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6.3 2 Seasons • 14 Episodes

A Bunch of Fives

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

Top Cast

  • Jamie Foreman

    Jamie Foreman

    Chris Taylor

  • Lesley Manville

    Lesley Manville

    Helen Wyatt

  • Andrew Rinous

    Andrew Rinous

    Ken McCall

  • Julia Carey

    Julia Carey

    Carol Walsh

Overview

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.

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