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The Best Episodes of Press Gang

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. 9.3/10(33 votes)

    #1 - At Last a Dragon

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    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.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:N/A
  2. 9.2/10(27 votes)

    #2 - Monday, Tuesday

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    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?!

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    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:N/A
  3. 9.2/10(30 votes)

    #3 - The Last Word (1)

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    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?

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    Director:Lorne Magory
    Writer:N/A
  4. 9.1/10(22 votes)

    #4 - Shouldn't I Be Taller?

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    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?

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  5. 9.0/10(28 votes)

    #5 - The Rest of My Life

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    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.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:N/A
  6. 9.0/10(31 votes)

    #6 - The Last Word (2)

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    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

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    Director:Lorne Magory
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 8.9/10(32 votes)

    #7 - How to Make a Killing (2)

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    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?

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    Director:Lorne Magory
    Writer:N/A
  9. 8.9/10(24 votes)

    #8 - Something Terrible (2)

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    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.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:N/A
  10. 8.7/10(26 votes)

    #9 - Love and the Junior Gazette

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    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.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
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  11. 8.6/10(24 votes)

    #10 - Breakfast at Czar's

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    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.

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  12. 8.6/10(18 votes)

    #11 - The Big Hello

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    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.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
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  13. 8.5/10(32 votes)

    #12 - How to Make a Killing (1)

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    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...

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    Director:Lorne Magory
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  14. 8.5/10(19 votes)

    #13 - The Big Finish?

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    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?

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    Director:Bob Spiers
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  15. 8.5/10(19 votes)

    #14 - Holding On

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    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.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
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  16. 8.4/10(21 votes)

    #15 - Both Sides of the Paper

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    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?

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    Director:Bob Spiers
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  17. 8.4/10(20 votes)

    #16 - Bad News

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    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.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:N/A
  18. 8.4/10(18 votes)

    #17 - Love and War

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    S4:E4

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

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    Director:Bill Ward
    Writer:N/A
  19. 8.3/10(25 votes)

    #18 - Interface

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    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.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:N/A
  20. 8.3/10(25 votes)

    #19 - Something Terrible (1)

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    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.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
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  21. 8.2/10(23 votes)

    #20 - Deadline

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    S1:E4

    The gangs first series of serious dilemmas! There's a printer strike and they are forced to have to write the following weeks edition as well, and in only a few hours. Is it possible to write the news before anything actually happens? Sarah is needed back in the office, urgently and Colin gets himself into a tricky financial situation with a photo he hasn't got.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
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  22. 8.2/10(24 votes)

    #21 - A Night In

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    S1:E5

    The gang get suspicious when a moody Lynda makes everyone stay behind to work late, and of course nobody wants to. As for Colin he has a very important meeting with the towns richest man, or does he? The excuses go flying as the gang work out what is really wrong with Lynda and why Spike is acting up.

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    Director:Lorne Magory
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  23. 8.2/10(27 votes)

    #22 - Going Back to Jasper Street

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    S2:E3

    A Creepy statue gives Linda nightmares and determined to work out why, she and Kenny delve into there childhoods, to discover a broken promise to an old lady is the key. Meanwhile Spike is being stalked by a girl Colin wants to date

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    Director:Bren Simson
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  24. 8.2/10(21 votes)

    #23 - The Week and Pizza

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    S2:E4

    Colin is in trouble with Lynda over the Junior Gazette accounts, and tries to find something to blackmail her with. Spike and Tiddler are assigned to interview grouchy local children's author. Sam, and then Kenny, find it hard to tell a member of the newsteam that she is fired.

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    Director:Bren Simson
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  25. 8.2/10(21 votes)

    #24 - Chance is a Fine Thing

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    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.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
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  26. 8.1/10(30 votes)

    #25 - Page One

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    S1:E1

    Lynda and Spike are both head to head as they compete to come up up with the best front-page headline for the gangs first edition of The Junior Gazette. But are their stories what they seem?

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    Director:Colin Nutley
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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 33 votes. Directed by Bob Spiers and written by N/A, it aired on 2/22/1990. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Monday, Tuesday".