Press Gang: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Press Gang was a teen programme that followed the trials and tribulations of a group of teens setting up and running a young people's newspaper "The Junior Gazette". Egos clash, professional and personal feelings collide and lots of one-liners and "crazy" situations made this every teenage-plus person's top of the list viewing. Shown as a prime time children's programme it was actually ahead of it's time socially. With mature and occasionally controversial storylines it shaped a lot of it's viewers minds those few precious years.

Series details

• Title: Press Gang
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Children
• Premiere date: 1989-01-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 1993-05-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6402
• IMDb ID: tt0096679
• TVDB ID: 77373

Cast and credited roles

• Dexter Fletcher — Spike Thomson
• Julia Sawalha — Lynda Day
• Paul Reynolds — Colin Mathews
• Kelda Holmes — Sarah Jackson
• Lucy Benjamin — Julie Craig
• Mmoloki Chrystie — Frazz Davis
• Clive Wood — Matt Kerr
• Lee Ross — Kenny Phillips
• Charlie Creed-Miles — Danny McColl
• Joanna Dukes — Tiddler
• Nick Stringer — Mr. Sullivan
• Gabrielle Anwar — Sam Black

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-01-16; final listed air date 1989-04-10; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 1990-01-18; final listed air date 1990-04-12; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 1991-05-07; final listed air date 1991-06-11; episode order: 6.
• Season 4: premiered 1992-01-07; final listed air date 1992-02-11; episode order: 6.
• Season 5: premiered 1993-04-16; final listed air date 1993-05-21; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Press Gang on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.