[pressgang] Episode 5: A Night In

[Vince Deehan]

Thank you Maya.

On Sat, 19 Feb 2022, 01:22 Maya Crabtree, <mayacrabtree at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks so much for that Vince!
> I had almost forgotten that that episode was the first episode of PG I had
> ever watched. And I instantly liked it.
> The observation you made about Spike’s harsh references To his parents is
> very concise, and is actually really rather sad, as it was making a
> poignant point…
>
> Maya
>
> בתאריך שבת, 19 בפבר׳ 2022 ב-3:02 מאת Vince Deehan <vince.deehan at gmail.com
> >:
>
>> 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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