Hard hitting teen drama made for the BBC’s schools strand Scene. 14-year olds Gemma Brogan and her boyfriend Tar Lawson run away from home. They stay at a squat with another couple, Lily and Rob, where they start experimenting with drugs. They become junkies and turn to crime and prostitution to feed their habits.
UK | BBC ‘Scene’ | 3x30m | 1999
Novel: Melvin Burgess | Writer: Barry Purchese | Director: Marcus DF White | Producer: John Price
cast
JEMIMA ROOPER as Gemma Brogan | DANIEL NEWMAN as Tar Lawson | MARCELLE DUPREY as Lily | LEE INGLEBY as Rob | ANITA DOBSON as Mrs Lawson | DAVID MALLINSON as Mr Lawson | DAVID SCHOFIELD as Mr Brogan | SUSAN PENHALIGON as Mrs Brogan | TREVOR BYFIELD as Skolly | KATRYNA THOMAS SHELL as Vonny | JOE SHAW as Jerry
