I Want to Be Famous

I Want to Be Famous

37 mins | Drama | July 7, 1976

Eleven-year-old Steve is the smallest boy in class. He thinks girls are soppy, detests football and prefers painting. To alleviate his loneliness, he occasionally escapes into an excitingly violent fantasy realm of his own creation. His best mate Stuart is the only solid thing in a comfortless world where people argue too much… usually about Steve.

I Want to Be Famous

37 mins | Drama | July 7, 1976

I Want to Be Famous
Eleven-year-old Steve is the smallest boy in class. He thinks girls are soppy, detests football and prefers painting. To alleviate his loneliness, he occasionally escapes into an excitingly violent fantasy realm of his own creation. His best mate Stuart is the only solid thing in a comfortless world where people argue too much… usually about Steve.
Producers West Midlands Arts
Original title I Want to Be Famous
Directors Steve Handforth, Roger Lambert
Writers Roger Lambert

Cast

Stephen Bratt

as Steve

Stuart Elliot

as Stuart

Andy Gough

as Andy

Joyce Pemberton

as Mother

Keith Groom

as Father

Ted Gray

as Bandmaster

Steve Handforth

as Teacher

Vanessa Doran

as Teacher

Brian Warrilow

as Park Keeper

Eric Ball

as Man in Street

Matthew Barlow

as Soldier

Arnold Bratt

as Soldier