Period drama. Young Laurie Lee grows up in a large family under the care of his loving if somewhat eccentric mother in between the wars Gloustershire. Previously filmed in 1971 with Rosemary Leach headlining.
production details
UK | ITV – Carlton | 1×120 minutes | Broadcast 27 December 1998
Writer: John Mortimer
Memoir: Laurie Lee
Costume: Judy Pepperdine
Music: Geoffrey Burgon
Executive Producer: Johnathon Powell
Producer: Adrian Bate
Director: Charles Beeson
cast
Juliet Stevenson as Annie Lee
Joe Roberts as Laurie Lee
David Troughton as Uncle Sid
Emily Mortimer as Miss Flynn
Grant Masters as Father Lee
Amanda Boxer as Miss Biggs
John Light as Boyfriend Harold
William Moseley as Extra
Con O’Neill as Uncle Ray
Judith Paris as Spinster 2
Angela Pleasence as Crabby