The episode depicting her death was broadcast by the BBC on 22 September 1955, the same evening as the launch of ITV, so as to distract from it.
She falls in love with Phil Archer (Norman Painting), the son of a farmer, and they are married in April 1955.
A few months later, a fire breaks out at the stables while the residents of the village are at a dinner in the church hall.
Phil and the others at the party learn that Grace is trapped in the shed and they pull her from the wreckage.
[2] A writer for the Sunday Mercury called Grace's death "One of the most controversial events in Ambridge history.