Johnny Jarvis
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Play S1 E1Johnny Jarvis and Alan Lipton are two teenagers in their final year of secondary school at a comprehensive in Hackney in 1977. Energetic, anxious and occasionally naïve, the unlikely pair are on the brink of entering the adult world of the late '70s and early '80s when prospects are slim.
Cast: Mark Farmer, Nick Stringer, Johanna Hargreaves
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Season 1
6 episodes
- 1. 1977-1978The 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 worldCC50minNov 10, 1983
- 2. 1978-1979Lipton 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.CC50minNov 17, 1983
- 3. 1979-1980Life 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.CC50minNov 24, 1983
- 4. 1980-1981Lipton 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 hostelCC50minDec 1, 1983
- 5. 1981-1982Having 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 workCC50minDec 8, 1983
- 6. 1982-1983Johnny 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.CC50minDec 12, 1983
Johnny Jarvis
★ 7.3/1019831 season6 episodesEnded
Johnny Jarvis and Alan Lipton are two teenagers in their final year of secondary school at a comprehensive in Hackney in 1977. Energetic, anxious and occasionally naïve, the unlikely pair are on the brink of entering the adult world of the late '70s and early '80s when prospects are slim.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Alan Dossor
- Created by
- Guy Slater
Maturity rating
Not yet rated.
Audio languages
English
Where to watch
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