Young Hearts Run Free

1974: Against the backdrop of a violent miners strike in their quiet Northumbrian village, a likeable teenage artist falls in love with the new girl from London, but their tempestuous relationship and attempts to escape cause him to betray his family, community and best friends; he becomes dangerously embroiled in the rioting of the strike. With attempts to reconcile them failing, he must choose between his old friends and his new love.

• Andy Mark SimpsonDirector
• Andy Mark SimpsonWriter

• Andy BlackMark Summers
• Jennifer BrydenSue Proudlock
• Lyndsey LennonClaire Armstrong
• Danny McCreadyBig George Armstrong
• Jimmy CarterTony Best
• Peter G. ReedMr Stevenson
• Ann RidleyMargaret Armstrong
• Fran BriggsMrs Jean Tait
• Matthew BrownJonta
• Wayne ThompsonMr Thompson
• Billy FaneFriendly Miner on Bus
• Bill E. MeeksBarman Mr Best