One Summer

Released: 1983-08-07

Runtime: 60 minutes

Episode Overview

Billy and Icky return to school after months of truancy because Billy wants to go on the school camp to Wales - but he is knocked back. After a fight with the local rival gang Billy and Icky are targeted and warned they are not going to be protected by their gang leader anymore. Billy steals his mothers bingo winnings and the two run away to Wales.

Series Overview

One Summer is a 1983 British television drama serial written by Willy Russell and directed by Gordon Flemyng. It stars David Morrissey and Spencer Leigh as two 16 year old Liverpool boys from broken homes who escape from their lives by running away to Wales one summer. It also starred James Hazeldine and Ian Hart. The series was shown in five 50-minute episodes on Channel 4 from 7 August to 4 September 1983. It was later repeated on ITV in April 1985.