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Johnny Jarvis

1983-11-10 Drama 5

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.

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First Aired

1983-11-10
Last Aired

1983-12-12
Creator
Genre

Drama, Crime
Seasons

1
Episodes

6
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

BBC One

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Season 1

1. 1977-1978

The unlikely friendship between Johnny Jarvis and Alan Lipton begins in their last year at a comprehen...More

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 worldLess

50mins 1983-11-10

2. 1978-1979

Lipton and Jarvis encounter the amazing Stella for the first time. Turner finds work - of a fairly ecc...More

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.Less

50mins 1983-11-17

3. 1979-1980

Life at the squat for Stella and Lipton isn't easy. Jake has disappeared again. Both Lipton and the my...More

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.Less

50mins 1983-11-24

4. 1980-1981

Lipton and Guy become the self-appointed leaders of a band at the hostel, singing Alan's songs. Stella...More

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 hostelLess

50mins 1983-12-01

5. 1981-1982

Having begun as a sort of serial for Grange Hill graduates, this tale of two lads from London's East E...More

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 workLess