Buddy's Song is a 1991 British comedy-drama film starring Chesney Hawkes, Roger Daltrey, Sharon Duce and Michael Elphick, based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Nigel Hinton.

[2] The film follows a teenage boy, Buddy Clark (Hawkes), who is determined to make it as a pop star, aided by his father Terry (Daltrey).

The long-running teddy boy Rockabilly group The Flying Saucers play the roles of themselves in the film.

Playing the part of Terry's friends, they offer support by rehearsing with Buddy and becoming his backing band.

The film was released with a 12 certificate in cinemas[3] on 1 March 1991 and was re-rated PG with cuts (made by the distributor prior to submission to the BBFC) made to tone down the nudity and violence, for home video as the 12 certificate was not available on this format in the UK at the time.

Whilst talking to his friend Julius, Buddy notices his mother is seeing her boss Adrian Mandell a lot.

Terry gets an electric guitar and an amplifier along with a keyboard for Buddy and a camcorder for himself, which gives him the idea of advertising in the local newspaper to film weddings.

Terry resigns from his job at the bookmaker and starts working for Des King at his breakers yard.

Terry then arranges to have Buddy play with a band of middle-aged men called the Hi-Tones who recently lost their singer.

Buddy joins Glenn the milkman, along with Mike and Jason, and Julius becomes their manager and tambourine player.

He advises them to make him the manager to help them get to the top, fearing that no record company will do a deal with someone of Jules' age.

Terry finds a note on the caravan door that reads 'Get stuffed' from Dawn then hears a howl of pain from the office.

After a recording session, Bobby speaks to the band in private in the booth but Terry hears on the speakers.

The songs Brain Train and Taking the Blame, which were not included in the original soundtrack release, have since been released, along with the other master mixes for the film and the demo track Peggy Sue, as part of Hawkes' 2022 compilation The Complete Picture: The Albums 1991–2012.