Press Gang
A bunch of kids are to make a newspaper for the young, named "Junior Gazette". The series follows these kids both on job and in private.
- 1989-1993
- 5 seasons
- Nickelodeon Network
- Family, Comedy, Drama
A bunch of kids are to make a newspaper for the young, named "Junior Gazette". The series follows these kids both on job and in private.
Season 5 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1993
Episode 1
Head and Heart
25 mins
As a result of his crush on the school secretary, Colin discovers that she is having an affair with the headteacher. Since he was one of those responsible for setting up the paper, and therefore their careers, the team debate the morality of printing the story.
Episode 2
Friendly Fire
25 mins
Sarah decides to leave the Junior Gazette to attend university. She reads out a letter to Spike detailing the origins and evolution of her friendship with Lynda.
Episode 3
A Quarter to Midnight
25 mins
After interviewing a source for a story, Lynda is trapped in airtight vault. She attempts to let the team know her location armed with only a mobile phone with a broken microphone.
Episode 4
Food, Love and Insecurity
25 mins
The subject of a breaking news story, Phillipa Prescott, is one of Spike's old girlfriends. He takes her to dinner at a restaurant to try to get information from her. The team bug their table, but jealous Lynda insists on being their waitress. Colin and Julie have a heart-to-heart, in which she agrees to go out on a date with him.
Episode 5
Windfall
25 mins
Almost immediately after turning up at Julie's flat for their date, Colin manages to let her pets (including a goldfish) "fly" out of the window while trying to retrieve a hundred pound note. Despite Julie's outrage, they both decide to go to an address found written on the hundred pound note.
Episode 6
There Are Crocodiles
25 mins
After a disastrous football game against a rival newspaper, Lynda and Spike find a body in the toilets. The news that a team member has died from a drug overdose could mean the end of the Junior Gazette.