'Press Gang'
was an excellent UK produced 'kids' TV show which aired originally between
1989 and 1993.
I watched
the show in reruns in the mid and late 1990's on channel
TVO in Ontario,Canada.
Sadly it's
not being shown anywhere that I'm aware of now...and there are no commercial
videos/DVDs of the show available.
It was miles
ahaead of everything else on TV at the time in that the stories were always
intelligent and beleivable.
There were
no easily distinguishable 'bad guys/good guys' (unless you count Colin
of course =)
The writers
assumed the viewers had functional brains and didnt insult them with idiotic
storylines or sensless plots.
It starred
the lovely and young (at the time) Julia Sawalha and Dexter Fletcher.
The supporting
cast (which was the secret of the show in my mind)
was made up
largely of unknowns who for the most part stayed unknown...
Other then
Gabrielle Anwar (Sam),Lucy Benjamin (Julie) and Paul Reynolds (Colin)
most wernt
really heard from again as actors.
The
'Stars'
