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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 Worst Episode
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    Press Gang Season 5 Episode 5 - Windfall
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #1 - Windfall

    S5:E5

    Colin goes on a date with Julie. But it doesn't turn out the way he was expecting.

    Director:James Devis
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Press Gang Season 2 Episode 9 - Friends Like These
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #2 - Friends Like These

    S2:E9

    A pop star has been stranded at the train station and Lynda knows that it would make front page news at The Junior Gazette. Her only chance is to ask Sarah, but Sarah isn't feeling to good about herself. Lynda's desperate for the scoop and goes to lengthly measures to make sure it happens. Leaving poor Sarah questioning herself emotionally.

    Director:John Hall
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Press Gang Season 1 Episode 2 - Photo Finish
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    #3 - Photo Finish

    S1:E2

    Lynda is desperate to finish her story before the deadline. The first edition is released, with much outrage from the public. But luck happens to save the day with a chance encounter.

    Director:Colin Nutley
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Press Gang Season 1 Episode 3 - One Easy Lesson
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    #4 - One Easy Lesson

    S1:E3

    There's a new teacher in school having a tough time and Sarah decides to help him on a little when she discovers something about him. Meanwhile at the office the gangs first ""journalistic expedition"" gets off to a surprising start.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Press Gang Season 2 Episode 12 - Rock Solid
    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #5 - Rock Solid

    S2:E12

    Kenny is oiling the running of the paper even more than usual in the wake of Spike quitting, leaving Lynda even more difficult than usual. But Colin has discovered that Kenny is an aspiring singer and guitarist, and has big plans for him, whether Kenny likes it or not.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Press Gang Season 2 Episode 2 - Picking up the Pieces
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    #6 - Picking up the Pieces

    S2:E2

    Spike is in trouble with the head when he hits another student, but he won't let anyone help him. Frazz discovers Colin's little plan that involves him as his pawn in his newest venture. Kenny suffers a broken heart when a girl rejects his advances.

    Director:Gerry O'Hara
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Press Gang Season 4 Episode 3 - She's Got It Taped
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #7 - She's Got It Taped

    S4:E3

    Sarah meets a nervous man named Archie Pressman whilst recording an interview. He is the only person not to be surprised when there is a huge explosion in town.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Press Gang Season 3 Episode 2 - Killer on the Line
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    #8 - Killer on the Line

    S3:E2

    The newsroom starts to receive mysterious, threatening phone calls from someone who claims to have attacked a local shopkeeper. The gang reckon they're on to a seriously big storyline, or so they think. Meanwhile Lynda has stolen Spike's passport in order to stop him from returning to America, for good.

    Director:Lorne Magory
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Press Gang Season 2 Episode 11 - Yesterday's News
    8.0/10(25 votes)

    #9 - Yesterday's News

    S2:E11

    Spike's out of hospital, but he's not recovered. Lynda, however, would rather compete for a story with him - who is selling the out of date food to the school canteen ?

    Director:Lorne Magory
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Press Gang Season 1 Episode 1 - Page One
    8.1/10(38 votes)

    #10 - Page One

    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?

    Director:Colin Nutley
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Press Gang Season 1 Episode 10 - Money, Love and Birdseed
    8.1/10(28 votes)

    #11 - Money, Love and Birdseed

    S1:E10

    Tiddler has a plan to get Lynda and Spike together. Pigeons crowd the gangs newsroom, is this another one of Colins scams? Money goes missing from the schools Judo club. Has the schools known criminal Bobby Tweed stolen it or is he being framed?

    Director:Lorne Magory
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Press Gang Season 4 Episode 2 - UnXpected
    8.1/10(24 votes)

    #12 - UnXpected

    S4:E2

    Frazz has been given the opportunity to write an article on his favourite show Colonel X, which was cancelled due to Colonel X's alter ego John England being killed in a car crash. But Frazz is mugged and hit on the head. Fantasy becomes reality when he starts seeing X, but not just him the others as well. Is the truth really out there or are they all going mad. Lynda needs help to get out of a situation involving a date. Is Spike willing to assist her or not?

    Director:Lorne Magory
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Press Gang Season 4 Episode 6 - Day Dreams
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    #13 - Day Dreams

    S4:E6

    While sleeping in the newsroom, Mr Sullivan appears as Lynda's guardian angel. In the style of It's a Wonderful Life, he takes her on a journey into the future to see what becomes of some of the major characters when she is not around. Sarah is a war correspondent, Frazz a radio agony uncle, and Julie has taken over as editor.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Press Gang Season 1 Episode 4 - Deadline
    8.2/10(29 votes)

    #14 - Deadline

    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.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Press Gang Season 1 Episode 5 - A Night In
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #15 - A Night In

    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.

    Director:Lorne Magory
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Press Gang Season 2 Episode 3 - Going Back to Jasper Street
    8.2/10(33 votes)

    #16 - Going Back to Jasper Street

    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

    Director:Bren Simson
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Press Gang Season 2 Episode 4 - The Week and Pizza
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    #17 - The Week and Pizza

    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.

    Director:Bren Simson
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #18 - 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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  19. Press Gang Season 4 Episode 5 - In the Picture
    8.3/10(25 votes)

    #19 - In the Picture

    S4:E5

    In a parody of Stakeout, Colin goes undercover as a hotel workman so that Frazz can photograph actor John Hartwood through the window. Protective of his privacy, Hartwood tries to get his minder to make him leave. However, he is still in the room when the actor's girlfriend, Judy Wellman, who Colin had dated in "Chance is a Fine Thing", turns up. A lady called Katherine Hill visits Lynda in the newsroom, and they realise that they share many mannerisms.

    Director:Bill Ward
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

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

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

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

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

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Windfall" is the worst rated episode of "Press Gang". It scored 7.2/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by James Devis and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/14/1993. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Friends Like These".