Season 8
Byker Grove
20 EPISODES • 1996
Season 8 of Byker Grove was released on September 3 and consists of 20 episodes.

Season 7

Episodes

1: Episode 117
Sep 3, 1996
2: Episode 118
Sep 5, 1996
3: Episode 119
Sep 10, 1996
4: Episode 120
Sep 12, 1996
5: Episode 121
Sep 17, 1996
6: Episode 123
Sep 19, 1996
Lou takes in a new foster child, Harry. A girl who has a tragic past. Cher, her bestfriend, comes to visit her and Frew invites them to the Grove.
7: Episode 124
Sep 24, 1996
8: Episode 125
Sep 26, 1996
9: Episode 126
Oct 1, 1996
10: Episode 127
Oct 3, 1996
Frew is released from the court on the sole condition that he leaves Newcastle, Lou arranges for him to stay with her sister in Northampton.
11: Episode 128
Oct 8, 1996
Teraise is angered when she discovers that a free poster of a pop band had been defaced by her newspaper deliver. She confronts him and he apologises as he was only doing it in protest for girls to start liking boy bands for their singing talent instead of how good looking they are.
12: Episode 128
Oct 10, 1996
Phillip is taken by Teraise to meet Geoff at the Grove. However on the way there Gruff, a wayward goat, follows them. Angered that Teraise didn't pay him any attention, Jack arranges to have Gruff taken to the slaughterhouse (which is where he was from to begin with). Teraise and Phillip save Gruff from his fate.
13: Episode 129
Oct 15, 1996
A sad day at the Grove for Terraise and Phillip when Gruff is killed in a racist attack on the Grove.
14: Episode 130
Oct 17, 1996
15: Episode 131
Oct 22, 1996
16: Episode 132
Oct 24, 1996
Terry introduces his younger brother Ben to the other Grovers. Problems follow though as their father has just been released from prison and he has no intention of going straight.
17: Episode 133
Oct 29, 1996
Jack and Phillip are planning to be the Gallagher brothers for the ""Stars In Your Eyes"" competition. Their first rehersal however goes a bit off as they get drunk on the alcohol that Alfie and Ed had hidden.
18: Episode 134
Oct 31, 1996
19: Episode 135
Nov 5, 1996
20: Episode 136
Nov 7, 1996
It's ""Stars In Our Eyes"" night at the Grove and Anne joins Sita on stage as the Eternal Sisters. Cher and Harry argue as Cher decides to perform solo as Madonna instead of performing as ABBA with Harry. Harry decides to get revenge on Cher by pulling the plug on the cassette player proving to everyone that she was miming.
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