Johnny Jarvis (1983)

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The series follows a group of young people navigating life in early 1980s Britain. It focuses on their personal struggles and relationships.

grittydatedsocially awareperiod pieceearnestunderstatedobservationaldownbeat

What happens

Johnny Jarvis is a 1983 British television drama series created and written by Nigel Williams, adapted from his novel of the same title. The series was directed by Alan Dossor and produced by Guy Slater for the BBC. The principal actors were Mark Farmer, Johanna Hargreaves, Ian Sears, Alrick Riley and Jamie Foreman. Today it is credited as capturing the zeitgeist of early 1980s UK life. The adaptation was broadcast between 10 November and 15 December 1983. The signature tune for the series was provided by Gary Shail and the music for the series was by John Altman. It had been rumoured that the original series has been erased from the BBC's tape archive, preventing any further release but extant copies on sale prove the rumour to be incorrect. It was released on DVD in November 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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