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Series · 1977–1977Ended

Childhood

1 season·6 episodes·United Kingdom

Anthology of plays showing the world as children see it.

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Baa Baa Blacksheep
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Feb 16, 1977

A faithful adaptation of Kipling's riveting autobiographical short story, detailing a harrowing period of his life between the ages of 6 and 11, under the care of foster parents in England, while his parents lived in India.

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An Only Child
An Only Child
Apr 28, 1977

Michael O'Donovan has raised his son to believe in the English way of life, but this teaching must change with the coming of the Irish troubles in 1916.

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There Is a Happy Land
There Is a Happy Land
May 5, 1977

Keith Waterhouse's near autobiographical tale about characters from his childhood.

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A Great Day for Bonzo
A Great Day for Bonzo
May 11, 1977

Three children playing in a deserted barn encounter a mysterious stranger. He seems frightened of being discovered, and to get rid of them he gives them his dog Bonzo.

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Easter Tells Such Dreadful Lies
Easter Tells Such Dreadful Lies
May 19, 1977

Shortly before leaving for a camping trip, young Harry Braden teasingly tells his impressionable nine year old sister Easter that their father, a respected physician, is having an affair with one of his patients. Devoted to her father, Easter concocts an outrageous romantic affair in her mind, while befriending her father's "mistress". Harry later returns from his trip to find that Easter's wild imagination has created a tempest in a teacup for the bewildered adults.

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Possessions
Possessions
May 25, 1977

When the father of a South Wales family dies during the Twenties depression, things become hard. But the widowed Cassie Pritchard and her three sons are determined to overcome the financial problems.

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