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Season 1

6 episodes · 10th November 1983

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01 1977-1978 still 1977-1978 Episode 110th November 1983 The unlikely friendship between Johnny Jarvis and Alan Lipton begins in their last year at a comprehensive in Hackney. Jarvis, the loveable clown with a surprising talent for welding…Lipton, the apparently talentless reject, fantasising about the future and the father he has never met. At the end of the year they have to confront the adult world 02 1978-1979 still 1978-1979 Episode 217th November 1983 Lipton and Jarvis encounter the amazing Stella for the first time. Turner finds work - of a fairly eccentric kind. Jake remains mysterious and evasive. For both Lipton and Jarvis their relationships with their fathers take a dramatic turn. 03 1979-1980 still 1979-1980 Episode 324th November 1983 Life at the squat for Stella and Lipton isn't easy. Jake has disappeared again. Both Lipton and the mysterious "Colonel" want to find him - and the Colonel isn't too fussy about his methods. However, Turner is in work - if not earning money; and Jarvis is busy at Technical College, where he acquires a girlfriend. 04 1980-1981 still 1980-1981 Episode 41st December 1983 Lipton and Guy become the self-appointed leaders of a band at the hostel, singing Alan's songs. Stella moves in to live with Johnny - and his mother. Then a surprising newcomer turns up at the hostel 05 1981-1982 still 1981-1982 Episode 58th December 1983 Having begun as a sort of serial for Grange Hill graduates, this tale of two lads from London's East End has taken off on an almost surreal tangent, with a shadowy drug dealer called The Colonel holding the rock writer Lipton a prisoner in his mother's council flat. Jarvis is also flat-bound, and flat-broke, compelled to baby-sit while Stella goes out to work 06 1982-1983 still 1982-1983 Episode 612th December 1983 Johnny and Stella move in to live with Alan in his new flat. But it's not easy to revive old friendships, and the tensions run high.
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01 Mark Farmer profile Mark Farmer 02 Johanna Hargreaves profile Johanna Hargreaves 03 Jamie Foreman profile Jamie Foreman 04 Ian Sears profile Ian Searsas Alan Lipton 05 Maurice Colbourne profile Maurice Colbourneas Jake 06 Alrick Riley profile Alrick Rileyas Paul Turner 07 Nigel Williams profile Nigel WilliamsWriter 08 Alan Dossor profile Alan DossorDirector
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