Peter "Tucker" Jenkins
| Peter 'Tucker' Jenkins | |||||||||||||
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| Grange Hill character | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Todd Carty | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1978–85, 2003, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 8 February 1978 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 15 September 2008 | ||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Pupil (1978–1982) Builder |
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| Father | Mr Jenkins |
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| Mother | Ruth Jenkins |
| Brothers | Barry Jenkins |
| Sisters | Rhona Jenkins |
| Nephews |
Patrick "Togger" Johnson Timothy 'Tigger' Johnson |
| Nieces | Lucy Johnson |
Peter "Tucker" Jenkins was a main character of British children's drama series Grange Hill, who appeared as a main cast member in the first four seasons. He would later guest appear in the show throughout its thirty season run and would feature in his own spin-off Tucker's Luck. Tucker was played by Todd Carty in all his appearances. The show followed his progression from an unruly child to a rebellious teenager to a young man on the dole.
Tucker Jenkins was placed in Mr Mitchell's form class in his first year where he quickly made friends with Benny Green, a poor student with the same sense of mischief and humour as Tucker. After being embarrassed by Foster, a strict PE teacher, and witnessing Benny being disregarded for the football team because he couldn't afford the kit, Tucker made it his mission to help Benny get a makeshift kit together. The same day, Tucker met Justin Bennett, a quiet, boy who seemed unimpressed by the comprehensive school. Justin's complaints and inability to joke around with Tucker's sense of humour caused the pair to become rivals. This was particularly evident when Tucker proceeded to push Justin into the school swimming pool during a swimming lesson and then steal his trousers, hanging them out of the window for all to see. Justin's revenge consisted of telling a teacher when Tucker, Benny, Alan and Tommy played in the pool without teacher supervision. Receiving a banishment from swimming lessons and detention, Benny then stole Tucker's trousers and hung them from the form window in a similar fashion.
Tucker and Benny would later explore an old deserted warehouse alongside Justin, though their own rivalry to outdo the other in dangerous stunts would cause Justin to fall from the building and cause him severe harm. Hearing of this from Justin's father, Tucker and Benny would receive the first corporal punishment Grange Hill had ever enacted. Tucker attempted to boast he could probably take much more than Benny could, but was quickly quieted as Benny snapped that was 'how they got into this mess'. Tucker would later run for school council, but lost out on votes due to his boisterous behaviour with other members of the class and being the only one to ever receive corporal punishment. Ann Wilson was elected instead much to Tucker's dismay. Sometime later, Tucker witnesses new boy Michael Doyle stealing an antique pistol but is unable to tell Mr Mitchell for fear Doyle's word would be taken over his, due to Doyle's father being on the council. Tucker instead decides to bully Doyle to giving the gun back. The technique worked and Doyle returned the gun. However, angered by Tucker, Doyle begins racially assaulting Benny Green as revenge for Tucker's own violence. Tucker attempts to help Benny several times, and jumps to his defence when he witnesses it but is unable to protect Benny, especially since Doyle targets the boy when Tucker is not around. This causes Benny to bunk off school, much to Tucker's confusion. Benny would eventually report the bullying to Mr Mitchell.
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