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Series · 1977–1978Ended

A Bunch of Fives

6.3·2 seasons·14 episodes·25 min avg.·United Kingdom

A Bunch of Fives is an English children’s television show broadcast in the 1970s on ITV. A precursor of Grange Hill, it starred Lesley Manville and Jamie Foreman as Fifth formers who start a school newspaper. The show spawned one paperback tie-in.

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Do It Yourself
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May 18, 1977

Taylor is accused of stealing a lighter from the local newsagent, and is sent to the headmaster at the fictional Oxford Lane School. Having to write an apology letter inspires him and some other 5th formers to start a new school magazine.

02
The Critic
The Critic
May 25, 1977

The boys launch an investigation into why Helen didn't get the shop job which she had been promised.

03
The Gig
The Gig
Jun 1, 1977

The investigation continues, but people have things to hide, and someone vandalizes reporter Philippa's bike.

04
Cry for Help
Cry for Help
Jun 8, 1977

The investigation starts to worry people at the top of the corruption. The students are all organized into individual assignments.

05
The Chip Shop Mafia
The Chip Shop Mafia
Jun 15, 1977
06
Proof
Proof
Jun 22, 1977
07
The Sell Out
The Sell Out
Jun 29, 1977

Cast

4 credited
Jamie Foreman
Chris Taylor
Lesley Manville
Helen Wyatt
AR
Andrew Rinous
Ken McCall
JC
Julia Carey
Carol Walsh

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