96: The Railway Children

Number 10 in the Children's/Youth category

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Seven-part, Sunday tea-time dramatisation of E. Nesbit's adventures of the Bastable children who are forced to move from London to the Yorkshire countryside and get involved with the staff at the local railway station. Jenny Agutter played Bobbie, the eldest of the children, a part she would reprise in Lionel Jeffries' feature film adaptation two years later.    KL

BBC, 1968
(BBC)

Producer(s): Campbell Logan
Director(s): Julia Smith
Cast: Ann Castle, Frederick Treves, Jenny Agutter, Neil McDermott, Gillian Bailey, Gordon Gostelow, Brian Hayes, Joseph O'Conor, John Ringham, Christopher Witty
Adapter: Denis Constanduros

Image ©: BBC

 

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Last Updated: 04 Sep 2006