Andy Robson is a 1982 British children's television series produced by Tyne Tees Television

Tyne Tees Television

Tyne Tees Television is the ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire. As of 2009, it forms part of a non-franchise ITV Tyne Tees & Border region, shared with the ITV Border region...

 and which was aired on the ITV

ITV

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 network for two series in 1982 and 1983. It was based on Frederick Grice's novel The Courage of Andy Robson, published in 1969. Set in Edwardian England and starring Tom Davidson as the eponymous hero, Andy Robson, the series concerned the adventures of Andy, who had been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in rural Northumberland

Northumberland

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 from a coal mining

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 town in County Durham

County Durham

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 in North East England

North East England

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 after his father was injured in a pit accident. The series also starred Stephanie Tague and Stevie-Lee Pattinson as Victoria and Alec, two of Andy's friends in his new surroundings.

The series' theme tune, "The Best of Friends" was written by BA Robertson and performed by Barbara Dickson

Barbara Dickson

Barbara Ruth Dickson, OBE is a Scottish singer whose hits include "I Know Him So Well" and "January February"...

, although the song has never been commercially released.

Cast

Tom Davidson	Andy Robson
Stevie-Lee Pattinson	Alec Cowen
Stephanie Tague	Victoria Dennison
Jack Watling Jack Watling Jack Watling was a British actor.-Early life:Watling trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts as a child and made his stage debut in Where the Rainbow Ends at the Holborn Empire in 1936...	Matthew Dennison
Norman Jones Norman Jones (actor) Norman Jones is an English actor, primarily on television. He has appeared in three Doctor Who serials — The Abominable Snowmen , Doctor Who and the Silurians and The Masque of Mandragora .A native of Shropshire, Norman Jones began his screen career in 1962, at the age of 27, appearing over...	Adam Charlton
Marlene Sidaway Marlene Sidaway Marlene Sidaway was born on Teesside and is a British television and film actress best known for playing Brenda Taylor in the long running soap opera Coronation Street. In 1961 she was accepted into the East 15 Acting School in London...	Florrie Charlton
Peter Bagley	Dickie Cowen
Richard Steele	PC Pierce
Malcolm Terris Malcolm Terris Malcolm Terris is a British actor.He had a lengthy career in a large number of television programmes. Possibly his best known role was in When the Boat Comes In, a popular 1970s series, where he played the part of Matt Headley...	Mr. Craggs
Jill Greenacre	Helga Mueller
George Sewell George Sewell George Sewell was an English actor.-Early life and early career:The son of a Hoxton printer and a florist; Sewell left school at age 14 and worked briefly in the printing trade before switching to building work, specifically the repair of bomb-damaged houses...	Peter Mueller
Jeremy Mawdsley	Billy Craggs
Katja Kersten	Frederika Mueller
Eric Nicholson	Inspectpr Tyler
Gordon Griffin	Mr. Robson
Richard Wilson	Mr. Ridley
Rosalind Bailey Rosalind Bailey Rosalind Bailey is a British actress known for her portrayal of Sarah Headley née Lytton in the 1970/80s BBC television drama When the Boat Comes In....	Mrs. Robson
Elizabeth Edmonds	Miss Inskip
Alan Foss	Lord Rothwick
Sheri Shepstone	Bessie Reed
Jonathan Burn	Harris
Michael Gough Michael Gough Michael Gough was an English character actor who appeared in over 150 films. He is perhaps best known to international audiences for his roles in the Hammer Horror films from 1958, and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four movies of the Burton/Schumacher Batman franchise,...	Arthur
Ivor Salter Ivor Salter Ivor Salter was an English actor who appeared in character roles in numerous United Kingdom television productions and films from the early 1950s until the 1980s....	PC Coates
Anthony Steel	Herbert Neville