Bartlett wrote:
>
> Ed Griffiths wrote:
>
> > I was told that many of the fans on this list are Australian. I just liked
> > to ask, when was Press Gang first shown in Australia- and what made it so
> > popular?
> >
> > I get the impression that it was only just shown- but I'm usually wrong.
> >
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> I started watching Press Gang religiously, in 1992. (I was 11) But I am
> pretty sure it had been screened at least once beforehand, but I don't
> know when. Because it was shown in the Childrens Block I just started
> watching, (I wanted to be a journalist at the time,) and the bug bit
> me...The rest, they say is history. Speaking personally, I enjoy Press
> Gang because, unlike other shows aimed at my age group, (Neighbours,
> H&A, Saved by the Bell,) PG doesn't patronise it's audience with done to
> death storylines, and the writing actually treats viewers with some
> intelligence, (not at all like backward 2 year olds with the attention
> span of a goldfish.)
>
> Anyway, thats my long winded reply, Welcome to the List.
>
> MEL.
> --
I am pretty sure that 'Press Gang' was first shown here in 1990. But I
was just slightly too young to appreciate it to it's fullest at that
point, I only really remember it form '92 onwards.
Anna
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