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    1970s Television Kids TV Shows B UK TV 2 Mins Read

    Bunch of Fives, A

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    1 9 7 7 – 1 9 7 8 (UK)
    14 x 30 minute episodes

    This ATV drama series for teenagers followed the progress and pitfalls of a group of fifth-formers at (the fictional) Oxford Lane Comprehensive School.

    Pupil Chris Taylor (Jamie Foreman) is accused of something he didn’t do and, in exasperation, writes about the incident for the official school magazine.

    When games master Mr Buck (Chris Sanders) refuses to print the article, Chris and some of the other fifth-formers decide to pool their journalistic talents and put together their own magazine – a punchier alternative called A Bunch of Fives.

    bunchoffives5Every bit as hard-hitting and humorous as its BBC contemporary Grange Hill (which debuted in-between series one and two of A Bunch of Fives) the series was devised by John Sichel with Colin Rogers and mostly written by BAFTA-winning writer Paula Milne.

    External scenes were filmed at Ravenscroft Comprehensive in Barnet.

    Chris Taylor
    Jamie Foreman
    Helen Wyatt
    Lesley Manville
    bunchoffives3Dave Jenner
    Richard Willis
    Sally Morris
    Julia Gale
    Ken McCall
    Andrew Rindus
    Phillippa Stokes
    Lindsay-Jane Bartlett
    Mrs Carol Walsh
    Julia Carey
    Mr Buck
    Chris Sanders
    Miss Begg
    Jennifer Hill
    Mr Oakley
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