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.
Director and cast
- Chris Shepherd Director
- Ian Hart as Narrator (voice)
- Chris Freeney as Johnno
- Dallas Messias as Johnno's Mum
- John Murphy as Johnno's Dad
- Charlotte McDougall as Lady in Children's Book
- Joe Robson Rutherford as Boy in Children's Book
- Dave Kent as Old Man
- Kay D'Arcy as Narrator's Mother
- Thomas Sturges-Allard as Hand Artist
- Julie Maisey as Newsreader
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