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Creating this website has been a fun exercise, and I have been constantly thrilled at the interest and assistance I've received from so many people. If you would like to contact me about anything related to the website or the series you can email me at : admin@one-summer.tv83.net
Is One Summer available on DVD/Video
One Summer is now available on DVD, released by Network Video. This special edition also include two commentaries, music suites and new interviews with David Morrissey, Spencer Leigh, Ian Hart and producer Keith Richardson.
If you want to support the cost of running this site, please consider ordering through this affiliate link: One Summer at Amazon.co.uk
How can I communicate with other fans?
Email me at admin@one-summer.tv83.net
Sign the guestbook and let everyone know about your memories of the show.
When was it broadcast?
The series was broadcast once in Australia from 18 Sep - 16 Oct 1984 (Tues
8.55pm).
(If you have any further broadcast information please let me know.)
Links, curiosities & trivia:
Page on One Summer at willyrussell.com Following the release of the DVD, a detailed page has been added to Willy Russell's site, and interestingly includes a 'Coming Soon' section for 'The Film'.
Liverpool - The City on the Screen Article discussing the representation of Liverpool on the small screen including 'One Summer'. From the Teletronics site.
A
peculiar poem about two dogs called Billy and Icky, written by a 5th grader
in Alaska!
(Seems there are were
a few moggies/pooches out there called Icky. Did you name your pet after
your favourite One Summer character?)
Lyrics
to "One Summer" by Australian singer Daryl Braithwaite
(Haven't been able to confirm if there's any link - but the final verse
does refer to Icky, so its an odd coincidence otherwise...)
Paul Abbott - writer/producer of the recent BBC mini-series 'State of Play' starring David Morrissey, listed One Summer as his favourite TV series of all time in an article in The Guardian earlier this year.
Excerpt from "State
of Play" (2003) publicity release:
Simm was
looking forward to working with David Morrissey as he had admired his
work for a long time, particularly in Tony Marchant’s 'Holding On'.
But the connection goes way back:“He did something called 'One Summer'
years ago which I remember very well from being a kid. It stuck in my
head and it was one of the things that made me want to go to drama school,”
Simm says. However, Morrissey wasn’t overly flattered when Simm told
him of his early admiration. “He just said, ‘thanks, that makes
me feel really old,’” he laughs.
What was that show on the TV in the pub?
"Miri Mawr", ("Big Fun") was a very odd, rather sinister Welsh language children's show from the late seventies. Set in a mysterious cave and peopled with a collection of worrying freaks and frenetic glove puppets.
What does the grafitti on the wall say?
According to the 'Welsh Learners' newsgroup, the phrase 'TWLL-Y-DYN Í BÔ' is from the Welsh toast "Iechyd da i bob Cymro a twll tyn i bob Sais" which means "Good health to all Welshmen and arseholes to the English!"
Other Recommendations:
It seems that everytime One Summerites get together the conversation always drifts to other seminal viewing experiences. In our last chat someone suggested that I put up a list of some of the common recommendations, so here goes:
Yes
(Region 1)
Do you have a copy of any of those listed as not currently available? Drop
me a line.
Anything you think belongs on this list? Just let me know.
With thanks to:
• Spencer Leigh
• David
Morrissey
• Jane West
• The
three other Davids. (Scouse, Welsh and Spanish)
• Nick for the UK press clippings
• Keith Richardson
• All
those involved in the production of the series who have so generously
provided information and time and everyone else involved in making One
Summer such a memorable series.
• Everyone who has encouraged me and assisted in the exciting process
of learning how to build my first fully fledged website!
About the creation of this site
I hope that you find the site interesting - please feel free to give me any feedback on the content and design, and please let me know if you have any information that you think could be added. Thanks to everyone who's assisted up to now.
Way back in 1984 I was 14 years old, and stumbled across One Summer by accident when it was broadcast on the ABC in Sydney, Australia. What I saw left me with a lasting impression that no other TV series has had since.
For years my memories of the show were based on a little audio cassette I had made of the last episode (way before my family bought a video recorder). But since I started searching for information on the series about a year ago I've managed to unearth of lot of interesting stuff. As I found there was virtually no information about the series on the net, I thought it was time to make what I had discovered available to others.
I've found doing the research into this site a fascinating process. I hope you enjoy it.
Dec 2002
