cyril Smith & a fair amount of Catholic clergy can be included as well as those two

[@sollyolly9547]

With Margaret Thatcher and Prince Charles as 'Jimmy's' best mates...

[@johnmc3862]

@@sollyolly9547and Mountbatten! Look it up!

[@stephenhough4957]

@@sollyolly9547Savile engineered himself into being close to positions of power because he knew being close to such people meant no one would believe any allegations that came out. He was that manipulative & cunning.

[@Thesweaterfactory]

I love how he took Mr Hicks to the side and not infront of the kids. Very classy and professional.

[@simonthomas5367]

Mr Baxter was an excellent example of what real teachers should be. All kids know the rules. We all knew which teachers were strict/fair/respected. I had an issue with a bullying English teacher back in the day. When your friends are telling you hes definitely picking on you for nothing, you know something's not right. Unfortunately for him, my Dad was a merchant marine. Way stricter than any teacher. One visit from my Dad and the issue was closed.

[@mrsogre]

Early Grange Hill was something else.

[@johnmc3862]

To this day, I still can’t believe this happened!

[@stevebrazilio]

We had a similar teacher to Baxter, Mr Sollis, back in the early 80's. Lean and wiry, strict when he had to be but completely straight down the line. Had total respect for him. Fortunately never had a teacher like Hicks!

[@marksmith2464]

We did :-(

[@maratonlegendelenemirei3352]

I remember a Corporal Hicks from the mid 80's. Made a name for himself fighting Xenomorphs on planet LV-426 and rescuing colonists.

[@moonbaby6134]

@@maratonlegendelenemirei3352this was his grandad.

[@anthonyhamlin1078]

Playing softball Mr.Wilkinson threw the "softball" as hard as he could at my head & said it was part of the rules. I've had blackboard rubbers thrown at me & another teacher dig his fingers into pressure points on my neck because I turned a page wrong. Happy days eh!

[@sharoncarlisle7011]

Wow!😱 Imagine that happening these days😕They covered everything in Grange Hill. Thanks for the clip👌

[@GrangeHillFansBuzzingRocks]

Yes, Grange Hill sure covered a lot of topics. Thanks for your comment. :)

[@sharoncarlisle7011]

@@GrangeHillFansBuzzingRocks You're welcome👌😎

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

@@GrangeHillFansBuzzingRocks if i was at Grange Hill i would rather have "bullet" baxter as a pe/games teacher. Mr hicks deserved the punch from bullet for what he did to stewpot

[@Glenn1967ful]

@@sharoncarlisle7011 It was a golden era for Grange Hill and the first six series were the best.

[@kennymacm3031]

I remember watching this with my brothers and that line has stayed with us for 45 ish years 😮

[@peterbrown8880]

Yes Baxter is a true legend in a legend of a show!

[@aleks8888no]

Just imagine the shock. The stories you heard about the PE teacher, who happens to be your colleague turns out to be true. No wonder Mr. Baxter punched him. You can see and feel Mr. Baxters anger when he calls out Mr. Hicks, before he punches him. I would say that Mr. Hicks got what he deserved. He was a tough man himself at times, but always fair, and not a bully.

[@rampageclover9788]

This is what I truly love about Baxter. He felt so personally responsible and guilty for letting this slip past him given the high standards he imposes on his students...only to fall short himself when it came to something as serious as this....and I believe his intentions were good when he generously relinquished his teaching duties to Mr. Hicks....only to have the latter abuse those privileges in the worst possible way...he just could not believe that the wool had been pulled over his eyes....I think he also realized because of this incident that he's not cut out for the office...he cares way too much about these kids and the fatter salary that comes with a head position was never gonna cut it. He knows where he belongs.....

[@angelacooper2661]

​​@@rampageclover9788Yes, in the gutter grovelling before everybody and wishing he'd never been born. Serves him right, Hicks!

[@danw1374]

Mr Baxter commanded respect instead of demanding it.

[@liverpoolscottish6430]

Straight as a die Mr Baxter. My school had a head of the sports department just like Mr Baxter, he was firm but very fair and we all respected him. He also taught Geography up to GCE 'O' Level. Austin Gibbons- ex- Army PTI, superb bloke- carried himself with a military bearing. Good old Gibbo! St Edwards College.

[@nickmaclachlan5178]

Yeah it's funny how many Teachers were ex forces in the 70's and 80's during my formative years. We certainly didn't mess with them, my school still had the cane and that was a treat you didn't want twice......

[@ryan-tc3rk]

Mr baxter:"MISTER HICKS COME HERE!" Mr hicks:"NO NOT THE MIND PROBE!"

[@brianmarshall4753]

I want grange hill to shown on drama channel in the near future 👍🏽

[@GrangeHillFansBuzzingRocks]

Phil Redmond the producer, will be making a Grange Hill film by the end of the year.

[@WillScarlet1991]

@@GrangeHillFansBuzzingRocks It's been a year, mate. Where is it?

[@CathalMcwilliams]

You can get all episodes on you tube

[@Brasslantern007]

Loved mr Baxter great actor ❤

[@trevorberridge6079]

Michael Cronin. A very fine actor. An instant legend as Baxter. He did a cameo as Bullet in The Grimleys 14 years after leaving Grange Hill. That show featured an enormous number of actors that became famous in music, theatre, tv and film. There's never been anything like it since. Imagine a kids school drama that ends up sending it's cast to America to fight drugs with a song that gets the support of the First Lady. Incredible!

[@themcmanusgaming]

Mr Baxter was a legend.

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

we had teachers like bullet Baxter in the early 80s, wouldn't mess with them

[@alexishamer6427]

It serves Mr Hicks right that he was punched by Mr Baxter. Mr Hicks was a bully and a headcase.

[@angelacooper2661]

Hicks needed a kick so hard in a tender place he would cower in fear and grovel in front of the whole school!!!

[@kgm1000uk]

Just reading all the comments makes me think how well written and acted this piece of drama is. It's like we all lived through it, not just watched it on TV as kids.

[@GrangeHillFansBuzzingRocks]

👍😎

[@rajnirvan3336]

2:32 nice shot Baxter. Just like Fawlty Towers 🤣😂🤣

[@Ian-gw2vx]

Except we didn't see him hit Manuel 😁

[@rajnirvan3336]

@@Ian-gw2vx exactly 😂🤣

[@dariowestern]

And Mr. Hicks didn’t call him a hideous orangutan.

[@inspectortanzi]

Please - which one is man with beard?

[@Andy-wx4wx]

@@dariowestern 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ronmccullock1407]

Baxter was a topdraw teacher

[@suki1978]

Mr Baxtor and Mr Bronson were my favourite characters

[@KEMDCUK]

When the bully is bullied 😁😁😁

[@philfedora495]

When the bully is bullied by Bullet

[@richf5165]

Thanks for this clip. I recognised that kid straight away.

[@grahampearson5670]

Mrs Stewart and Christopher are relieved Hicks gets sacked from Grange Hill.

[@oleggorky906]

02:32: Take that, you cant! 🤣

[@kevinprior3549]

Was Baxter the best teacher ever?

[@andrewdaley5480]

When a dry slap just isn't enough. 🇬🇧

[@scottyweb5323]

I fell sir, on d wing sir, wasn’t looking where i was going sir…

[@stewartkee6115]

"Don't come that with me! Who do you think you're talking to? Carlin! I want you to name Carlin!"

[@Debagio]

​@@stewartkee6115Well fall back onto your feet. This isn't Kew Gardens, lad.

[@stewartkee6115]

@@Debagio " Now you get some coal dust rubbed in those wounds."

[@danw1374]

A number lad that's all you are a number! 4736 Angel sir!

[@fargodavilleitnotd6729]

We had teachers like Baxter in PE during the eighties, legend teacher is bullit, his scenes with browning used to make me piss

[@stuartcumings8026]

Grew up 70-80’s and always liked coming home from school too watch it

[@rogergrigg]

In this 'day & age' it would be 'Baxter' being shown the door...& then he goes & picks on poor old 'Stebson'..oh how times change.😆

[@betulajaq]

Everyone had their Mr Baxter, mine was David Goodall at normanton juniors in Derby 1876 and 77...legend if a chap!!!

[@markegg262]

congrats on being oldest man in the world by some 40 years

[@garethwatkins6347]

Bullet Baxter - what a legend

[@edwardowen4488]

I think that baxter was a tough firm teacher but also fair compassionate in equal measure

[@warren218]

Remember this well, great moment

[@carlrea]

We need teachers like this.

[@MrWidmerpool99]

The idea that Bullet Baxter was having it off with Sexy Lexy still doesn't compute.

[@noelht1]

Mr Hicks looks like that big German villain out of for your eyes only

[@Bewar3them00n]

This was school in the late 70s and 80s, some of the teachers were outright sociopaths, who would do more than give you a push

[@Art-is-craft]

Soft society today is damaging children.

[@nelsonhibbert5267]

I never saw it when I was a kid but there's something about Mrs McClusky....

[@Suttisan78]

I saw the actor at an art gallery in London around 20 years ago, did give him a nod out of respect. Same beard but it was white

[@pauljordan4452]

The guy playing Baxter reminds me of Mick Fleetwood.

[@thefrecklepuny]

Does every school have a Mr Hicks? Ours at the middle school I went to was Mr Harris. A fuse as short as he was!

[@pauljordan4452]

Same here. My guy was a 5 foot 3 pathetic who flew off the handle often.

[@loxism72]

He would teach at a school in Buckinghamshire by any chance??

[@danw1374]

​@pauljordan4452 Sounds like he had small man syndrome lol

[@RK-gc5um]

Nice one Mr Baxter

[@PaperbackJourneys]

Were we all watching telly with that constant deep hum in the background? I don't remember it.

[@cheezycatnip8352]

I wasn't a model student, I know that. My peers and I could count on three fingers the amount of teachers that were remotely like Mr B that we ever met and felt didn't hate kids. I felt the rest thought we were their for their pleasure, entertainment and recepticles for their failures. They measured their acheivements for successful children in single digits, If you weren't up to it, you were the servile class, for the mills, the mines or prison. I am glad I found my love of education and a base for encouragment and growth through my time in the forces. I would never want my school days back most of the teachers were like Mr Hicks and the culture around them was to beleive that teachers were superior and couldnt be questioned.

[@chazzlebazzle69]

The 70's and 80's were ideal for the bully teacher

[@muftydog]

And the Police Force.

[@danw1374]

Dont mess with Bullet baxter!

[@timevans2905]

I always fancied Mrs Maclusky. I had posters of her all over my wall and everything

[@chelseaacidcasual2825]

Mr Baxter was alive and well at my school in the 1980’s….all boys compressive in South Oxon.

[@80srenaissance67]

Baxter...legend

[@antbarn5210]

My sports teacher made me do pe in me yfronts when i forgot my kit . Was a mixed class too imagine teachers doin that nowadays 🤣 🤣

[@Andy-wx4wx]

Same happened to me at secondary school in Handsworth B'ham. We had two PE teachers, one decent and one sadistic who overused the slipper. He'd be well into his 70's now bless him...

[@antbarn5210]

@@Andy-wx4wx I know, answers a lot of questions tho on the way I am now 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@shaka7594]

First 6 series was the best for me..

[@markcowley1369]

This was quality children's TV. TV for kids that actually showed how the adults would have interacted in a realistic way. I'm not sure that the punch was something that would have happened in reality but the meeting at the end was. Quality TV, full stop.

[@marasmusine]

I was too timid and naive to stand up to the teachers that physically assaulted me. I wish I could go back in time and put things right.

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Every sports teacher at my high school was like Hicks...all failed footballers or rugby players taking out their frustration on little boys. Grange Hill was so accurate to my school experience. I grew up watching it along with Zammo, Tucker and the gang. Danny Kendall!

[@Glenn1967ful]

I loved it when Bullet flattened Mr Hicks, it was class and Mrs Mc Cluskey RIP must have taken Bullet's side as Hicks is dismissed, as he could have quite easily charged Bullet with assault.

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

+Glenn Cumbria your not the only one who likes it when bullet punched him

[@Glenn1967ful]

@@peterwilliamskelhorn6675 Hicks looked like an SS officer and probably would have loved to have worn that uniform and terrorised people.

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

@@Glenn1967ful he would as well. I'm glad i never had PE teachers like that in school

[@angelacooper2661]

Hicks deserved what he got. He should have been made to grovel on bended knee in front of the whole school and publicly apologise. Then make him pay compensation and beg for his life. Serves him right!!!

[@ba55bar]

but....he slipped on the wet floor

[@keithlivingstone5321]

MR BAXTER "Mr's Mcluskey, you are authorised to use the mind probe on Mr Hicks" MR HICKS "No not the mind probe!"😂😂. Yes Paul Jerrico played Mr Hicks & went on to be the Castellan in Doctor Who in Arc Of Infinity & The Five Doctors.

[@Parknest]

Mr Baxter was the perfect example of what a teacher should be: Firm but fair. The nearest I had to Mr Hicks when I was at school was a teacher called Mr S***** (name starred to protect the guilty). He was a bully but not to the extreme of Mr Hicks. Many years later Mr S***** was convicted of a sexual offence. This was the golden era of GH and was a true representation of what school was like at that time. EDIT: An incident involving Mr S***** was a PE lesson. Me and a fellow pupil (I'll call him Michael) were the last ones out of the changing room so were were sent back to get changed into our normal clothes. This happened throughout the course of the lesson so me and Michael just put our clothes on over our PE kit to save time as were were changing in and out of our PE kit. Mr S***** was never aware we did this.

[@voiskumbeaver3285]

I remember this!

[@crankgreenwatts]

No messing, touch a student, and bosh 🥊 I had amazing PE teachers @ school and helped me on my journey; they are very underated IMHO.

[@kromus1]

Everyone shakes hands and moves on with their lives. Now, everyone involved would be suspended or arrested, the school would be investigated, the parents would sue the school and the kid would be given a lifetime of benefits for the 'mental health' trauma he suffered

[@cambs0181]

What a HR grievance looked like in the early 80s.

[@danw1374]

😂😂

[@Glenn1967ful]

Skin of our teeth is the last thing Bullet says at the end of the episode. Perhaps he was worried Hicks could have reported Bullet for assault and gross misconduct and had Bullet dismissed, which he was within his rights to do. Always wonder what happened between Hicks being punched and the scenes in Mc Cluskey's office. Possibly the kids in the gym all backed up Bullet, as well as the two lads in the corridor, and Hicks was told to leave, or maybe got some kind of payout from the school to keep quiet.

[@mistofoles]

I wondered that too - I'm assuming the scene in McCluskey's office was the next day, as Baxter is wearing a different shirt than he did in the previous scene, Unless it was a continuity f*ck up.

[@richs8754]

@@mistofoles No continuity issues, we have to assume that, as in real life, a full set of procedures had been followed before "Hicks" was formally dismissed. On such would be informing the Board of Governors of Notice of Intention to Dismiss, which would then have to be approved by them. This process is referred to on a couple of occasions in later series'. Such processes take place over a period of time, from a few hours up to a full Term in some cases.

[@xXx8021]

He shut the door behind Hicks once he was through it - right before his right-hook connected with Hicks jaw to put him on the 'wet floor'. No witnesses to the punch that way. So Hicks can't prove a thing - other than 'The Bullet' catching him abusing a child. Since it happened in the changing rooms, old 'Bullet Baxter' would even be able to get away with that today because privacy laws would probably stop CCTV being installed there - esp if we're talking about kid's privacy. Makes it the ideal place to 'abuse an abuser'... No other witnesses = no crime. A cockroach like Mr Hicks can 'cry victimhood' all he wants. Makes no difference. He will have still 'slipped on the wet floor' 😎

[@Glenn1967ful]

@@richs8754 Hicks could have protested he was assaulted, but more likely Bullet and Mrs Mc Cluskey could have used the assault on Stewpot and eye witness statements to press for Hicks dismisall, and also for lying to them about the previous assault on Stewpot. The Governors would have then acted quickly and had Hicks dismissed or told to leave immediately.

[@opinionday0079]

Imagine if you did that nowadays the teacher with the Beard would spend the next 20 years in jail for hitting the evil teacher

[@noelht1]

Oh nice right cross! No talking no nothing just boom

[@McLoed22]

Could you imagine something like that happening now a days?

[@johnmc3862]

Baxter was just finished with the building before Grange Hill. 😅

[@TallSilentGuy]

2:17 This is totally shocking by today's standards. Not only does it depict a teacher roughly manhandling a small boy for no good reason, it seems as though safety standards regarding the child actor were a little slack!

[@batleth69]

Unfortunately alot of teachers got away with back then

[@Pro_Skillz]

Slip and land on my fist did you

[@rogerb08]

Bullet wouldn’t get a look in at todays schools, he’d be on a disciplinary within the hour for being honest, fair, disciplined and genuinely caring

[@jonathanh2605]

always had a crush on Mrs mcclusky......

[@danw1374]

When I was a kid I always saw her as an old lady. When I look back now I realise how attractive she was. Time is a strange thing!

[@jonlahive330]

Bullett Baxter fantastic

[@Fester_]

Ahh, Grange Hill.

[@chriswaring5565]

WISH WE HAD P.E TEACHER MR BAXTER HE WAS FUNNY BUT STRICT

[@mikenow3050]

Proper telly!

[@dazdaz105]

We had a PE teacher at high school who used to stand outside the boys showers doors on sports days. It only became apparent why he did that when I left the showers and got a full on view into girls shower rooms when their door was open. He even smirked at me when I looked at him. . I got an eye full of something I shouldn’t have been able to see and he got an eye full of something he fully expected to see. He was a dodgy bastard.

[@cfcterry1]

I remember when Mr baxter was in Jesus of nazareth ad one of the Jewish san headrin

[@j0hnf_uk]

If that were to happen nowadays the parents would sue the local education authority for a 6 or even 7 figure sum, plus an, 'investigation', (at tax-payers' expense), as to why it happened. Not to mention that all gym teachers would be viewed with suspicion and scared to even look at a pupil the wrong way.

[@bobacrey1068]

He'd sooner have the Mind Probe than a punch from Mr Baxter

[@GBJN83]

No, not the mind probe

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@GBJN83 Either way, he ended up floored.

[@garyoconnor3509]

Baxter and Gripper was great tv

[@goodlife6145]

Mr Hicks and Booga Benson appear in the same series that Gripper also makes his debut. Good thing they didn't all feature in the same episode, or scene!

[@rocksoliddude1]

One punch and gets knocked on his ass LOL

[@johnwilliamknox7156]

Bullet was Class.

[@slowmarchingband1]

''Which one of you is man with beard?''

[@lozz196]

You are a hideous orangutan - aargh

[@csqnthelegion]

there was alot of slipping on wet floors back in the day

[@dannycheesums]

The Irish builder from Fawlty Towers punched out the Castellan from Doctor Who!