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The Kids of Degrassi Street is a Canadian children's TV show that aired from 1979 to 1986, and is the first in the Degrassi series, about the lives of a group of children living on Degrassi Street in Toronto, Canada. It grew out of four short films: Ida Makes a Movie, Cookie Goes to the Hospital, Irene Moves In and Noel Buys a Suit, which originally aired as after-school specials on CBC Television in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively. The show was acclaimed for its realistic depiction of every day children's lives and tribulations, and remains memorable to many Canadians because of this. Kids of Degrassi Street featured many of the same actors who would later appear on Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High, including Stacie Mistysyn, Neil Hope, Anais Granofsky, Sarah Charlesworth and others. However, their character names and families were different, so this series cannot technically be seen as an immediate precursor to the later shows.

First Aired

1979-09-12
Last Aired

1984-11-01
Creator

Linda Schuyler
Genre

Family, Drama
Seasons

1
Episodes

26
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

CBC Television

Keywords:

toronto, canada

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Season 1

1. Ida Makes a Movie

When Ida's movie on garbage wins first prize in a competition, but the judges commend her film on war,...More

When Ida's movie on garbage wins first prize in a competition, but the judges commend her film on war, she has to decide between accepting the prize, and owning up to the truth.Less

22mins 1979-09-12

2. Cookie Goes to Hospital

When Ida's movie on garbage wins first prize in a competition, but the judges commend her film on war,...More

When Ida's movie on garbage wins first prize in a competition, but the judges commend her film on war, she has to decide between accepting the prize, and owning up to the truth.Less

30mins 1980-09-01

3. Irene Moves In

When Noel's dad decides to get married again, Noel isn't so sure he likes the idea. Gayle is running e...More

When Noel's dad decides to get married again, Noel isn't so sure he likes the idea. Gayle is running everything, changing the house around, and she doesn't like the terrific checked suit Noel has bought for the wedding.Less

30mins 1981-09-01

4. Lisa Makes the Headlines

What Lisa needs to make her newspaper is a real scoop. But when she does find some real news, she has ...More

What Lisa needs to make her newspaper is a real scoop. But when she does find some real news, she has to decide which is more important - the truth or family loyalty?Less

30mins 1979-10-03

5. Noel Buys a Suit

When Irene comes to live on Degrassi Street, Ida thinks she's just a little too friendly with Cookie. ...More

When Irene comes to live on Degrassi Street, Ida thinks she's just a little too friendly with Cookie. But Irene's not the only newcomer to Degrassi Street. Reports are circulating that Bigfoot has been seen in the neighbourhood.Less

30mins 1979-10-10

6. Sophie Minds the Store

Sophie gets Chuck to help her out at her parent's store, but the cash is out by $20 at the end of the ...More

Sophie gets Chuck to help her out at her parent's store, but the cash is out by $20 at the end of the day. Chuck's father is in jail, so it must be like father, like son, right?Less

30mins 1979-10-17

7. Billy Breaks the Chain

Billy knows it won't be luck that sends him to hockey camp, it will be his own hard work. Then a bad-l...More

Billy knows it won't be luck that sends him to hockey camp, it will be his own hard work. Then a bad-luck chain letter comes to him, and while he hesitates about passing on the bad luck, disasters begin to occur.Less

30mins 1980-12-01

8. Casey Draws the Line

Pete always has his eye out for a money-making proposition, and he knows he's found a winner, but he j...More

Pete always has his eye out for a money-making proposition, and he knows he's found a winner, but he just needs a little capital. However, his ""investment"" costs him more than he expected, when he puts his friendships on the line.Less

30mins 1980-09-01

9. Pete Takes a Chance

Lisa simply doesn't want to leave Degrassi Street and move to Vancouver, but it seems no one will list...More

Lisa simply doesn't want to leave Degrassi Street and move to Vancouver, but it seems no one will listen to her feelings on the subject. In fact, her feelings are so strong she's having trouble listening to anyone else's.Less

30mins 1980-10-01

10. Chuck Makes a Choice

Billy and Pete want to to grown up things, without Billy's pesky little brother, Benjamin. They finall...More

Billy and Pete want to to grown up things, without Billy's pesky little brother, Benjamin. They finally get rid of him, but Billy has second thoughts when it looks like they might have gotten rid of him forever.Less

30mins 1980-11-01

11. Cookie Finds her Balance

Chuck has told Tina his dad's a pilot, but Pete insists on inviting their father to the school play. H...More

Chuck has told Tina his dad's a pilot, but Pete insists on inviting their father to the school play. How can he hide the fact that his father's actually finishing up his time behind bars, except by un-inviting him?Less

30mins 1981-09-01

12. Benjamin Walks the Dog

When both divorced parents want to come and watch her at the gymnastics meet, Catherine gets involved ...More

When both divorced parents want to come and watch her at the gymnastics meet, Catherine gets involved in some fancy footwork to prevent them from making a scene in front of the whole school.Less

30mins 1981-10-01

13. Samantha Gets a Visitor

When a new survey line goes through the pen of the rabbit Casey and Lisa share, too much arguing over ...More

When a new survey line goes through the pen of the rabbit Casey and Lisa share, too much arguing over rights makes them lose sight of their responsibilities - to look after Rabbit.Less

30mins 1981-11-01

14. The Canards Move Out

Jeffrey is supposed to be the smartest kid in the class, and he's mortified when Connie, who claims sh...More

Jeffrey is supposed to be the smartest kid in the class, and he's mortified when Connie, who claims she never studies, beats him on a math test - in fact, she bets that she can beat him on the next one, too.Less

30mins 1981-12-01

15. Liz Sits the Schlegels

No one really like Griff - after all, he used to be a Pirate - but it doesn't matter much to him, unti...More

No one really like Griff - after all, he used to be a Pirate - but it doesn't matter much to him, until he meets Lisa, just back from Vancouver.Less

30mins 1982-09-01

16. Connie Goest to Court

Samantha can't wait for her city slicker cousin, Lisa, to arrive for the weekend. She's so sophisticat...More

Samantha can't wait for her city slicker cousin, Lisa, to arrive for the weekend. She's so sophisticated now she just knows that Lisa will be impressed.Less

30mins 1982-10-01

17. Rachel Runs For Office

Liz finds she has her hands full when she takes on a babysitting job with two lively kids, and one who...More

Liz finds she has her hands full when she takes on a babysitting job with two lively kids, and one who refuses to have anything to do with her. How will she ever get Martin on her side?Less

30mins 1982-11-01

18. Martin Meets the Pirates

When Connie returns five dollars Casey has dropped on the floor, Casey thinks Connie is contributing h...More

When Connie returns five dollars Casey has dropped on the floor, Casey thinks Connie is contributing her share for the present for their teacher, and doesn't pay attention to Connie's explanations. Connie's not worried - she'll be collecting for her paper route on Wednesday, anyway, and she can pay up then. But the paper goes on strike, and Connie finds herself in more trouble than she thought.Less

30mins 1982-12-01

19. Griff Makes a Date

Martin can't believe the Pirates from Boulton Ave. want him as area lieutenant for their expansion to ...More

Martin can't believe the Pirates from Boulton Ave. want him as area lieutenant for their expansion to Degrassi Street - they're the toughest gang around! But he's not sure that he's that tough.Less

30mins 1983-09-01

20. Connie Makes a Catch

Rachel is very keen to be her school's representative to the new City Hall Youth Council. She's intere...More

Rachel is very keen to be her school's representative to the new City Hall Youth Council. She's interested in the issues and is ready to work hard. But Billy's break dancing and Pete's campaign management have put Billy well in the lead.Less

30mins 1983-10-01

21. Jeffrey Finds a Friend

Connie has her eye on Candy, the popular captain of the baseball team, but he doesn't even know she ex...More

Connie has her eye on Candy, the popular captain of the baseball team, but he doesn't even know she exists. She'd do anything to catch his eye, and everyone has advice to offer, but being a ""lady"" is tough for a tomboy like Connie who'd rather be playing baseball.Less

30mins 1983-11-01

22. Lisa Gets the Picture

Money is on everyone's mind as the yearbook is in desperate financial straits. But Karen's not remotel...More

Money is on everyone's mind as the yearbook is in desperate financial straits. But Karen's not remotely interested in the yearbook's problems, or in the class voting itself a nuclear- free zone. She's found a pair of roller skates that are destined for her feet - all she needs now is the money to buy them.Less

30mins 1983-12-01

23. Karen Keeps Her Word

Ryan is always making up stories, and it's hard to know when he's telling the truth. But his best frie...More

Ryan is always making up stories, and it's hard to know when he's telling the truth. But his best friend Benjamin is convinced of Ryan's tales of treasure when Ryan produces evidence - he actually has a gold coin he found! Even though he's grounded, Benjamin sneaks out to a construction site to investigate with Ryan, and ends up falling down a hole and can't get out.Less

30mins 1984-09-01

24. Martin Hears the Music

Nobody wants to be different from everyone else, and Martin is horrified to discover that he's going t...More

Nobody wants to be different from everyone else, and Martin is horrified to discover that he's going to have to wear a hearing aid. And it certainly doesn't help that everybody starts acting so weird around him.Less

30mins 1984-10-01

25. Ryan Runs For Help

The Yearbook needs pictures. Lisa sees her chance to spend some time with Griff when Casey comes up wi...More

The Yearbook needs pictures. Lisa sees her chance to spend some time with Griff when Casey comes up with a brilliant plan - Griff can draw caricatures of everyone!Less

30mins 1984-11-01

26. Griff Gets a Hand

Robin ""Griff"" Griffith is having trouble with schoolwork. He'd rather be drawing pictures than study...More

Robin ""Griff"" Griffith is having trouble with schoolwork. He'd rather be drawing pictures than studying, and when his friend Danny, the crossing guard, asks for a caricature of himself, Griff is determined to make it his best ever. But Danny suddenly dies of a stroke, and Griff just can't stand that he didn't finish the caricature in time.Less