One Summer

S01E02: Episode 2

After nearly being apprehended by the ticket inspectors with invalid tickets, Billy and Icky jump from the moving train and make their way to the camp site on Benllech mountain. The boys take a joy trip on a tractor and on their way to the camp they have a series of encounters - with a hostile farmer who warns them off his land, and a kind farmer's wife who betrays them. When the boys eventually reach the camp site they find it deserted and all seems lost, however at the end of the episode the boys find what they think is an abandoned house to live in.

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.

Episodes

S01E01 Episode 1

August 7, 1983 60 min
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...

S01E02 Episode 2

August 14, 1983 60 min
After nearly being apprehended by the ticket inspectors with invalid tickets, Billy and Icky jump from the moving train and make their way to the camp site on Benllech mountain. The boys take a joy...

S01E03 Episode 3

August 21, 1983 60 min
Billy and Icky meet Kidder, the owner of the seemingly abandoned house. At first he agrees to let the boys stay for the night, but Icky breaks all of Kidders plates by skimming them off...

S01E04 Episode 4

August 28, 1983 60 min
Kidder continues to try to teach Icky to read, with limited success. While Billy and Kidder are away at the markets Icky finds the Liverpool boys at the campsite and brings them back to the...

S01E05 Episode 5

September 4, 1983 60 min
After arguing with Billy, Icky returns to Liverpool. Billy and Jo's romance blossoms. Back in Liverpool Rabbit and the gang find themselves caught in an ambush by the Swanjacks gang, and Rabbit accidentally stabs one...

Cast

David Morrissey
David Morrissey
Spencer Leigh
Spencer Leigh
James Hazeldine
James Hazeldine
Ian Hart
Ian Hart
Con O'Neill
Con O'Neill

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