A Bunch of Fives

Name: A Bunch of Fives
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Jamie Foreman, Lesley Manville, Andrew Rinous, Julia Carey

1977

★★★☆☆ 5.5/10

📺 2 Seasons

🎬 14 Episodes

📅 Ended

🌐 EN

⏱️ 25 min/episode

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.

Seasons

Season 1

1977 • 7 Episodes

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.

Season 2

1978 • 7 Episodes