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/ UK / ITV Network / 7x30 minute episodes / Broadcast 25 October - 6 December 1955 / Tuesdays @ 5.30pm
Novel: Kitty Barne / Adapter: Diana Noel / Settings: George Haslam / Director: Hazel Wilkinson
Drama serial. Bunty comic-esque tale about Barbie, the daughter of a famous musician goes to live with her cousins, Laurel and Simon in the country. Barbie is obsessed with music and is determined to become a musician and thanks to the help of Miss Fothergill she is able to achieve her ambitions.
Barbie, daughter , at their rectory home. Music is her one love, and it has taken much persuasion on the part of everyone to get her to school. But when she does go the results are a little startling. Poor Barbie has become more and more unhappy through realising that she is not getting the music teaching she needs. But Miss Fothergill, a wealthy and kind-hearted local person comes to her rescue.
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cast
Barbie... Marcia Manolescue as
Captain Andrews... Jack Allen as
Miss Fothergill... Zena Dare as
Postmistress... Lucy Griffiths as
Postman... Lane Meddick as
Simon... Jonathan Swift as
Mrs Port... Pearl Dadswell as
David Markham asThe Rector...
Erika Markham as Laurel...
Kenneth Evans as Barbie's Father... |
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