A Bunch of Fives explained

Runtime:25 minutes
Camera:Multiple camera (1977–78)
Starring:Lesley Manville
Jamie Foreman
Andrew Rinous
Gary Oldman
Country:United Kingdom
Company:ATV
Network:ITV
Num Episodes:14
Creator:Colin Rogers

A Bunch of Fives is an English children's television show from ATV, broadcast for two series of seven episodes each in 1977 and 1978 on ITV.[1] A precursor of Grange Hill,[2] it starred Andrew Rinous, Lesley Manville and Jamie Foreman as fifth formers who start a school newspaper. The show spawned one paperback tie-in.[3]

The series was released on DVD by Network in May 2010.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fandango.com/bunchoffives_v260774/summary "Bunch of Fives: Cast Information"
  2. http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/682920/index.html "Children's TV Drama"
  3. Rogers, Colin; "A Bunch of Fives"; Arrow Books, London, 15 May 1978;
  4. Web site: A Bunch of Fives: The Complete Series (archived). networkonair.com. 14 May 2023. 25 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170425144336/https://networkonair.com/shop/1144-bunch-of-fives-a-the-complete-series.html. bot: unknown.