Dad's Dead

Dec 20, 2002

0h 7m

★ 5.8

Overview

Our narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one for joking and the like, Johnno starts to change for the worse after he announced that his father has died.

Genres

Drama

Animation

Production Companies

Animate!

Finetake Productions

Channel 4 Television

Arts Council of England

Slinky Pictures

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Ian Hart

Narrator's Mother

Kay D'Arcy

Johnno

Chris Freeney

Johnno's Mum

Dallas Messias

Lady in Children's Book

Charlotte McDougall

Boy in Children's Book

Joe Robson Rutherford

Old Man

Dave Kent

Hand Artist

Thomas Sturges-Allard

Newsreader

Julie Maisey

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