A Bunch of Fives

A Bunch of Fives
Created byColin Rogers
StarringLesley Manville
Jamie Foreman
Andrew Rinous
Gary Oldman
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes14
Production
Camera setupMultiple camera (1977–78)
Running time25 minutes
Production companyATV
Original release
NetworkITV
Release18 May 1977 (1977-05-18) –
24 May 1978 (1978-05-24)
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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]

  1. ^ "Bunch of Fives: Cast Information" Archived 3 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine FanDango.com (Retrieved: 6 September 2009)
  2. ^ "Children's TV Drama" ScreenOnline.org.uk (Retrieved: 6 September 2009)
  3. ^ Rogers, Colin; "A Bunch of Fives"; Arrow Books, London, 15 May 1978; ISBN 0-09-917380-8
  4. ^ "A Bunch of Fives: The Complete Series (archived)". networkonair.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)