Series 1
13 episodes · Jan 4, 1981
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- S1E1
Part 1
Jan 4, 198125mSix months before his 18th birthday, Billy Stanyon's mother and father die in a sailing accident. They leave him a flute, some letters, and the knowledge that they were not his biological parents.
- S1E2
Part 2
Jan 11, 198125mBilly visits his birth mother's old house in London, where he encounters fugitives from an anti-apartheid demonstration.
- S1E3
Part 3
Jan 18, 198125mBilly meets the mysterious Vincent Whitaker, who accompanies him to Munich where an ex-client of Whitaker's takes them to Lake Chiemsee. Frau Gruber tells Billy his mother was killed whilst crossing the Hungarian border, along with her own son. But is she telling the truth?
- S1E4
Part 4
Jan 25, 198125mNow in his final term, Billy learns his birth father, Jerry Toff, defected to Britain in 1955 and married, then later divorced, a glass heiress. Along with his best mate Spike and other classmates, he has a run-in with a local motorcycle gang.
- S1E5
Part 5
Feb 4, 198125mAn unannounced visit to his father's ex-wife Charlotte in Scotland reveals that Billy has an older half-sister named Pamela. He learns little other than that his father and Charlotte met when he worked as a stable lad on her father's estate.
- S1E6
Part 6
Feb 8, 198125mBilly seeks help to pursue his goal of becoming a professional flautist. Meanwhile, a runaway family take refuge in his seaside cottage.
- S1E7
Part 7
Feb 11, 198125mBilly visits France where he learns more about his parents and helps his hosts' son fulfill a family tradition.
- S1E8
Part 8
Feb 15, 198125mSpike arrives unexpectedly. Billy offers to put him up for the night, causing friction between him and Mr Whitaker.
- S1E9
Part 9
Feb 18, 198125mFrau Gruber sends Billy his father's ring, prompting him to return to Lake Chemsee for answers. However, she will only tell him that the search for his natural father only spells peril.
- S1E10
Part 10
Feb 22, 198125mBilly befriends a teenage runaway who stays the night with him at his seaside cottage. Meanwhile, Mr Whitaker receives an unexpected home visit from Miss Price.
- S1E11
Part 11
Feb 25, 198125mAn unannounced visit by Mrs Dalgleish, originally from Hungary but now the colourful and wealthy widow of a financial tycoon, affords a few more details about Billy's birth parents.
- S1E13
Part 13
Mar 4, 198125mIn Salzburg to audition for a music scholarship, Billy finds himself followed by Hilda Gruber. Instructed to kill him, she chooses instead to tell him that it was his father who died fleeing Hungary, not Karl Gruber.