Woody, Sonia and their son, Lee, live contentedly in West Ham, London.  When Lee is killed in a hit-and-run everyone grieves but Woody’s grief has no limit.  His best friend, Phil, counsels revenge, while in the view of the ambitious Detective Constable Spence, Woody himself is the prime suspect.  Woody searches for a way to react with extraordinary and touching results.

Features award-winning performances by Ray Winstone and Pauline Quirke.

Winner of the Best Television Film at the Munich Film Festival, actor Ray Winstone won the Best Actor Award at the 1999 Royal Television Society Awards and actress Pauline Quirke was nominated for a BAFTA.  Our Boy was selected for the Toronto International Film Festival and the Dinard Festival of British Film as well as The Gothenburg Film Festival.

A BBC Screen One Film.