Johnny Jarvis: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hackney, 1977. Johnny Jarvis and Alan Lipton become unlikely friends in their final year at school: Jarvis is the class clown, a popular lad with a talent for welding, while Lipton is a bookish dreamer who spends his time fabricating impressive exploits, pondering the future and fantasising about the father he's never met. As they leave school and anxiously embark on an uncertain future, can their friendship survive?

Series details

• Title: Johnny Jarvis
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1983-11-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 1983-12-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 33147
• IMDb ID: tt0255736
• TVDB ID: 74369

Cast and credited roles

• Mark Farmer — Johnny Jarvis
• Ian Sears — Alan Lipton
• Alrick Riley — Paul Turner
• Catherine Harding — Mrs. Jarvis
• Maurice Colbourne — Jake
• Jamie Foreman — Manning
• Nick Stringer — The Colonel
• Johanna Hargreaves — Stella
• Diana Davies — Mrs. Lipton
• Jim Findley — Kenny

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1983-11-10; final listed air date 1983-12-15; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Johnny Jarvis on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.