# Break in the Sun > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Break_in_the_Sun > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Break_in_the_Sun.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_in_the_Sun > Source revision: 1345981442 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Break in the Sun" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 1981 British TV series or programme Break in the Sun Genre Drama Created by Bernard Ashley Directed by Roger Singleton-Turner Starring Nicola Cowper, Brian Hall Country of origin United Kingdom Original language English No. of series 1 No. of episodes 6 Production Producer Anna Home Running time 25 minutes Original release Network BBC1 Release 11 February (1981-02-11) – 18 March 1981 (1981-03-18) ***Break in the Sun*** is a British [television](/source/Television) drama serial made by the [BBC](/source/BBC) in 1981. The series, written by [Bernard Ashley](/source/Bernard_Ashley_(author)), was considerably more gritty and controversial than standard BBC children's serial fare up until that time, dealing with a young girl, Patsy ([Nicola Cowper](/source/Nicola_Cowper)) running away from her violent stepfather ([Brian Hall](/source/Brian_Hall_(actor))) and trying to return to her mother's old home in [Margate](/source/Margate). The theme tune, "Reflections", was written by [John Renbourn](/source/John_Renbourn). ## Cast - [Nicola Cowper](/source/Nicola_Cowper) as Patsy Bligh - Kevin Taffurelli as Kenny Granger - [Brian Hall](/source/Brian_Hall_(actor)) as Eddie Green - Catherine Chase as Sylvia Green - [Patsy Rowlands](/source/Patsy_Rowlands) as Mrs. Granger - Chip Sweeney as Mark Bowler - Thomas Little as Jason - Brian Peck as Joe - Lindsey Walker as Jenny - [Steve Hodson](/source/Steve_Hodson) as Pete - Kathleen Heath as Mrs. Broadley - Terry Cowling as Sergeant Harris - [Bob Mason](/source/Bob_Mason_(actor)) as Bob - Shirley Dixon as Ruth - [Roy Spencer](/source/Roy_Spencer_(actor)) as Mr. Lamb - Peter Biddle as Eric ## External links - [*Break in the Sun*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335628/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This article related to a BBC children's television programme is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:BBC-children-tv-prog-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3ABBC-children-tv-prog-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:BBC-children-tv-prog-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Break in the Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_in_the_Sun) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_in_the_Sun?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.