Starting Out | |
| ITV Schools | |
| Company: | ATV, Central |
| First run: | 19th September
1973 13th February
1992 Repeated until 25th March
1994 (as part of Off Limits)(21 school years) [more][less] |
| Episodes: | 56 episodes |
| Duration: | 20 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 25 minutes |
| Subject: | Citizenship: Citizenship, Careers, PSHE |
| Audience: | Age 13-16 |
| Language: | In English |
| Browse programme data 15 images from this programme | |
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A completely new drama, unrelated to the ones which had come before, was produced every 3 years, so that the series always remained relevant to the latest set of school leavers.
The series addressed serious issues and contained some strong content, increasingly so as the series went on. Some of the serials were previewed for adults late at night, sometimes months before the schools transmission. However in keeping with this site's convention it is the first broadcasts for schools that are listed below.
Series 1 (1973)
10 episodes about three girls, their boyfriends, and their families.
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | You're Really Leaving? | 19 Sep 1973 |
| 2. | Blind Date | 26 Sep 1973 |
| 3. | I Married Her | 3 Oct 1973 |
| 4. | You All Right, Man? | 10 Oct 1973 |
| 5. | I Know To Knock Before I Go In | 17 Oct 1973 |
| 6. | Dad, It's Mum! | 24 Oct 1973 |
| 7. | Just Making a Few Enquiries | 7 Nov 1973 |
| 8. | Suppose Your Mum Finds Out | 16 Nov 1973 |
| 9. | There Was This Letter | 23 Nov 1973 |
| 10. | When Someone's Died | 30 Nov 1973 |
| Written by | Catherine Storr |
| Advisers | Peter McPhail Jasper Ungoed-Thomas |
| Producer | Philip Grosset |
| Director | Jonathan Wright-Miller |
Series 2 (1976)
10 episodes about a group of teenagers who meet a young man who is on probation.
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | I'm New Here, You See | 22 Sep 1976 |
| 2. | Anyone'd Think You Owned the House... | 29 Sep 1976 |
| 3. | Not Just a Smack, You Know | 6 Oct 1976 |
| 4. | What's the Good of Being Clever | 13 Oct 1976 |
| 5. | Proper Sort of Mother You Are | 20 Oct 1976 |
| 6. | I'm Not Forty Yet | 3 Nov 1976 |
| 7. | You Look Different | 10 Nov 1976 |
| 8. | I Wouldn't Have Thought She Was Your Style | 17 Nov 1976 |
| 9. | We Trusted You | 24 Nov 1976 |
| 10. | Who's Bill? | 1 Dec 1976 |
| Written by | Catherine Storr |
| Adviser | Graham Sellors |
| Produced & directed by | David Dunn |
Series 3 (1980)
10 episodes about a teenage couple and their families, and the consequences of their actions.
This series was originally scheduled to be broadcast for schools in autumn 1979, but the long ITV strike that term caused it to be postponed. This was the first time Starting Out had been broadcast in the spring term.
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brotherly Love Part 1 | 14 Jan 1980 |
| 2. | Brotherly Love Part 2 | 21 Jan 1980 |
| 3. | Love Story Part 1 | 28 Jan 1980 |
| 4. | Love Story Part 2 | 4 Feb 1980 |
| 5. | Football Crazy Part 1 | 11 Feb 1980 |
| 6. | Football Crazy Part 2 | 25 Feb 1980 |
| 7. | Them and Us Part 1 | 3 Mar 1980 |
| 8. | Them and Us Part 2 | 10 Mar 1980 |
| 9. | Happy Ending Part 1 | 17 Mar 1980 |
| 10. | Happy Ending Part 2 | 24 Mar 1980 |
| Written by | Ben Steed Dave Simpson |
| Adviser | Pat Woodfine |
| Produced & directed by | David Dunn |
Series 4 (1982)
5 episodes about a step family starting a new life in a new area.
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Family Affairs | 21 Sep 1982 |
| 2. | Differing Attitudes | 28 Sep 1982 |
| 3. | Living It Up | 5 Oct 1982 |
| 4. | Crime and Punishment | 12 Oct 1982 |
| 5. | Them and Us | 19 Oct 1982 |
| Written by | Grazyna Monvid |
| Adviser | Pat Woodfine |
| Produced & directed by | Geoff Husson |
Series 5 (1986)
8 episodes about an inner-city youth club and the young people who go there.
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Escapes | 9 Jan 1986 |
| 2. | To Be or Not To Be | 16 Jan 1986 |
| 3. | Prejudice | 23 Jan 1986 |
| 4. | Taken on Trust | 30 Jan 1986 |
| 5. | Arrangements | 6 Feb 1986 |
| 6. | All Right for Some | 13 Feb 1986 |
| 7. | As Good as You Get | 27 Feb 1986 |
| 8. | Life and Death | 6 Mar 1986 |
| Written by | Grazyna Monvid |
| Adviser | Pat Woodfine |
| Produced & directed by | Geoff Husson |
Series 6 (1989)
8 episodes about a family and the trouble that their son has got into.
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | A Piece of the Cake | 11 Jan 1989 |
| 2. | It's Never Black and White | 18 Jan 1989 |
| 3. | Sanjay | 25 Jan 1989 |
| 4. | Commercial Breaks | 1 Feb 1989 |
| 5. | Mr Christie | 8 Feb 1989 |
| 6. | Killers | 15 Feb 1989 |
| 7. | As Seen on TV | 22 Feb 1989 |
| 8. | Judgements | 1 Mar 1989 |
| Written by | Anthony Horowitz |
| Adviser | Pat Woodfine |
| Produced & directed by | Geoff Husson |
Series 7 (1992)
5 episodes about a boy and a girl who both run away from home for different reasons.
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tom and Gerry | 16 Jan 1992 |
| 2. | Sara's Story | 23 Jan 1992 |
| 3. | On the Road | 30 Jan 1992 |
| 4. | Showdown | 6 Feb 1992 |
| 5. | Home to Roost | 13 Feb 1992 |
| Written by | Grazyna Monvid |
| Adviser | Pat Woodfine |
| Produced & directed by | Geoff Husson |
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