The Kids of Degrassi Street

The Kids of Degrassi Street
The Kids of Degrassi Street title card
Created by	Linda Schuyler
Starring	Stacie Mistysyn Neil Hope Sarah Charlesworth Zoe Newman
Country of origin	Canada
No. of episodes	26[1]
Production
Production company	Playing With Time, Inc.
Original release
Network	CBC Television (Canada) Showtime, Disney Channel (United States)
Release	December 8, 1979 (1979-12-08) – January 5, 1986 (1986-01-05)
Related
Degrassi Junior High Degrassi High Degrassi: The Next Generation Degrassi: Next Class
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The Kids of Degrassi Street is a Canadian children's television series created by Kit Hood and Linda Schuyler. The first entry in the Degrassi franchise and the only one to focus on children instead of teenagers, it follows the lives of a group of children living on De Grassi Street in Toronto. It was produced by Hood and Schuyler's independent company Playing With Time. The series originated as a collection of annual standalone short films that started with Ida Makes a Movie, a live-action adaptation of the Kay Chorao book which premiered on the CBC on December 8, 1979.^[2] It became a full series in 1982 when the CBC ordered five more episodes.

It is notable for featuring several actors who would later star in Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High playing different characters.