Secret World Of Polly Flint, The (ITV 1987 with Katie Reynolds and Emily Richard)

UK / ITV – Central / 6×25 minute episodes / 1987 16 Febuary – 23 March

Writer: Helen Cresswell / Novel: Paul Lewis / Producer/Director: David Cobham

Fantasy drama serial. A young girl discovers a village that has been ‘lost in time’ when she goes to stay with her Aunt in the country.

cast
MICHAEL HORDERN as Narrator
KATIE REYNOLDS as Polly Flint
EMILY RICHARD as Alice Flint
MALCOLM STORRY as Tom Flint
SUSAN JAMESON as Aunt Em
DON HENDERSON as Old Mazy
BRENDA BRUCE as Granny Porter

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