About this season
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.
Episodes (7)
1. Do It Yourself
Aired 18 May 1977 • 25 min
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.
2. The Critic
Aired 25 May 1977 • 25 min
The boys launch an investigation into why Helen didn't get the shop job which she had been promised.
3. The Gig
Aired 1 June 1977 • 25 min
The investigation continues, but people have things to hide, and someone vandalizes reporter Philippa's bike.
4. Cry for Help
Aired 8 June 1977 • 25 min
The investigation starts to worry people at the top of the corruption. The students are all organized into individual assignments.
5. The Chip Shop Mafia
Aired 15 June 1977 • 25 min
6. Proof
Aired 22 June 1977 • 25 min
7. The Sell Out
Aired 29 June 1977 • 25 min