[pressgang] Episode 5: A Night In

[Vince Deehan]

PRESS GANG

Series 1

Episode 5 - A Night On

Watched Monday 17/02/2022

The episode starts with Lynda handing out yellow chits (love that word
‘chits’), which means she wants people to work a late duty from 5:30pm till
10pm on a Saturday night. It’s something she only asks them to do once a
month, but on a Saturday night!! Are you being serious, Lynda? These are
teenagers. Most of them would have better things to do. Though Sarah seems
keen to spend her Saturday evening catching up on homework. I personally
spent most of my Saturday evenings as a teenager sitting at home, but
that’s another story.

Lynda is on very cutting form and even refers to Spike as “it’s.”

I love the scene where Spike tells a funny story about his Uncle, Crazy
Eddie and his lawnmower. The story builds and builds but ends without a
punchline. The reaction from Tiddler is priceless. Great acting from Joanna
Dukes.

The anger between Lynda and Spike gets really heated. So much so, he looks
like he is almost about to hit her. Instead he thankfully just throws some
paper at her.

Paul Reynolds is on brilliant form. He’s totally on edge, as Lynda says. I
didn’t realise until he pulled it off, that his rabbit costume nose is made
from a ping!

I laughed at the part where Spike jumps on to the table. I wonder if Dexter
Fletcher could do this now, given that he’s 56 years old. I am 51 and I
know I certainly couldn’t do it. Not sure I ever could!

It’s interesting to hear Spike talk about his Mum and Dad. Though the line
he says about his Dad thinking “that apologising is what your wife does if
you hit her enough”, is really shocking and no way would that line be used
in a children’s drama today.

I love the scene where Spike cooks a meal in the Junior Gazette offices. It
looks really tasty. I love it when Lynda says “Get on with your eating!”
The way that a lump of meat flies into Kenny’s face is hilarious.

I wonder what it was like to film that meal scene. They may have been sick
to their stomachs having to eat all that food, over multiple takes.
Hopefully it was still warm and they didn’t mind too much.

This was a really enjoyable episode and I look forward to the next one.

Thanks for reading.

Vince

https://youtu.be/eG0tBn6klYQ
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