Liam / BBC Films presents a Liam Film production in co-operation with Road Movies and in association with Mida, Diaphana, BIM, WDR/Arte and ARD/Degeto Film ; producers, Colin McKeown, Martin Tempia ; writer, Jimmy McGovern ; director, Stephen Frears.

The story of Liam, a seven-year-old boy growing up in Liverpool during the 1930s. As he prepares for his First Communion, young Liam tries to make sense of the complex and unsettled world around him, a world that is about to change forever due to economic, political and social upheaval.