Jonathan Ricks wrote:
>I was leafing through the Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable recently
>and came across (you guessed it) an entry for Press Gang. To paraphrase,
>Press Gang was the name given to naval parties that travelled around seizing
>men for military service. Hence, to be press-ganged into something is to be
>forced to take part against one's will or inclination. Sullivan and Kerr,
>therefore, press-ganged schoolkids on their last chance into staffing the
>Junior Gazette (Frazz and Spike for example).
>
>I presume that Steven Moffat had this double meaning in mind when he named
>the series, but I never thought the title was supposed to mean anything
>other than the obvious. Was anyone else aware of this?
I was actually more conscious of the dictionary meaning of Press Gang than
of the other one, but because of that, I thought it was a slightly strange
title. I never connected it with the "last chance" aspect within the show,
until I read the above message, so thank you Jonathan, for pointing this out.
Ann
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