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The activities of the staff at The Junior Gazette, a children's weekly newspaper produced by a group of school pupils.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Press Gang Season 2 Episode 6 - At Last a Dragon
    9.3/10(40 votes)

    #1 - At Last a Dragon

    S2:E6

    Lynda and Spike go on their first date - a cocktail party for the paper's owner. But Lynda's fears of a social event may be a problem - not to mention a surprise visit from an Arab trying to sell the oilfields under the school.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Press Gang Season 3 Episode 4 - The Last Word (1)
    9.3/10(34 votes)

    #2 - The Last Word (1)

    S3:E4

    The Staff of the Junior Gazette are held hostage by a gun man, from the local gun club when they print an article wanting gun's banned, everyone co-operates except a stuborn Linda, as the story unfolds it's clear one of the staff has been killed, but who?

    Director:Lorne Magory
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Press Gang Season 1 Episode 11 - Monday, Tuesday
    9.1/10(33 votes)

    #3 - Monday, Tuesday

    S1:E11

    School, life, The Junior Gazette it all seems to be going perfect, everythings going the way you want it to. Then something happens and the next day getting out of bed is the worst thing you could have done. Are Lynda, Spike, Kenny, Tiddler caught in some weird surreal dream or is life really like this?!

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Press Gang Season 1 Episode 12 - Shouldn't I Be Taller?
    9.0/10(28 votes)

    #4 - Shouldn't I Be Taller?

    S1:E12

    Lynda's absent from the newsroom, Colin has got his sights on the editors job and plans to run it HIS way. Can Spike convince depressed Lynda to return to The Junior Gazette and save them from going down the toilet?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Press Gang Season 2 Episode 10 - The Rest of My Life
    9.0/10(34 votes)

    #5 - The Rest of My Life

    S2:E10

    There has been a huge explosion at a local block of flats which has a busy record shop underneath. Lynda motivates the team into hurrying to report the breaking news, until she notices that Spike is not present. Lying amongst the rubble, Spike talks to a girl called Mary Brien, buried deeper below the debris and badly injured.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Press Gang Season 3 Episode 5 - The Last Word (2)
    9.0/10(35 votes)

    #6 - The Last Word (2)

    S3:E5

    With the staff being realeased one by one, until only Linda and Spike remain, Sarah finally tells the police the whole story as they attend the funneral of a Junior Gazette member

    Director:Lorne Magory
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Press Gang Season 1 Episode 8 - How to Make a Killing (2)
    8.9/10(38 votes)

    #7 - How to Make a Killing (2)

    S1:E8

    Kenny continues to pursue the girl in order to solve the mystery, but Lynda needs him back at the Junior Gazette. She is eventually forced to take on Spike as her assistant for the day much to her un-delight. Kenny's mystery provokes the teams biggest under cover operation campaign yet, just what is going on?

    Director:Lorne Magory
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Press Gang Season 5 Episode 6 - There Are Crocodiles
    8.9/10(37 votes)

    #8 - There Are Crocodiles

    S5:E6

    Is it last day of The Junior Gazette? The gang recollect their thoughts and feelings as Lynda hands them all some sane advice, including Spike.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Press Gang Season 2 Episode 8 - Something Terrible (2)
    8.8/10(30 votes)

    #9 - Something Terrible (2)

    S2:E8

    Colin thinks he has worked out Cindy's secret, but what can he do about it? Lynda convinces him to confide in her, as she is concerned that Colin's melancholia may affect the paper's finances, and helps Colin find a way of addressing the terrible issue at hand.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Press Gang Season 5 Episode 4 - Food, Love and Insecurity
    8.8/10(22 votes)

    #10 - Food, Love and Insecurity

    S5:E4

    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.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Press Gang Season 2 Episode 5 - Love and the Junior Gazette
    8.7/10(32 votes)

    #11 - Love and the Junior Gazette

    S2:E5

    Kenny keeps getting a mis-routed line when phoning his aunt in Glasgow and strikes up a friendship with a girl in Dublin. Raymond Adams, a local amateur actor that Sam fancies, sets his sights on a nervous Sarah, who is about to publish her scathing review of his performance in An Inspector Calls. Matt Kerr has decided that Lynda should go with Spike to an important cocktail party hosted by the owner of the newspaper.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Press Gang Season 3 Episode 1 - The Big Hello
    8.7/10(23 votes)

    #12 - The Big Hello

    S3:E1

    The Junior Gazette is now a fully fledged commercial business. Sam has gone and so has Spike, who has returned to America. Lynda is having obvious problems coping with him not being there. By chance an invesitgation into the corruptional dealings with the local council leads to a chain reation and a surprise visit from Spike...and a mystery girl.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Press Gang Season 5 Episode 3 - A Quarter to Midnight
    8.7/10(31 votes)

    #13 - A Quarter to Midnight

    S5:E3

    Having lied to Spike about her whereabouts, Lynda becomes accidently trapped in an airtight storage vault in the Slattenheim building where she was meeting John Crawford, her source on a story she was writing. Her mobile phone is damaged, and as a result, she can make calls but those who she calls cannot hear her. In her attempts to reach Spike so he can save her before she suffocates, she comes up with an ingenious Lynda-esque strategy for helping Spike and the Gazette team locate her. But will her plan work? Will they reach her in time?

    Director:Bill Ward
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Press Gang Season 3 Episode 6 - Holding On
    8.6/10(23 votes)

    #14 - Holding On

    S3:E6

    It's make or break time for Spike. He's got to decide which is the girl for him, Lynda or Zoe. Kenny decides it's make or break with him too.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Press Gang Season 5 Episode 2 - Friendly Fire
    8.6/10(23 votes)

    #15 - Friendly Fire

    S5:E2

    Sarah contemplates her future with the Junior Gazette. Should she stay or should she go? But how will the rest of them handle her decision

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Press Gang Season 1 Episode 7 - How to Make a Killing (1)
    8.5/10(38 votes)

    #16 - How to Make a Killing (1)

    S1:E7

    Kenny investigates a mysterious girl called Jenny, who draws chalk outlines on the pavement outside the Highpoint Flats. He soon finds himself in hot water after finding out more then he intended to...

    Director:Lorne Magory
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Press Gang Season 2 Episode 1 - Breakfast at Czar's
    8.5/10(30 votes)

    #17 - Breakfast at Czar's

    S2:E1

    The local leisure complex is being threatened with closure and The Junior Gazette come up with a great campaign to save it, or so they originally thought. The facts are wrong and the team are forced to write another edition of the paper. Much to Lynda's delight as she uses her own initiative to back the council into a corner. Does she succeed in getting the whole story and revealing the true facts.

    Directors:Bob Spiers, Gerry O'Hara
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Press Gang Season 3 Episode 3 - Chance is a Fine Thing
    8.5/10(25 votes)

    #18 - Chance is a Fine Thing

    S3:E3

    The new recruit, Judy Wellman, seems to go down very well with the lads but unbeknown to them she's only got her eyes set on one, Colin. But is it a case of opposites attract for him? Kenny receives an anonymous letter which contains some strange facts.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Press Gang Season 4 Episode 1 - Bad News
    8.5/10(24 votes)

    #19 - Bad News

    S4:E1

    The owner of the Junior Gazette has died and the gang are forced to review their situation. Colin has the future of the gazette on his shoulders as he is made the head editor. Lynda and Spike appear unexpectedly on a kid's TV show - with explosive results.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Press Gang Season 4 Episode 4 - Love and War
    8.5/10(22 votes)

    #20 - Love and War

    S4:E4

    Spike's got something to say to his dad, but Colin's got other ideas - he's handcuffed a suitcase to him.

    Director:Bill Ward
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Press Gang Season 5 Episode 1 - Head and Heart
    8.5/10(22 votes)

    #21 - Head and Heart

    S5:E1

    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.

    Director:Bill Ward
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Press Gang Season 1 Episode 6 - Interface
    8.4/10(31 votes)

    #22 - Interface

    S1:E6

    A Ghost Writer turns up at the office, producing written articles and television reviews. Who is he? Lynda and Spike work together after Colin comes up with a lead.The gang also enter a competition to win a computor and printer set. Something they desperately need. Colin comes up with an incredible brainwave.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Press Gang Season 1 Episode 9 - Both Sides of the Paper
    8.4/10(27 votes)

    #23 - Both Sides of the Paper

    S1:E9

    The Junior Gazette is in danger of being suspended by the headmaster as school exams approach and pressure builds. Lynda has serious ambitions much to Sarah's worry, as the gazette starts gaining interest. And the team interview The Phone Ranger. But will Mr Harvey have any of it?

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Press Gang Season 2 Episode 13 - The Big Finish?
    8.4/10(25 votes)

    #24 - The Big Finish?

    S2:E13

    The future of the Junior Gazette is uncertain. As the staffers on the paper are finishing school, the owners want to turn the paper over the the next lot of kids. The Junior Gazette was meant to be a school newspaper, but Lynda and Kenny want to run the paper commercially, employing any staff that wish to remain. They draw up a proposal and submit this to the paper's owners. Colin has groomed Kenny for rock stardom, but his big concert is the same night as the proposal. Spike expresses his feelings for Lynda, but does Lynda feel the same way for Spike? Can she bring herself to say those three little words that Spike wants to hear? Spike threatens to go back to America - but can Lynda decide between Spike and her paper?

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Press Gang Season 2 Episode 7 - Something Terrible (1)
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    #25 - Something Terrible (1)

    S2:E7

    A young girl called Cindy makes trouble for Colin, yet she seems to like Colin and his crazy ideas. But she never wants to go home and shies away from being touched. What is her secret? Meanwhile, Lynda and Spike are going to extreme lengths to hide their relationship from the newsteam, when all at the Junior Gazette are aware of their relationship. Tiddler even re-names her 'productive' pair of rabbits, Henry and George, Lynda and Spike.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"At Last a Dragon" is the best rated episode of "Press Gang". It scored 9.3/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by Bob Spiers and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/22/1990. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Last Word (1)".