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| Breakfast At Czar's After Councilman Mayhew tells the news team that the previously marked-for-closure Wellside Community Sports Centre isn�t going to be shut down thanks to their campaigning, the Junior Gazette � leading with the story � is all ready to be sent out the following morning�that is until a radio broadcast announces that the Centre is closing, leaving the team just one night to fix the edition. Confused as to why they were deceived, the team work frantically throughout the night to change the edition � much to the anger of the news teams parents, who along with some of the students' teachers head over to the news room to demand the kids return home to bed. Refusing to send the paper out a day late, Lynda locks everyone in thereby stopping the adults having entry to the newsroom. As the gang struggle to keep off the baying adults and finalise the paper, Colin also turns up accompanied with one of his new clients � an escape artist � who is trapped in a locked giant box that Colin is left to try and get him out of. Meanwhile, Lynda is left agitated when Spike turns up with a date via his way to a party. But it is Spike who becomes even more frustrated when Lynda refuses to unlock the newsroom, trapping him and his date inside with the rest of the team. As a jealous Lynda gets the terrible twosome Sophie and Laura to dye the hair of Spike�s date while she sleeps, the parents outside are all being convinced by Councilman Mayhew that Lynda be fired from the newspaper, if not have the paper be cancelled altogether. However Sarah manages to save the day when she realises that Councilman Mayhew purposefully lied to the paper in order to get them off his back about the Centre while at the same time ensuring they would look stupid when they printed an edition celebrating the saving of the Centre when it was still going to be closed down. Faced with the truth being told to a lot of angry parents and potential voters, Councilman Mayhew is forced to agree to delay the Centre decision for a few more months, thereby allowing the team to print their original story. Notes: Continuity: Colin's Scam: Spike and Lynda arguing/flirting. Quotes: Lynda: [on Sam] "She's arrogant, opinionated and impossible to deal with. Who does she think she is?" Kenny: "You?" Lynda: "Remind me, why are we still friends?" Kenny: "Well we fight about the same things." Lynda: "Charlotte, are you sure that chair's quite comfortable enough for you?" Charlotte: "It's fine thank you." Lynda: "Oh, well may be your face always look like that." Colin: [on his trapped escape artist] "Can you imagine it. For two hours the audience sat and watched a box with a spotlight on it. Not many came back after the interval. At the end there was just these four drama students who gave it a standing ovation and asked me to join their drama group." Spike: "Does this mean I don't get my kiss now?" Lynda: "Spike, I'd rather fail all my school exams, be unable to get a job, wander the streets destitute with a bottle and be found dead of hypothermia on a riverbank." Spike: "Flirt!" Full Cast: Lynda Day � Julia Sawalha Spike Thomson � Dexter Fletcher Kenny Phillips � Lee Ross Sarah Jackson � Kelda Holmes Frazz Davis � Mmoloki Chrystie Sam Black � Gabrielle Chrystie Colin Matthews � Paul Reynolds Matt Kerr � Clive Wood Mr. Sullivan � Nick Stringer Chrissie Stuart � Angela Bruce Tiddler � Joanna Dukes Charlotte � Siri Neal Sophie � Rosie Marcel Laura � Claire Hearnden Peter Mayhew � Raymond Sawyer Director: Bob Spiers Written By: Steven Moffat First Transmitted: 18th January 1990 |
| Picking Up The Pieces Colin's latest scam sees him trying to capitalise on the new found fame of sixteen-year-old chess champion Suzy Norton by trying to convince her that he is in the chess management business and that he would be the perfect manager to take her straight to the top. Getting Frazz to pretend to be one of his biggest stars, Colin tries to win Suzy over, but instead of wanting to employ Colin, Suzy is more interested in playing against Frazz. Attracted to the chess whiz, Frazz sets out to learn how to play chess with no success, only to then discover that Colin has arranged for him to play a staged chess game with Suzy that should help him rake in the bucks. However Colin�s scheme fails yet again when once on stage Frazz declares that he doesn�t know how to play chess and instead whisks Suzy away to a party. Meanwhile as Kenny mourns over his break-up with Jenny, Spike is left facing suspension from school as well as being ejected from the paper, after beating up a sixth former for writing something on the common room wall. Worried he is reverting back to his old ways, Lynda still strives to put on a defence for Spike, but when Spike refuses to reveal his reasons for his violence, Mr. Sullivan is left with no choice but to issue Spike with two weeks of suspension. However the teacher�s disappointment about Spike letting Lynda down is absolved when he later discovers that Spike�s actions were the result of the sixth former writing something on the wall about Lynda. Continuity: Colin's Scam: End Soundbite: Frazz, Spike and Lynda talking about romance. Quotes: Lynda: "I can't imagine you sending love letters." Kenny: "I can't imagine you getting any." Spike: [on Mr. Sullivan] "He's not really bald you know. He just parts his hair with his head." Librarian: "I can assure you, these are serious chess books." Colin: "Are you kidding? It's full of crosswords!" Librarian: "Those are chessboards." Full Cast: Lynda Day � Julia Sawalha Spike Thomson � Dexter Fletcher Kenny Phillips � Lee Ross Sarah Jackson � Kelda Holmes Frazz Davis � Mmoloki Chrystie Sam Black � Gabrielle Chrystie Colin Matthews � Paul Reynolds Suzy Norton � Abigail Docherty Mr. Sullivan � Nick Stringer Mrs. Phillips � Janet Allen Librarian � Tessa Shaw Car Owner � Andre Thorton Grimes News Team � Adriano Agostino News Team � Tony Annis News Team � Mark Baxter News Team � Jeremy Hodge News Team � Peter Laxton News Team � Kevin Mathurn News Team � Mathew Rose News Team � Michelle Gayle News Team � Rebecca Hamilton News Team � Anna Kipling News Team � Sonya May News Team � Sophie Newton Director: Gerry O'Hara Written By: Steven Moffat First Transmitted: 25th January 1990 |
| Going Back To Jasper Street After a friend of Sarah�s family, Mrs. Williams, is burgled, Sarah accumulates pictures of the old woman�s more treasured stolen items in hopes that the Junior Gazette can print them and lead to their recovery. One of the pictures - a wooden face carving - has a strange impact on Lynda, who has a vague recognition of having an identical statue that gave her nightmares when she was younger. However she is forced to admit she must have been mistaken when Sarah informs her that the wood carving was made by the old woman�s late husband and that he never made more than one piece of his work. Mentioning the carving to her mom, Lynda becomes even more confused when her mother then digs out the old carving and recalls how Lynda just came home with it one day. Looking back to the day she got lost on Kenny�s birthday ten years ago, Lynda seeks to understand why she feels such guilt every time she looks it and how she got it in the first place. After Mr. Sullivan helps her establish that her wood carving was one part of a set of bookends, Lynda begins to remember how after getting lost, Mrs. Williams took her in and gave her the wood carving in return for Lynda promising to come back and visit. Having never gone back, Lynda begins to feel guilty and heads off to her house with Kenny to finally fulfil her promise. Meanwhile Spike has an unwanted stalker in the form of student Ruby Grogan � who just also happens to be Colin�s latest crush. The two are soon plotting together to turn the situation to their own advantage by staging a scene where Spike launches a verbal attack on Ruby and Colin then comes to her rescue. However instead of falling into her rescuer�s arms, the plan backfires when Ruby instead comes to Spike�s defence. Continuity: End Soundbite: Kenny and Lynda discussing Kenny's niceness. Quotes: Lynda: "How could anyone be madly in love with you?" Spike: "I don't know. But then again, I'm the only person in this conversation who isn't." Lynda: "No, I am." Kenny: [ringing doorball] "Remember we used to do this and run away?" Lynda: "I used to run away - you stayed and apologised." Full Cast: Lynda Day � Julia Sawalha Spike Thomson � Dexter Fletcher Kenny Phillips � Lee Ross Sarah Jackson � Kelda Holmes Frazz Davis � Mmoloki Chrystie Sam Black � Gabrielle Chrystie Colin Matthews � Paul Reynolds Young Lynda � Kate Williams Young Kenny � Simon Bright Ruby Grogan � Julie Foy Librarian � Penelope Nice Mr. Sullivan � Nick Stringer Street Boy � Steven Szczebiot Street Boy � Niel Kattenhorn Mrs. Williams � Rose Hill News Team � Adriano Agostino News Team � Mark Baxter News Team � Simon Davidson News Team � Jeremy Hodge News Team � Mitchell Knight News Team � Peter Laxton News Team � Ryan Romain News Team � Casey Anderson News Team � Michelle Gayle News Team � Rebecca Hamilton News Team � Anna Kipling News Team � Sonya May News Team � Sophie Newton News Team � Linda Wells Director: Bren Simson Written By: Steven Moffat First Transmitted: 1st February 1990 |
| The Week And Pizza It�s time for the Junior Gazette staff meeting, which means lots of barbed comments and pizza. While Tiddler spends the week writing up a story about a nasty children�s author (and later having to redraft it following her going into hospital), Sam is fed up with the graphics department being the paper�s dumping ground for the unwanted and demands that one of her newest (and useless) staff, Claire, be taken off her hands � prompting Lynda to assign Sam the task of firing her. Despite her best efforts, Sam is unable to go through with it and nor can Kenny who Sam asks to do it for her. It is eventually left up to Lynda to be the tough one, but she soon finds herself let off the hook when Claire announces that she is moving away and having to leave the paper anyway. Meanwhile as Spike's date with his newest conquest struggles to get off its feet thanks to the rumour that Spike is obsessed with Lynda (a rumour that Lynda is more than happy to play up to), Lynda demands a full update on the Gazette's profits from Colin � a task he finds tricky considering he�s just bought 428 sucker guns with it. Determined to blackmail Lynda so he can get out of his own tricky spot, Colin enlists the help of Sophie and Laura to dig up some dirt. Trying to get an embarrassing short story that Lynda once wrote from Mr. Sullivan, Colin soon finds his secret weapon useless after Lynda foils his plot to blackmail her thanks to a heads up from Mr. Sullivan. Notes: Colin's Scam: Suckers. End Soundbite: Colin and Frazz 'advertising' suckers. Quotes: Sam: "Sorry Lynda, I for one am not speaking until my mouth�s full." Lynda: "Fair enough Sam, I suppose you need something in your head." Spike: "Ah...cool the mouth, boss lady. Talk like that could set your hair on fire." Sam: "Oh, is that why it looks that way." Spike: "I remember when Lynda used to need two for a conversation." Sam: "I don't." Colin: "I want real dirt, girls. Sleaze. Something from Lynda Day's past she's trying to forget." Laura: "You're going to blackmail her?" Colin: "Oh, I wouldn't call it blackmail." Sophie: "Why not?" Colin: "Someone might hear." Colin: "Some of us down at the Gazette - some of the more devout admirers of Lynda - are trying to get together a special Lynda Day exhibition. We're calling it A Day Goes By. " Full Cast: Lynda Day � Julia Sawalha Spike Thomson � Dexter Fletcher Kenny Phillips � Lee Ross Sarah Jackson � Kelda Holmes Frazz Davis � Mmoloki Chrystie Sam Black � Gabrielle Chrystie Colin Matthews � Paul Reynolds Tiddler � Joanna Dukes Sophie � Rosie Marcel Laura � Claire Hearnden Claire � Fay Masterson Virgina Hume � Barbara Hicks Mr. Sullivan � Nick Stringer Yvonne Morley � Louisa Haigh News Team � Adriano Agostino News Team � Mark Baxter News Team � Simon Davidson News Team � Raffaello Degruttola News Team � Dominic Kipling News Team � Rebecca Hamilton News Team � Anna Kipling News Team � Sonya May News Team � Sophie Newton News Team � Bonnie Sullivan News Team � Linda Wells Director: Bren Simson Written By: Steven Moffat First Transmitted: 8th February 1990 |
| Love And The Junior Gazette After writing a scathing review about Raymond Adams' performance in a local play for the next edition of the Junior Gazette, Sarah finds herself in a tricky situation when the guy in question then asks her out on a date. Faced with an ethical dilemma, Sarah has to decide whether to retract her review before the paper goes to print, or whether to pull it to save her new relationship. Refusing to give up her integrity, Sarah stands by her review regardless of the consequences, which thanks to Sam removing the name of the journalist from the review, she finds herself spared from. Meanwhile crossed wires at the Gazette�s phone exchange means that every time Kenny tries to phone his aunt in Glasgow, he ends up calling a girl in Dublin. The two soon start chatting and comparing their relationship woes as they discover they have a lot in common, but by the time Kenny gets the nerve up to ask her for her phone number, the phone service is corrected, causing Kenny to lose all way of contacting the girl. At the same time Linda is having the opposite problem and wishing she could get rid of Spike, who is determined to be the plus one to Lynda's invitation to a career-forwarding cocktail party at the boss's house. Despite desperately trying to find anyone else to be her date, Lynda is forced to agree to take Spike after Kenny demands the pair stop playing their games and finally go out together. Notes: Continuity: End Soundbite: Kenny talking to Sarah about his lack of success in his love-life. Quotes: Lynda: "Please." Kenny: "I can't." Lynda: "It�s only a cocktail party." Kenny: "I'm visiting my aunt in Sherrington." Lynda: "Of course - your dear old aunt in Sherrington. What is it this time? Ill? Dead? Tell me, how do you justify being off work at her funeral on no less than eight separate occasions?" Kenny: "She is my aunt!" Lynda: "Kenny, this woman has died eight times!" Kenny: "How do you think I feel?" Lynda: "I just want you to know Spike, you are the last person on earth I would ask to this party. Absolutely the last." Spike: "You don't really mean that." Lynda: "You bet I mean it. Anyone else Spike, anyone else in this room. In fact the next person through these doors I would rather ask - the next person through these doors - then you." Spike: "Right!" [waiting - Colin walks in] Lynda: [to Colin] "Get out!" Kenny: "Me, nice? You are talking to world champion nice here. In fact I'm so nice, I get socks from Christmas...and I like it. I could nice for Britain. I'm so sweet and loveable, cuddly toys sneer at me." Sarah: "If this relationship is going to last it has to be based on truth." Sam: "That is not what lasting relationships are based on. Trust me, I've had hundreds." Full Cast: Lynda Day � Julia Sawalha Spike Thomson � Dexter Fletcher Kenny Phillips � Lee Ross Sarah Jackson � Kelda Holmes Frazz Davis � Mmoloki Chrystie Sam Black � Gabrielle Chrystie Colin Matthews � Paul Reynolds Dublin Girl � Aisling Flitton Raymond Adams � Altay Lawrence Matt Kerr � Clive Wood Chrissie Stuart � Angela Bruce Shop Assistant � Sarah Collins News Team � Adriano Agostino News Team � Mark Baxter News Team � Simon Davidson News Team � Dominic Kipling News Team � Mitchell Knight News Team � Peter Laxton News Team � Ryan Romain News Team � Rebecca Hamilton News Team � Anna Kipling News Team � Sonya May News Team � Sophie Newton News Team � Corrina Reardon News Team � Linda Wells Director: Bob Spiers Written By: Steven Moffat First Transmitted: 15th February 1990 |
| At Last A Dragon It�s the night of the cocktail party at the home of the owner of the Senior and Junior Gazette, and despite being determined to make a good impression, Lynda is uneasy about attending such a career-important social event � not least due to the fact that Spike is accompanying her as her date. On his best behaviour, Spike spends the whole night trying to calm down a nervous Lynda while simultaneously trying to contend with Colin - who has not only turned up to the party dressed as an Arab (in an attempt to try to fleece the rich guests by selling them oil fields said to be situated underneath Norbridge High), but who also hits a bit too close to home for Spike when he points out that Spike can�t hope to hold onto a girl like Lynda who�s future is destined to be so great. Despite thinking he�s not good enough for Lynda, he still refuses to let her miss out on such a big opportunity and forces her to return to the party when her social phobia causes her to try and flee. The move pays off after Lynda begins to relax and make important contacts. Realising Spike�s part in the success of the evening, Lynda thanks her date with a passionate goodnight kiss as the pair finally become an item. Notes: Continuity: Colin's Scam: Quotes: Spike: "Can I come in?" Lynda: "Why don�t you wait in the garden? There�s a little gnome you can talk to." Spike: "Because I�d rather come in. There�s a little gnome in there I can talk to." Lynda: "Is that a joke about my height?" Spike: "I wouldn�t stoop so low." Lynda: "Come in, if you can reach the step." Spike: "Is that a about my height?" Lynda: "Of course not � you haven�t got any." Spike: "Aren�t you gonna ask me where I got the flowers?" Lynda: "Who�s garden did you get the from?" Spike: "It was a blind old lady, she�ll never miss them." Lynda: "You have a very sick sense of humour, you know that?" Spike: "Yeah? Should have seen me try to blindfold her guide dog. I wonder where they both are now?" Lynda: "Why do you have to keep following me?" Spike: "Mostly the view." Lynda: [before she and Spike are about to kiss] "You're shaking." Spike: "Oh, what me? No. I'm steady as a rock. That's just the world moving." Full Cast: Lynda Day � Julia Sawalha Spike Thomson � Dexter Fletcher Colin Matthews � Paul Reynolds Mr. Sullivan � Nick Stringer Matt Kerr � Clive Wood Sophie � Rosie Marcel Laura � Claire Hearnden Mr. Mayor � John Ronane Mr. Adams � Nick Burnell Mr. Campbell � Peter Burton Mrs. Campbell � Kate Greenaway Director: Bob Spiers Written By: Steven Moffat First Transmitted: 22nd February 1990 |
| Something Terrible - Part One Colin is offering personality training as part of his latest scheme, but soon finds he has more on his plate to worry about when local thug Malcolm Bullivant turns up ready to kill him, claiming that Colin�s sister said Colin challenged him to a fight. After managing to escape a beating, Colin is keen to discover who has set him up and soon meets the person in question - eleven year-old Cindy Watkins, who told Malcolm that Colin would sort him out when the thug hassled her. Colin is soon intrigued about the strange youngster who seems to know everything about him but who is relunctant to talk about herself, especially her family. Realising that Cindy is hiding something serious, Colin soon begins to form the horrid suspicion that Cindy's father is sexually abusing her� Meanwhile Lynda is still reluctant to let everyone know that she and Spike are an item and so insists on secret rendezvous', despite it being plainly obvious to everyone that the pair are dating, resulting in Tiddler calling her reproducing rabbits Spike and Lynda. Notes: Continuity: Colin's Scam: Quotes: Spike: "Are you ashamed of me?" Lynda: "Of course I'm not ashamed. How could I be ashamed?" Spike: "Good. Thank you." Lynda: "No-one knows I go out with you." Colin: "So who hates me enough to want to get me battered senseless by Malcolm the shaving gorilla?" Frazz: "I�ll get the list." Lynda: "C'mon, move it. Sarah's due about now." Spike: "Lynda we need to talk." Lynda: "Spike, we don't have time." Spike: "If I know Sarah she'll be late enough to let us get a few things sorted out." Lynda: "Spike!" Spike: "Lynda will you please just listen to me for once. I'm being serious now, this is my serious face. We need to talk, you and me, here and now. We need a serious talk about our relationship. I was sitting at home and suddenly it came to me - a serious talk is what we need." [doorbell rings] "Hey, I'd settle for a quick feel." Full Cast: Lynda Day � Julia Sawalha Spike Thomson � Dexter Fletcher Kenny Phillips � Lee Ross Sarah Jackson � Kelda Holmes Frazz Davis � Mmoloki Chrystie Sam Black � Gabrielle Chrystie Colin Matthews � Paul Reynolds Benjamin Drexeil � Gian Sammarco Malcolm Bullivant � Sean Gascoigne Chrissie Stuart � Angela Bruce Cindy Watkins � Natasha Knight Czar � Arthur Whybrow Tiddler � Joanna Dukes Mrs. Day � Penelope Nice Mr. Watkins � James Curran Kevin � Jeremy Hodge Director: Bob Spiers Written By: Steven Moffat First Transmitted: 1st March 1990 |
| Something Terrible - Part Two Having worked out Cindy�s home troubles, Colin is left helpless as to what he should do next. With Cindy refusing to speak about it to him or anyone else, Colin tires to help but his actions fall short when everyone assumes that he is just working on another one of his scams. It is only Lynda who notices the dramatic change in Colin�s behaviour, causing her to confront Colin about what�s going on. After Colin reveals the whole story, the pair are left to put their heads together to think of how they can help Cindy. Realising they don�t have enough evidence to accuse her father, they instead decide to try and convince Cindy to go for help by printing up a special edition of the Junior Gazette based on the theme of child abuse and what to do if it�s happening to you. Focusing on the idea of �selling� the notion of talking to an adult, Colin becomes the driving the force behind the whole edition but soon begins to regret his decision when Cindy angrily confronts him about his actions following publication. Still worried about her, Colin is finally assured that he did the right thing when Mr. Sullivan informs him that the article proved to be very effective and that Cindy did came forward with her situation. Continuity: End Soundbite: Colin being parental towards Cindy. Quotes: Lynda: "Your record review - I've made a few notes." Spike: "Kisses all over it." Lynda: "Crosses Spike, at your spelling mistakes. U after Q always. And speaking of always it's got one L. Trim down the beginning, beef up the end and get Sarah to help you with the middle. You misspelt illiterate. Check your school reports." Colin: "Look can I talk to you seriously for a moment?" Mr Sullivan: "I very much doubt it." Colin: "It's important!" Mr Sullivan: "Goodbye, Colin." Colin: "Why will nobody take me seriously?" Mr Sullivan: "Colin, don't forget your lizard net." Colin: "I'm the wrong guy. You've got to go and see someone else, Cindy. I'm no use. You know what I am? I'm a pink rabbit at a funeral. I'm a radioactive lizard in a filing cabinet. I'm the guy who tried to market inflatable phones to the poolside executive. My own mother doesn't believe a word I say unless she's got three independent witnesses and a death threat." Full Cast: Lynda Day � Julia Sawalha Spike Thomson � Dexter Fletcher Kenny Phillips � Lee Ross Sarah Jackson � Kelda Holmes Frazz Davis � Mmoloki Chrystie Sam Black � Gabrielle Chrystie Colin Matthews � Paul Reynolds Cindy Watkins - Natasha Knight Tiddler � Joanna Dukes Billy Homer � Andy Crowe Miss. McGuigan � Hilda Braid Mr. Sullivan � Nick Stringer Mrs. Matthews � Janette Legge Teacher � Sam Howard Miss. Hessope � Miranda Forbes Kevin � Jeremy Hodge Director: Bob Spiers Written By: Steven Moffat First Transmitted: 8th March 1990 |
| Friends Like These Having been made to take the day off work by Kenny, Lynda is already facing boredom and eager to get back to the newsroom. At the same time Sarah is eager to get out of it, having decided to join the local writing class and therefore quit the paper � a decision that Lynda doesn't take well at all and results in bitter words exchanged. Meanwhile over at the newsroom Tiddler arrives with the news that the famous popstar Jason Woods is stranded at the local train station waiting for the next train to London. With Jason renowned for hating journalists, the gang quickly decide that Sarah is the only candidate who could successfully pull off the interview. Realising she needs to get Sarah back, Lynda is forced to apologise to her friend and promises Sarah a one-way slanging match with her if she comes back to the paper to do the interview. While Spike and Frazz try to make Jason miss his train and ensure that no other journalist gets their scope, Lynda tries to get down to the real reason behind Sarah quitting the paper. As Sarah vents her frustration at working beneath Lynda, Lynda manages to manipulate the situation and get Sarah doing the interview, however begrudgingly it may be. Despite the interview being first-class, Sarah chooses the writing course over the paper but finds her absence from the Gazette fleeting after she is forced to return following Lynda printing a scathing article about the writing course and putting Sarah�s name on it. Continuity: Colin's Scam: End Soundbite: Lynda and Sarah talking about the article. Quotes: Spike: "Hey I found a word here! And my school report said I wasn�t literate." Frazz: "No, they just made that up when they read it to you." Sam: "So boss, how�s power? You still talking to the little people?" Kenny: "Sure. By the way, who are you?" Sam: [to Frazz] "See the way his shoulders fill out his shirt now that he�s in charge?" Frazz: "Yeah, I heard he�s grown a chest hair." Sam: "Nah, he just stole it from Lynda." Spike: "Hey! You're talking about the chest hair I love." Tiddler: "Why does everyone always ignore me?" Spike: "Who said that?" Sarah: "Can you explain to me how I have just argued myself into doing exactly what you wanted me to do in the first place? You are a devious, unfeeling, calculating, manipulative bitch." Lynda: "Well you were asking what made me a better choice for editor." Full Cast: Lynda Day � Julia Sawalha Spike Thomson � Dexter Fletcher Kenny Phillips � Lee Ross Sarah Jackson � Kelda Holmes Frazz Davis � Mmoloki Chrystie Sam Black � Gabrielle Chrystie Colin Matthews � Paul Reynolds Jason Wood � Graham "Suggs" McPherson Billy Homer � Andy Crowe Tiddler � Joanna Dukes Sophie � Rosie Marcel Laura � Claire Hearnden Kevin � Jeremy Hodge Kate � Sophie Newton Mrs. Day � Penelope Nice Chrissie Stuart � Angela Bruce Station Master Dutton � Jim McManus Director: John Hall Written By: Steven Moffat First Transmitted: 15th March 1990 |
| The Rest Of My Life Following an explosion at the local record store, the Junior Gazette team are working hard to get all the news on the incident despite the feelings of panic as people worry about their loved ones who may have been injured in the blast. One person missing from the newsroom is Spike � an absence that is causing concern for Lynda, especially when she learns from Tiddler that Spike was supposed to be heading over to the record store to get her a new tape after he mangled her old one. Realising he was caught up in the blast, Lynda is forced to try and keep it together while running the rest of the newsroom. Over in the rubble that was once the record store, Spike wakes to find himself trapped with a broken foot but still in one piece. Also trapped in the debris is Mary Brien, a fellow student at Norbridge High whom Spike can hear but can�t see. In a lot of pain, Mary struggles to stay conscience while Spike tries to keep her mind off the danger she is in as they wait for their rescuers. However by the time they get there, it�s too late, with Mary having bled to death while Spike talked to her. Quotes: Mary: [on her legs] "I can't feel them!" Spike: "Hey, listen. Is feeling your legs such a great experience? And if its is, can I feel them too? That was a joke, not a come on. No actually it was a come one, chicks are pretty scarce in this rubble." Spike: [on Lynda] "She has a temper as short as her skirt." Full Cast: Lynda Day � Julia Sawalha Spike Thomson � Dexter Fletcher Kenny Phillips � Lee Ross Sarah Jackson � Kelda Holmes Frazz Davis � Mmoloki Chrystie Sam Black � Gabrielle Chrystie Colin Matthews � Paul Reynolds Mary Brien � Abigail Docherty Kevin � Jeremy Hodge Billy Homer � Andy Crowe Man in Phone Box � Colin Alldridge Boy at Party � Jake Wood Mrs. Boyd � Carole Dance T.V. Reporter � John Peters Tiddler � Joanna Dukes Director: Bib Spiers Written By: Steven Moffat First Transmitted: 22nd March 1990 |
| Yesterday's News Having just got out of hospital, Spike is already confronted by some of his fellow newspaper team who want him to use his influence over Lynda to get her to change the new rota she implemented for the street reporters in the last week � an action that doesn�t go down well with Lynda when she realises what Spike is trying to do. After Spike points out that she doesn�t exactly have much knowledge about the effort involved in street reporting, Lynda takes it as an insult and so appoints Kenny as a temporary editor while she takes on the job of trying to crack the potential scandal behind the out-of-date school meals story � a story that Spike also happens to be working on. Officially in competition, the pair both manage to discover that a mysterious person by the name of N.V. Gillespie signed the out-of-date food forms but are more than surprised when it turns out the man behind N.V. Gillespie is none other than Colin. At the same time as working on the story, Spike struggles to tell Lynda something that has been weighing heavily on his mind. Having reached a stalemate on the article, he finally decides he can�t hold off what he�s been trying to tell her � that his recent trauma as a result of the gas explosion has caused him to evaluate his life and prompts him to declare his love to Lynda. However when Lynda is unable to say it back to him, Spike is forced to face his worst suspicions and walks out on the paper. Notes: Continuity: Colin's Scam: Quotes: Lynda: "Do we absolutely have to involve the entire newsroom in any little fight we have?" Spike: "I don't know. Let's take a vote." Lynda: [showing Spike her outfit] "Spike, look at this skirt. Goes with the top doesn't it?" Spike: [looking around] "Who's top?" Roderick Marsh: "N.V. Gillespie being someone I've been trying to arrange to appear at this office for months now, always unsuccessfully, and now I have two of you?" Lynda: "Well I hope that makes up for time you�ve been waiting." Full Cast: Lynda Day � Julia Sawalha Spike Thomson � Dexter Fletcher Kenny Phillips � Lee Ross Sarah Jackson � Kelda Holmes Frazz Davis � Mmoloki Chrystie Sam Black � Gabrielle Chrystie Colin Matthews � Paul Reynolds Tiddler � Joanna Dukes Billy Homer � Andy Crowe Beth Davenport � Janie Booth Waitress � Marie McErlane Secretary � Jackie Bucknall Roderick Marsh � Robert McBath News Team � Adriano Agostino News Team � Mark Baxter News Team � Raffaello Degruttola News Team � Jeremy Hodge News Team � Daniel Kipling News Team � Mitchell Knight News Team � Ryan Romain News Team � Darren Traynor News Team � Rebecca Hamilton News Team � Anna Kipling News Team � Sonya May News Team � Sophie Newton News Team � Linda Wells Director: Lorne Magory Written By: Steven Moffat First Transmitted: 29th March 1990 |
| Rock Solid Following Lynda and Spike�s split, Lynda has been on the warpath upsetting all the team and leaving Kenny to run around after her putting things right. Back at home, Kenny is still unable to relax when he finds Colin and Frazz hiding in his wardrobe trying to tape him playing his guitar. Convinced that Kenny could be the next big thing in the music world, Colin sets about trying to beef up Kenny�s image as well as promoting a local concert for Kenny on the night that the gang finish school for good. Resistant at first, Kenny soon changes his mind when all the females in the newsroom begin to fawn over him and when Lynda makes the mistake of calling him dependable. However he begins to regret his choice when it turns out that Colin has placed him with a hard-core metal rock band, causing even further stage fright to develop. Meanwhile, Lynda is finding it hard to get over Spike but soon discovers she has no other choice when Spike makes a surprising announcement � he�s going back to America. Continuity: Colin's Scam: End Soundbite: Sam and Kenny talking about Kenny's image. Quotes: Kenny: "What are you doing in my wardrobe?" Colin: "Well your mum said I could wait in your room." Kenny: "I don't think she meant in my wardrobe." Colin: "Would it have killed her to be a little more specific?" Colin: "Kenny, where do you see yourself in ten years time?" Kenny: "Being nice to people in a new and older age group, being dumped by all my girlfriends for being too boringly nice and never getting further through a sentence than 'But Lynda..'" Zedron: "I wrote a song." Colin: "Yeah?" Zedron: "Metal Murder Machine." Kenny: "Oh, ballad is it?" Zedron: "Yeah." Full Cast: Lynda Day � Julia Sawalha Spike Thomson � Dexter Fletcher Kenny Phillips � Lee Ross Sarah Jackson � Kelda Holmes Frazz Davis � Mmoloki Chrystie Sam Black � Gabrielle Chrystie Colin Matthews � Paul Reynolds Cathy � Lindy Layton Tiddler � Joanna Dukes Telegram Woman � Liz Hackling Little Boy � John Savage Little Girl � Charlotte Payne Sophie � Rosie Marcel Laura � Claire Hearnden Humphrey Burke � Jon Sloane Raymond Hoggart � Anthony Lennon Zedron � Andrew Livingstone Mrs. Day � Penelope Nice Director: Bob Spiers Written By: Steven Moffat First Transmitted: 5th April 1990 |
| The Big Finish? Kenny�s big concert is fast approaching with Colin on hand trying to make it a big success, even recruiting Spike to help give Kenny some personality lessons before he is due to go back to America which happens to coincide with the last day of school. School nearing its end also spells major changes at the paper, with Mr. Sullivan already looking to recruit replacements for the current staff. Refusing to give up her paper, Lynda takes the suggestion to the owner that he allows her and the staff to keep their positions and run the Junior Gazette commercially. With their answer due to be revealed on the night of the concert, Lynda misses the show to wait over at the newsroom for the verdict. Turning up to say his goodbye, Spike also hopes that Lynda will say those three little words that will make him stay. Faced with him leaving forever, Lynda finally does admit that she loves him, but is unsure about what relationship the pair could have and where her life is going, leaving the pair to make some very important decisions as Lynda finally receives her important phone call� Notes: Continuity: Quotes: Colin: "Why is it always guys like me that get let down so heartlessly?" Spike: "You have a face that people want to stab in the back." Spike: "Is Kenny ever wrong about anything?" Lynda: "Well I know someone who says they saw it happen but I think they were just talking big." Kenny: "Thanks." Lynda: "For what?" Kenny: "I don't know...everything." Lynda: "I'm not responsible for everything. I just make it look that way." Full Cast: Lynda Day � Julia Sawalha Spike Thomson � Dexter Fletcher Kenny Phillips � Lee Ross Sarah Jackson � Kelda Holmes Frazz Davis � Mmoloki Chrystie Sam Black � Gabrielle Chrystie Colin Matthews � Paul Reynolds Tiddler � Joanna Dukes Brian Magboy � Simon Schatzberger Sophie � Rosie Marcel Laura � Claire Hearnden Mr. Sullivan � Nick Stringer Humphrey Burke � Jon Sloane Raymond Hoggart � Anthony Lennon Zedron � Andrew Livingstone Matt Kerr � Clive Wood News Team � Adriano Agostino News Team � Mark Baxter News Team � Peter Cunnigham News Team � Simon Davidson News Team � Raffaello Degruttola News Team � Jeremy Hodge News Team � Daniel Kipling News Team � Mitchell Knight News Team � Peter Laxton News Team � Ryan Romain News Team � Casey Anderson News Team � Linda Frith News Team � Rebecca Hamilton News Team � Anna Kipling News Team � Sonya May News Team � Sophie Newton News Team � Joanne Varney News Team � Linda Wells Director: Bob Spiers Written By: Steven Moffat First Transmitted: 12th April 1990 |
