Running Scared (1986)
Running Scared (1986)
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Cast & Crew.

Amarjit Dhillon
Narinder Sidhu

Julia Millbank
Paula Prescott

Desmond McNamara
Mick Prescott

James Cosmo
Detective Inspector McNeil

Renu Setna
Pratap Singh Sidhu

Paul Stone
Executive Producer

Marilyn Fox
Director

Bernard Ashley
Writer

Cyril Shaps
Wisener

Catherine Chase
Forensic Officer

Fred Bryant
Grandad Prescott

Mike Hayward
Teacher

Anthony Gorry
Dean Prescott

Penny Morrell
Ellie Butler

Mark Monero
Sixth Former

Maureen Taylor
Girl at Disco

Spencer Crease
Boy at Disco

Simon Adams
Brian Butler

Badi Uzzaman
Shopkeeper

Michael Godley
Commander Parkinson

Jason Norman
Tommy

Damon Doyle
Scott

Evie Garratt
Cockney Woman

Christopher Ellison
Charlie Elkin

Hetty Baynes
Leila

Maureen Sweeney
Dolly Prescott

Rani Singh
Kamal Kaur Sidhu

Alan Ford
Ron Martin

Alan Talbot
Fred Barratt

Tony Caunter
Frank Butler

Glyn Grimstead
Detective Constable Barton

Steven Law
PC

Harbans Singh
Sikh Elder

Jugnu Singh
Sikh Elder

Vilma Laryea
Schoolteacher
Details.
Release DateJanuary 15, 1986
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes6
Running Time25m
Genres
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Running Scared is a six-part British television children's drama series, transmitted between 15 January and 19 February 1986, that was based on the Bernard Ashley novel of the same name.
The series, primarily set in Forest Gate, focuses on a teenage girl, Paula Prescott (Julia Millbank), whose life is put at risk when she uncovers evidence that could put a local criminal gang leader Charlie Elkin (Christopher Ellison) behind bars. The series was filmed in and around Green Lane in Dagenham; Queen's Market in Upton Park; First Avenue in Manor Park; and The Greyhound public house in Warley, Essex. The Woolwich Ferry also features in a key scene.
The series was notable for its use of the Kate Bush single Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) being used as the main title theme, and part of the original video being re-imagined for use within the programme's title sequence. Another notable track used for the series was "Chemistry" by Brian Eno and Jon Hassell from their 1980 collaboration Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics.
Creator Ashley used the story to highlight the ever-growing Sikh community in London, which had been rarely touched upon in mainstream television up to this point. A TV-tie in version of the novel was issued a week prior to broadcast on 9 January 1986. A digitally remastered version of the series was released on DVD in Australia in 2014.
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