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A Bunch of Fives

5.5 / 10
1977
2 seasons
14 episodes

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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  • Ep 1

    1.Do It Yourself

    18-05-197725m

    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...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Critic

    25-05-197725m

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

  • Ep 3

    3.The Gig

    01-06-197725m

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

  • Ep 4

    4.Cry for Help

    08-06-197725m

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

  • Ep 5

    5.The Chip Shop Mafia

    15-06-197725m
  • Ep 6

    6.Proof

    22-06-197725m
  • Ep 7

    7.The Sell Out

    29-06-197725m

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