Scifi drama serial Torch was set in the future when the world has reverted to a more rural way of life, five children help a dying man by embarking on a quest to discover the torch of the Olympic Games.
Something of a Dench/Williams family affair – Judi Dench and Michael Williams were long time married in real life and Finty is their daughter.
Cast: JUDI DENCH as Aba; MICHAEL WILLIAMS as Sage; ALTAY LAWRENCE as Nikathlon; GRAHAM McGRATH as Peri; FINTY WILLIAMS as Cal; LYNDON DAVIES as Dio; KATE McGRATH as Cassie; TAYLOR SCIPIO as Ekow; JOHN CARNEY as Guardian; JUAN JOSE PARRILLA as Tinker; BORIVOJ NAVRATIL as Tandor
Writer: William Corlett / Novel: Jill Paton Walsh / Producer and Director: Robin Crichton
UK / BBC One – Childrens Film and TV Prod. / 6×30 minute episodes / Broadcast 24 April – 29 May 1992
