Debuts of Don McCorkindale as Mr Forbes, Judith Wright as Emily Fraser, Joanne Howarth as Sue Hargreaves and David Schaal as Tom Hargreaves.
Incidental music includes "Strong" by Robbie Williams and "You Stole The Sun From My Heart" by Manic Street Preachers.
Debut of Jude Beaumont as Miss Fraser.
This was the first of 178 episodes to air in the 2000s.
With this episode, Stuart Organ (Peter Robson) and Kelly George (Ray Haynes) become the only actors to appear in Grange Hill (1978) in the 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s. While George made his first appearance as Ray in Episode #14.9 (1991), he had previously played an unnamed St. Joseph's student in Episode #10.21 (1987) and Episode #10.22 (1987).