Season 2 • Episode 7
LatestBilly confronts Karl and at last learns the full story of how, and why, his parents died.
Teenage Billy Stanyon faces the loss of his parents in a sailing accident, only to discover that he was adopted. Billy then sets off on a journey to find his biological parents that takes him across Europe.
Acting
Benedict Taylor carries the whole thing on teenage shoulders.
Production
Pre-EU Europe shot on location — total time capsule.
Creator
William Corlett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Barriers aired during a wave of British children's TV that refused to talk down to young audiences — see also The Changes and The Machine Gunners.
Creator William Corlett later won a BAFTA for The Woman in Black — he clearly had a thing for traumatizing the youth.
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