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1997 British TV series or programme
Born to Run | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Debbie Horsfield |
Directed by | Jean Stewart |
Starring | Keith Allen John McArdle Billie Whitelaw Crissy Rock Marian McLoughlin Mike Eastman Terence Rigby William Ash Rachel Davies Kieran O'Brien Mary Jo Randle |
Composer | Philip Appleby |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producers | John Chapman Michael Wearing |
Producer | Laura Mackie |
Production locations | Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 25 May (1997-05-25) – 29 June 1997 (1997-06-29) |
Born to Run is a BBC six-part marathon racing drama series written by Debbie Horsfield, and that aired on BBC1 from 25 May to 29 June 1997, starring Keith Allen, John McArdle and Billie Whitelaw.
Cast and characters
- Keith Allen as Byron Flitch
- John McArdle as Eddie Gallagher
- Billie Whitelaw as Lillian "Lili" Flitch
- Crissy Rock as Edna
- Marian McLoughlin as Bron Flitch
- Terence Rigby as Burke Flitch
- Mike Eastman as Mechanic
- Rachel Davies as Elayne Quigley
- William Ash as Samuel "Sammy" Flitch
- Kieran O'Brien as Ryan Flitch
- Mary Jo Randle as Teresa
- Peter Kay as Delivery driver
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "Episode 1" | Jean Stewart | Debbie Horsfield | 25 May 1997 (1997-05-25) |
2 | "Episode 2" | Jean Stewart | Debbie Horsfield | 1 June 1997 (1997-06-01) |
3 | "Episode 3" | Jean Stewart | Debbie Horsfield | 8 June 1997 (1997-06-08) |
4 | "Episode 4" | Jean Stewart | Debbie Horsfield | 15 June 1997 (1997-06-15) |
5 | "Episode 5" | Jean Stewart | Debbie Horsfield | 22 June 1997 (1997-06-22) |
6 | "Episode 6" | Jean Stewart | Debbie Horsfield | 29 June 1997 (1997-06-29) |
Media releases
The complete series of Born to Run on DVD in a 2-disc set was released by Simply Media on 7 September 2015.
References
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Peter Kay starring in BBC drama series Born to Run. YouTube.
- "Born to Run [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
External links
- Born to Run at IMDb