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Reports below detail how Willy Russell
the screenwriter was unhappy
with aspects of the production and as a result his name was removed from
the credits. It is interesting to note that Willy Russell's name did reappeared in later rerun screenings, and was credited in ITV publicity from 1985. Until recently, Granada Media stated that the program could not be sold or rescreened due to instructions from Willy Russell. However a breakthrough in 2005 has now seen the DVD rights secured, and a DVD release is due in January 2006 from Network DVD. |
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(Images only suitable for high speed connections) TV Row over Russell series (Liverpool Echo 27/06/83): text image Russel pulls out after TV clashs (Liverpool Daily Post 28/07/83): text image Row Over Willy's back street kids (Liverpool Echo 4/07/83): text image A Summer's Dark Cloud (Daily Mirror date?): text image Russell disowns Summer series (source unknown): text image One Summer and the difference it could make (The Guardian, Aug 1983): text image Why Willy is missing (The Standard 5/08/83): text image Russell Fall Out With YTV ( Time Out 4-10/08/83): text image Scouse Double Act ( Guardian 8/08/83): text image REVIEWS Television Review with Mary Kenny (Daily Mirror 8/08/83): text image Weekend TV Review (Daily Telegraph 5/09/83): text image Review by John Williams (Liverpool Daily Post 13/07/83): text image Sentimental Trading on Inner City Woes (The Times? 29/09/83): text image Belfast is not a patch on Liverpool (Sydney Morning Herald 17.9.84): text image Escape from Liverpool (The Age Melbourne 13.9.84): text image One Summer is chilling and compelling (Courier Mail Brisbane 17/09/84): text image
That Summer gem gave us so much pleasure (Assumed Liverpool Echo ?/?/1984) Letters page (The Age Melbourne 8/11/84): letter1 letter2 And an interesting war of words
via the
Liverpool Echo's
Yet Again, The Blacker Side 13/08/1983
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