The Kids of Degrassi Street

The Kids of Degrassi Street
Created by	Linda Schuyler
Starring	Stacie Mistysyn Neil Hope Sarah Charlesworth Zoe Newman
Country of origin	Canada
No. of episodes	26
Production company(s)	Playing With Time Inc.
Release
Original network	CBC Television (Canada)
Original release	September 12, 1979 – January 5, 1986
Chronology
Followed by	Degrassi Junior High

The Kids of Degrassi Street is a Canadian children's TV series that aired from 1979 to 1986, and is the first series in the Degrassi franchise. It follows the lives of a group of children living on Degrassi Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The series 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 it remained memorable to many Canadians because of this.

The 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.

The show has also aired on BBC in the United Kingdom and on ABC TV in Australia.

On July 31, 2007, WGBH Boston Home Video released The Kids of Degrassi Street: The Complete series on DVD in Region 1.

In Region 4, Beyond Home Entertainment released the entire series on DVD in Australia on March 12, 2008.

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