Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestGoing Out was a six part, thirty minute episode, drama series written by Phil Redmond (Grange Hill, Brookside etc) and produced by the ex-ITV franchise, Southern Television. The series followed the first six weeks after Sean, Roger Sammy, Cathy and Gerry were released from school and onto Thatcher’s scrap heap. Along with Dikey, who'd already been drawing his Giro for a year, they tried to avoid the nutter Arty 'Haggis' Jackson and his 'crew'.
Writing
Phil Redmond's unflinching voice before he softened for 'Hollyoaks'.
Acting
Linda Robson's pre-'Birds of a Feather' dramatic chops.
Production
Southern Television's swan song — killed before Thatcher killed them too.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Southern Television lost its franchise in 1981 — this series aired as the company was literally being dissolved by the Thatcher government it depicted.
Phil Redmond recycled the 'school leavers with no future' premise for 'Grange Hill' spinoff 'Tucker's Luck' — but this was the raw, unmarketable original.
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