Rent Press Gang: Series 4 (1992)
3.4 of 5 from 5 ratings
2h 30min
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- Synopsis:
All six episodes from the fourth series of the British children's television drama, set in the offices of the Junior Gazette newspaper. In this series, the Gazette's owner unexpectedly dies, forcing the staff to think about their position.
1. Bad NewsLynda makes her first appearance on the childrens' television show 'Crazy Stuff but, faced with an unconvincing stuffed cat and a 'prat on wheels' asking patronising questions, she storms off the set and fails to recognise production assistant Julie Craig, one-time graphics editor of the Junior Gazette. Meanwhile, the death of David Campbell, the Gazette's proprietor, has left the future of the junior paper in doubt once again, especially when David's nephew, Bobby, decides that it doesn't make enough money. With two weeks to make the Junior Gazette too good to miss, Lynda risks another appearance on Crazy Stuff, hoping she can slip a surprise advert for the paper into the live interview. Unfortunately, Julie has already arranged a surprise for Lynda, one that involves the reappearance of someone she knows very well...
2. UnXpected
Frazz is forced to spend a day reviewing episodes of the old kids' series 'Colonel X' for its tenth anniversary. On his way over to the news-room, he is mugged and later taken to hospital suffering from concussion. Frazz begins to experience visits from someone who is, to all intents and purposes, Colonel X himself, even though the actor who played him, John England, died in a car-crash many years ago. How can a fictional character exist as a physical presence? Will Frazz solve the puzzle before he loses his mind? And will Lynda find someone brave enough to have dinner with her?
3. She's Got it Taped
A bomb goes off in a Norbridge restaurant seconds after the warning is phoned through. Archie Pressman realises that Sarah Jackson may have taped him making that call and will do anything to get at that tape...including go out with her.
4. Love and War
Spike is having difficulty speaking to his father. It's not that he has nothing to say. Far from it, he's got years of resentment boiling away inside him. It's not that he hasn't got the time to say it all, either, although Colin's idea of hand-cuffing an ever increasing number of briefcases to Spike's arm isn't doing him any favours. No, Spike has too much to say to his father, but maybe he's just saying it all a little too late for it to have any effect.
5. In the Picture
Engaged in a little espionage involving a temperamental actor, a camera and a set of shrinking windows, Colin finds himself trapped in the actor's hotel room thanks to the unexpected arrival of the actor's girlfriend - who might just remember that she once dated Colin. If she gives the game away, Colin could find himself being responsible for the Junior Gazette being sued for invasion of privacy. Meanwhile, a mysterious, yet familiar-looking woman comes looking for Lynda with some life-shaping advice. She's not in any rush, and she's giving Lynda lots of suggestions on how to deal with Colin. Can Frazz and Julie help Colin to avoid being discovered? Well, no. Not really.
6. Day Dreams
Twenty-one years earlier, at Aragon High School in California, James Thomson and Katherine Hill met for the first time. It was not an auspicious meeting. Nevertheless, it led to their marriage and, after the production of one James Thomson Junior, their divorce. Katherine Hill has come to warn Lynda Day that her relationship with Spike has happened before with Spike's parents. As Lynda is left wishing for someone who might help her make a decision, she finds herself with a guardian angel dressed in white, who looks remarkably like her old English teacher, Mr. Sullivan...- Actors:
- Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher, Lucy Benjamin, Kelda Holmes, Mmoloki Chrystie, Paul Reynolds, Joanna Dukes, Clive Wood, Henry Naylor, Kevin Allen, Carolyn Pertwee, Sarah Heenahan, Paul Raffield, Alwyne Taylor, Roger Leach, Paul Fulton, Jeremy Hodge, Sophie Newton, Brian Glover, Brian Mitchell
- Directors:
- Bob Spiers, Lorne Magory, Bill Ward
- Producers:
- Sandra C. Hastie
- Voiced By:
- Andy Parsons
- Creators:
- Bill Moffat
- Writers:
- Steven Moffat, Bill Moffat
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Comedies, TV Dramas, TV Teen Dramas
