Mark Farmer is a British actor, born 22 May 1962, in London, and probably best remembered for his childhood role of Gary Hargreaves in the first three series of the popular children's television programme Grange Hill

Grange Hill

Grange Hill is a British television drama series originally made by the BBC. The show began in 1978 on BBC1 and was one of the longest running programmes on British television...

, in which he starred from 1979 to 1981.

Farmer had a range of earlier childhood roles, and also went on to appear as a teenager and young adult in various programmes, notably the lead role in the 1983 BBC Drama Johnny Jarvis

Johnny Jarvis

Johnny Jarvis is a 1983 British television drama series created and written by Nigel Williams, adapted from his novel of the same title. The series was directed by Alan Dossor and produced by Guy Slater for the BBC...

 and role of Justin James from 1984 to 1989 in the highly successful comedy drama series Minder

Minder (TV series)

Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...

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From 1985-1987 Farmer starred in Relative Strangers a Channel 4 sitcom with Matthew Kelly playing Mark's father Fitz, the sitcom was a spin off from a ITV comedy Holding the Fort (1980-1982).

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