Just a Boy's Game (Original title)
Date: 08 November 1979 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Mackenzie
Production company billing: ©1979. BBC
Synopsis: Jake lives with his grandparents, and craves the respect of his sour grandfather, which leads to a vicious spiral of emulation, fostered by the dead-end environment.
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TV Transmissions
Date: 08 November 1979Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:25-22:40Slot duration: 75 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 08 November 1979 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Mackenzie
Production company billing: ©1979. BBC
Synopsis: Jake lives with his grandparents, and craves the respect of his sour grandfather, which leads to a vicious spiral of emulation, fostered by the dead-end environment.
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 08 November 1979Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:25-22:40Slot duration: 75 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Credits
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©: BBC, Producer: Richard Eyre, Production Unit Manager: Geoffrey Paget, Assistant Floor Manager: Sarah Busby, Tony Grisoni, Production Assistant: Neil Zeiger, Production Assistant: Anthony Garner, Director's Assistant: Joan Atkinson, [Written] by: Peter McDougall, Film Cameraman: Elmer Cossey, Film Editor: Graham Walker, Designer: Tim Harvey, Costume Designer: Colin Lavers, Make-up Artist: Eileen Mair, Title Sequence by: Joanna Ball, Title Music by: Frankie Miller, Film Recordist: John Pritchard, Sound: John Pritchard, Dubbing Mixer: Alan Dykes
Cast
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Frankie Miller (Jake McQuillen), Ken Hutchison (Dancer Dunnichy), Jean Taylor Smith (Grannie), Hector Nichol (Granda), Gregor Fisher (Tanza), Katherine Stark (Jane), Jan Wilson (Bella), Jim Byars (Mental Dan), Gaylie Runciman (at the pub (Betty)), James Morrison (at the pub (Betty's boyfriend)), Bill Riddock, Sandy West (at the pub (man entering pub)), Irene Sunters (at the pub (Mary, the barmaid)), Martin Cochrane (at the pub (pub manager)), Elaine Collins (at the pub (insulted girl)), Freddie Boardley (at the pub (girl's boyfriend)), Billy Greenleas (young team boy (Dunky McKafferty)), Michael Malone (young team boy (boy in loo)), Hamish Taylor, Eddie Kane, David Fulton, Billy Faulds, Douglas Sanachan, Andrew Burns, Jimmy Fisher (young team boy), The Cuban Heels (group in pub), James Kennedy (outside the pub (man outside pub)), Myra Forsyth (outside the pub (woman outside pub)), David Voss (outside the pub (Andy the policeman)), Peter Davidson (outside the pub (Archie the policeman)), Jimmy Martin, Katy Gardiner (couple in close), Mairhi Russell (woman in grocer's), Jackie Farrell (at the shipyard (Willie the foreman)), Campbell Morrison (at the shipyard (welder)), John Butterly (at the shipyard (boy apprentice)), Ken Henderson (at the shipyard (Toilet John)), James Boyce (at the shipyard (man on crane)), Barry Malone (at Bella's close (Bella's son)), Billy Jeffrey (at Bella's close (George, ice-cream van)), John Murtagh (at Bella's close (1st man at Bella's)), Johnny Adam (at Bella's close (2nd man at Bella's)), Ray Jeffrey (man at snooker hall), Eileen McCallum (at the garage (Hettie)), David Anderson (at the garage (man)), Shenah Douglas (Jake's family (mother)), Ivy Val (Jake's family (aunt)), Ron Paterson (Jake's family (Uncle Willie))