Born to Run (TV series)

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Born to Run
Genre	Drama
Written by	Debbie Horsfield
Directed by	Jean Stewart
Starring	Keith Allen John McArdle Billie Whitelaw Crissy Rock Marian McLoughlin Mike Eastman Terence Rigby William Ash Rachel Davies Kieran O'Brien Mary Jo Randle
Composer	Philip Appleby
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	John Chapman Michael Wearing
Producer	Laura Mackie
Production locations	Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	25 May (1997-05-25) – 29 June 1997 (1997-06-29)

Born to Run is a BBC six-part marathon racing drama series written by Debbie Horsfield, and that aired on BBC1 from 25 May to 29 June 1997, starring Keith Allen, John McArdle and Billie Whitelaw.

Cast and characters

• Keith Allen as Byron Flitch
• John McArdle as Eddie Gallagher
• Billie Whitelaw as Lillian "Lili" Flitch
• Crissy Rock as Edna
• Marian McLoughlin as Bron Flitch
• Terence Rigby as Burke Flitch
• Mike Eastman as Mechanic
• Rachel Davies as Elayne Quigley
• William Ash as Samuel "Sammy" Flitch
• Kieran O'Brien as Ryan Flitch
• Mary Jo Randle as Teresa
• Peter Kay as Delivery driver ^[1]

Episodes

Media releases

The complete series of Born to Run on DVD in a 2-disc set was released by Simply Media on 7 September 2015.^[2]

References