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Dramatisation of E Nesbit's classic novel about three children whose lives change dramatically after they move to a Yorkshire cottage near a railway line. Learning to fend for themselves in the absence of their father, the children make friends with the local station porter, and soon their lives begin to revolve around the railway. Jenny Agutter, who was Roberta in the 1972 film, plays the children's mother.

Keywords:

Drama, Family, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(2000) (Made for TV) (UK) (4 Star)

Cast:

Jenny Agutter	.... Mother
Richard Attenborough	.... The Old Gentleman
Gregor Fisher	.... Perks
Jack Blumenau	.... Peter
Clare Thomas	.... Phyllis
Jemima Rooper	.... Bobbie
David Bamber	.... Dr. Forrest
Michael Kitchen	.... Father

Supporting Cast:

Valerie Minifie	.... Cook
Melanie Clark-Pullen	.... Ruth
Georgie Glen	.... Aunt Emma
Amanda Walker	.... Mrs. Ransome
Clive Russell	.... Station Master
Jane Wood	.... Mrs. Viney
Ian Gain	.... Bargee

Directors:

Catherine Morshead

Writers:

E. Nesbit
Simon Nye

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