Dad's Dead

Our narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one for joking and the like, Johnno starts to change for the worse after he announced that his father has died.

Cast

Ian Hart

as Narrator (voice)

Chris Freeney

as Johnno

Dallas Messias

as Johnno's Mum

John Murphy

as Johnno's Dad

Charlotte McDougall

as Lady in Children's Book

Joe Robson Rutherford

as Boy in Children's Book

Dave Kent

as Old Man

Kay D'Arcy

as Narrator's Mother

Thomas Sturges-Allard

as Hand Artist

Julie Maisey

as Newsreader

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