1983

S1.E1 ∙ Part One: 1977-1978

Wed, Nov 09, 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, and 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.

8.4 /10

S1.E2 ∙ Part Two: 1978-1979

Wed, Nov 16, 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.

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S1.E3 ∙ Part Three: 1979-1980

Wed, Nov 23, 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 gets a girlfriend.

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S1.E4 ∙ Part Four: 1980-1981

Wed, Nov 30, 1983

Lipton and Guy become the self-appointed leaders of a band at the hostel, singing Alan's songs. Stella moves in with Johnny - and his mum. A surprising newcomer turns up at the hostel.

7.8 /10

S1.E5 ∙ Part Five: 1981-1982

Wed, Dec 07, 1983

A shadowy drug dealer called the Colonel holds the rock writer Lipton as a prisoner in his mother's council flat. Jarvis is also flat-bound, compelled to baby-sit while Stella goes out to work.

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