Degrassi Junior High

Name: Degrassi Junior High
Genre: Drama

1987–1989CBCDrama

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The Canadian schools series that cast actual teenagers and let them look like it, and the start of a franchise still running.

Degrassi Junior High opens with a main title sequence of 42 seconds.

It arrived on CBC in 1987, when Mr. Dressup and The Beachcombers were also on the network.

The opening titles

42s

Restored fan upload from the DVD master.

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