Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest was a television drama series which centered around the lives of Michael "Dodger" Dolan and his sister, Carol who were part of a large foster family in London. It was aired in the early evenings on the ITV channel's Children's ITV. There were two series of six episodes between 1985 and 1986 plus a Christmas Special which aired on 22 December 1986. The Christmas Special was the final episode of the series. It starred Lee Ross as Dodger, and Sophy McCallum as his sister Bonzo.
In the series finale, Steph & Bonzo have gone abroad for the winter holidays. Dodger gets a Christmas temp job at a department store, first as a wine packer, then promoted to being Santa's Gnome. He also befriends two homeless men. Liza wants to see her mother, meanwhile Elaine deals with Sharon trying to leave her abusive boyfriend.
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