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The Secret Garden is a 1975 British television adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1911 novel of the same name. Adapted, produced and directed by Dorothea Brooking, it was first broadcast on BBC 1 in seven 30-minute episodes. This is the only BBC adaptation known to exist in its entirety. The 1952 adaptation is missing all eight episodes and the 1960 adaptation is missing three of its eight episodes.
Original Release
01/01/1975
US Release
01/01/1984
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sarah Hollis Andrews | Mary Lennox |
Hope Johnstone | Mrs. Medlock |
William Marsh | John |
Jacqueline Hoyle | Martha |
Jennie Goossens | Nurse |
John Woodnutt | Mr. Archibald Craven |
Tom Harrison | Ben Weatherstaff |
David Patterson | Colin Craven |
Lorraine Peters | Mrs. Sowerby |
Andrew Harrison | Dickon |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | There Is No One Left | Wednesday, 01 January 1975 |
2 | The Cry in the Corridor | Wednesday, 08 January 1975 |
3 | The Door in the Wall | Wednesday, 15 January 1975 |
4 | I Am Colin | Wednesday, 22 January 1975 |
5 | A Tantrum | Wednesday, 29 January 1975 |
6 | When the Sun Went Down | Wednesday, 05 February 1975 |
7 | Magic | Wednesday, 12 February 1975 |
Writers
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Dorothea Brooking
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sarah Hollis Andrews | Mary Lennox |
Hope Johnstone | Mrs. Medlock |
William Marsh | John |
Jacqueline Hoyle | Martha |
Jennie Goossens | Nurse |
John Woodnutt | Mr. Archibald Craven |
Tom Harrison | Ben Weatherstaff |
David Patterson | Colin Craven |
Lorraine Peters | Mrs. Sowerby |
Andrew Harrison | Dickon |
Richard Warner | Dr. Craven |
Basil Clarke | Pitcher |
Alison Lowndes | 'Lizabeth Ellen |
Gabrielle Hamilton | Mrs. Crawford / Woman |
John Linstrum | Mr. Roach |
Liza Kendrick | Susan Sowerby |
Jonathan Wall | Johnny Sowerby |
Richard Beaumont | Basil Crawford |
Tracy Mottau | Basil Crawford's Sister |
Lysbeth Stevens | Basil Crawford's Sister |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Dorothea Brooking | Producer |