Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5027626237141
Format: PAL
Label: Network
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0
Manufacturer: Network
Number Of Discs: 2
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Network
Region Code: 2
Release Date: January 23, 2006
Running Time: 250 minutes
Studio: Network
Theatrical Release Date: 1983

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Rating: - How little things change......
Like virtually everyone else on this site, I can remember watching the re run of this in late 84 early 85 and at the time, being a hormonally charged 13 year old girl and just thinking David Morrissey was the hottest thing on TV!! Now watching it as a thirtysomething woman living in an inner city that is plagued by knife crime and gang warfare, it's easy astonishing to see how little things have changed in the past 25 years. Yes, the gang the two boys, Billy and Icky run with don't have guns or ... Read More

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Rating: - One summer you won't want to forget...
At the time of its original broadcast in 1983 this was the programme everyone talked about at school, which was no mean feat considering that the last episode was transmitted before the start of the school term.

This is down in no small part to the engaging performances given by David Morrissey as Billy and Spencer Leigh as Icky; their rough demeanour clashed with just about everyone they came into contact with regardless of whether they were at home or in Wales, where they run away ... Read More

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Rating: - A superb drama - buy it!
Like many reviewers I watched this when it was first released on TV in 1983. It was one of several seminal dramas from the 1980s which had a huge effect on me as a teenager. Rewatching it after all this time doesn't disappoint. It is superbly written by Willy Russell - although it would be easy to take a dislike to the two Liverpool scallies, who are wrapped up in low-level crime and robbery, the viewer soon cares about their fate. On running away to Wales, Billy slowly reveals a caring and sensitive ... Read More

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Rating: - Great nostalgia
In the 24 years since this series was first shown, I've never forgotten it.

Having just left school, and desperate to leave the small mining town I lived in, I identified strongly with the lead character, Billy, who yearned for a place that promised happiness away from all the crap that surrounded him.

Billy, and his reluctant-but-loyal sidekick Icky, did find an escape. To rural Wales. But could it last?

Yes, it has dated, but 'One Summer' is an excellent piece of drama ... Read More

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Rating: - As brilliant as I'd remembered
I'm writing this after watching only three episodes. The film quality, and sometimes sound, isn't great and some of the acting's a little rough. But the series is every bit as good as I remembered. Even though I've been watching out for a video/DEV release for years, I'd hesitated before buying. I was worried that it had dated and that it wasn't really so good. However, my fears were groundless. As well as being simply brilliant, the series is now a piece of social history.

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