• 1983
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Johnny Jarvis

Summary Class clown Johnny and bookish Alan form an unlikely friendship in their final school year in 1977 Hackney. As they anxiously face an uncertain future after leaving, can their bond survive? View more details

  • 1983
  • 50m

Johnny Jarvis

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Ian Sears Alrick Riley Mark Farmer Catherine Harding

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8.2

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Genres : Crime Drama

Release date : Nov 9, 1983

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Dalston Kingsland, East London, England, UK

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Summary Class clown Johnny and bookish Alan form an unlikely friendship in their final school year in 1977 Hackney. As they anxiously face an uncertain future after leaving, can their bond survive? View more details

Details

Genres : Crime Drama

Release date : Nov 9, 1983

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Dalston Kingsland, East London, England, UK

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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Mark Farmer, Johanna Hargreaves, and Ian Sears in Johnny Jarvis (1983) Mark Farmer, Johanna Hargreaves, and Ian Sears in Johnny Jarvis (1983)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Nov 09, 1983
Part One: 1977-1978
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.
Episode 2 • Nov 16, 1983
Part Two: 1978-1979
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.
Episode 3 • Nov 23, 1983
Part Three: 1979-1980
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.
Episode 4 • Nov 30, 1983
Part Four: 1980-1981
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.
Episode 5 • Dec 07, 1983
Part Five: 1981-1982
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.
Episode 6 • Dec 14, 1983
Part Six: 1982-1983
Johnny and Stella move in with Alan in his new flat. However, it's not easy to revive old friendships and the tensions run high.
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