Buddy (1986) was a tv schools drama, based on the novel of the same name by Nigel Hinton. It was shown as part of the social studies strand.

It starred Wayne Goddard as Buddy Clark, a teenager dealing with various life problems, Roger Daltrey as his father Terry and pupils from the Cavendish School inEastbourne

5 episodes. Please note that this is from 1986 and is a VHS to DVD conversion, the quality is not great but it is certainly watchable and is as you would expect from an old VHS tape from back then