Barriers

Part 1

Six months before his 18th birthday, Billy Stanyon's mother and father die in a sailing accident. T...

Part 2

Billy visits his birth mother's old house in London, where he encounters fugitives from an anti-apa...

Part 3

Billy meets the mysterious Vincent Whitaker, who accompanies him to Munich where an ex-client of Wh...

Part 4

Now in his final term, Billy learns his birth father, Jerry Toff, defected to Britain in 1955 and m...

Part 5

An unannounced visit to his father's ex-wife Charlotte in Scotland reveals that Billy has an older...

Part 6

Billy seeks help to pursue his goal of becoming a professional flautist. Meanwhile, a runaway famil...

Part 7

Billy visits France where he learns more about his parents and helps his hosts' son fulfill a famil...

Part 8

Spike arrives unexpectedly. Billy offers to put him up for the night, causing friction between him...

Part 9

Frau Gruber sends Billy his father's ring, prompting him to return to Lake Chemsee for answers. How...

Part 10

Billy befriends a teenage runaway who stays the night with him at his seaside cottage. Meanwhile, M...

Part 11

An unannounced visit by Mrs Dalgleish, originally from Hungary but now the colourful and wealthy wi...

Part 12

Part 13

In Salzburg to audition for a music scholarship, Billy finds himself followed by Hilda Gruber. Inst...