A Bunch of Fives

1977 - 1978

Do It Yourself

Episode 1

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.

The Critic

Episode 2

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

The Gig

Episode 3

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

Cry for Help

Episode 4

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

The Chip Shop Mafia

Episode 5

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Proof

Episode 6

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The Sell Out

Episode 7

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Top Cast

Jamie Foreman•Lesley Manville•Andrew Rinous

Director

Richard Bramall

Writer

Paula Milne

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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Jamie Foreman Image

Jamie Foreman

Chris Taylor

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Lesley Manville

Helen Wyatt

Andrew Rinous

Ken McCall

Julia Carey

Carol Walsh

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Paula Milne Image

Paula Milne

Writer

William Humble

Writer

Jim Haddon

Writer

Stanley Mills

Production Design

Richard Bramall

Director

John Sichel

Director

Colin Rogers

Producer

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