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indigoJay
Since: Dec, 2018
Aspectifer
Since: Apr, 2014
Aspectifer
Since: Apr, 2014
2021-04-12 13:28:48
Found it! Joey and Redhawk, which was shown on BBC 1 in May-June 1980. It was originally shown in the US in 1978 as part of CBS Afternoon Playhouse, CBS's equivalent to ABC Afterschool Special. And way down the cast list are Eric Stoltz and Stephen Furst!

This was an American or Canadian serial aimed at older children that I watched in the afternoon children's programming slot on BBC 1 in the UK in the late '70s or early '80s. It may have been repeated in the mornings during the school holidays.
The main character was a Native American or First Nations teenager who wrongly thought he had accidentally killed his bully in a fight and went on the run. The main memory I have is of the fight, as that was part of the recap at the beginning of each episode. The fight took place in a shallow stream and the teenager repeatedly said "Apologise!" as he was hitting the bully (I seem to recall the bully hitting the boy's Beserk Button was the reason for the fight).
I've done some searches through the archived listings on the BBC Genome Project and haven't come up with anything. Any help is appreciated.
Edited by Aspectifer