A Bunch of Fives

A Bunch of Fives is an English children's television show from ATV, broadcast for two series of seven episodes each in 1977 and 1978 on ITV.^[1] A precursor of Grange Hill,^[2] it starred Andrew Rinous, Lesley Manville and Jamie Foreman as fifth formers who start a school newspaper. The show spawned one paperback tie-in.^[3]

A Bunch of Fives
Created by	Colin Rogers
Starring	Lesley Manville Jamie Foreman Andrew Rinous Gary Oldman
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	14
Production
Camera setup	Multiple camera (1977–78)
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	ATV
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	18 May 1977 (1977-05-18) – 24 May 1978 (1978-05-24)

The series was released on DVD by Network in May 2010.^[4]