Press Gang - Seasons 1 & 2 - 4-DVD Collector's Set ( Press Gang - Seasons 1-5 (43 Episodes) )

Press Gang - Seasons 1 & 2 - 4-DVD Collector's Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Press Gang - Seasons 1-5 (43 Episodes)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
604 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Collectors Edition
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1989 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Bob Spiers

Written By:
Bill Moffat

Actors:
Dexter Fletcher ..... Spike Thomson / ... (43 episodes, 1989-1993)
Joanna Dukes ..... Toni 'Tiddler' Tildesley (34 episodes, 1989-1993)
Julia Sawalha ..... Lynda Day / ... (43 episodes, 1989-1993)
Kelda Holmes ..... Sarah Jackson (41 episodes, 1989-1993)
Lee Ross ..... Kenny Phillips (30 episodes, 1989-1991)
Lucy Benjamin ..... Julie Craig (23 episodes, 1989-1993)
Mmoloki Chrystie ..... Frazz Davis (41 episodes, 1989-1993)
Paul Reynolds ..... Colin Mathews (43 episodes, 1989-1993)

Synopsis:

Originally aired at ABC TV, Press Gang was a BAFTA Award-winning series chronicling the world of youth newspaper the Junior Gazette, run by high school students in the fictional city of Norbridge. In certain circles, Press Gang creator Steven Moffat is a god. The sole writer of the show's 43 episodes, he recently admitted that even 12 years after its demise, he is still showered with praise for what was his first gig writing for TV. When I'm talking to someone about the right age, Moffat told BBC1 in December, and they ask what I've written, and I mention Press Gang, suddenly I'm a heroWhat is it about Press Gang that, to this day, elicits such fawning? Imagine a teenage version of Moonlighting (1985) by way of All the President's Men (1976), with a hint of The Hardy Boys (1977), and you're halfway towards describing this award-winning series about a motley bunch of students running a youth newspaper. Considered ground-breaking in its day for tackling issues such as teen suicide, sexual abuse, adultery, and drug addiction over the course of its five-year run, the show is renowned in its native U.K. for doing something kid television at the time didn't do (and, arguably, still doesn't): it refused to treat its audience like children.

Press Gang is the BAFTA award-winning children's series from the 1990's which follows a group of teenagers who run the 'Junior Gazette', a newspaper for the kids by the kids. Written by Steven Moffat (Coupling and the new Doctor Who) it is widely regarded as one of the best series ever written for televison and it also launched the careers of Dexter Fletcher (Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels) and Julia Sawalha (Absolutely Fabulous). This box set contains all episodes from the first two seasons so sit back and let Spike and Lynda take you in to the world of the 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.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 21 February, 2019.