==== Degrassi is a Canadian soap opera series focusing on a group of Toronto residents living on or near the real De Grassi Street in the province of Ontario. The series focuses on teens and adults going through real life issues such as religion, racism, sexism, sexuality, peer pressure, self-image, school shooting and lockdowns, natural disasters, abuse, addictions, school stress, and other things. The phenomena began in 1979 with an educational children's program known as The Kids of De Grassi Street, which was a miniseries focusing on elementary school children dealing with friendship issues. However, this series is not connected with the other arcs in the Degrassi universe, though some of the same actors have moved on into the different arcs. The arcs of Degrassi Junior High and Degras
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| - ==== Degrassi is a Canadian soap opera series focusing on a group of Toronto residents living on or near the real De Grassi Street in the province of Ontario. The series focuses on teens and adults going through real life issues such as religion, racism, sexism, sexuality, peer pressure, self-image, school shooting and lockdowns, natural disasters, abuse, addictions, school stress, and other things. The phenomena began in 1979 with an educational children's program known as The Kids of De Grassi Street, which was a miniseries focusing on elementary school children dealing with friendship issues. However, this series is not connected with the other arcs in the Degrassi universe, though some of the same actors have moved on into the different arcs. The arcs of Degrassi Junior High and Degras
- In 1979, CBC Television & Magic Lantern agreed to give partial funding to make the mini-series of six episodes, initially intended to continue on from Ida Makes A Movie. Several years passed before Playing With Time was able to afford the seven episodes per year deal, and by 1986, 26 episodes of The Kids of Degrassi Street had been produced. They auditioned a small group of young actors with little, if any, acting experience and on a modest budget started filming around the area where their company was located. This series focused on elementary and primary school children, and when all the characters reached grade six, the series finished. The production company began work on a sequel-like series, Degrassi Junior High, re-using seven of the actors who had acted on the original series, but
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| - ==== Degrassi is a Canadian soap opera series focusing on a group of Toronto residents living on or near the real De Grassi Street in the province of Ontario. The series focuses on teens and adults going through real life issues such as religion, racism, sexism, sexuality, peer pressure, self-image, school shooting and lockdowns, natural disasters, abuse, addictions, school stress, and other things. The phenomena began in 1979 with an educational children's program known as The Kids of De Grassi Street, which was a miniseries focusing on elementary school children dealing with friendship issues. However, this series is not connected with the other arcs in the Degrassi universe, though some of the same actors have moved on into the different arcs. The arcs of Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High from the '80's are combined into one arc known as Degrassi Old School in the U.S..
- In 1979, CBC Television & Magic Lantern agreed to give partial funding to make the mini-series of six episodes, initially intended to continue on from Ida Makes A Movie. Several years passed before Playing With Time was able to afford the seven episodes per year deal, and by 1986, 26 episodes of The Kids of Degrassi Street had been produced. They auditioned a small group of young actors with little, if any, acting experience and on a modest budget started filming around the area where their company was located. This series focused on elementary and primary school children, and when all the characters reached grade six, the series finished. The production company began work on a sequel-like series, Degrassi Junior High, re-using seven of the actors who had acted on the original series, but with different character names. The series focused on more adult issues and used a larger cast. The show aired on CBC in Canada, PBS in the United States, and in Australia with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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