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Series · 1976–1976Ended

Kizzy

7.0·1 season·6 episodes·28 min avg.·United Kingdom

Kizzy is a six-part 1976 BBC television miniseries based on Rumer Godden's novel The Diddakoi. It starred Vanessa Furst as orphan traveller (or Romani girl) called Kizzy, who faces persecution, grief and loss in a hostile, close-knit village community.

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The Wagon
The WagonUp next
Jan 21, 1976

A group of travellers arrive in a small village, where they're met with hostility. When it's time to leave, one very elderly traveller opts to stay, together with her young granddaughter Kizzy.

02
'What Shall We Do with Kizzy?'
'What Shall We Do with Kizzy?'
Jan 28, 1976

Having been made to attend school, Kizzy struggles to adapt, and is being bullied constantly.

03
'She Can't Stay There!'
'She Can't Stay There!'
Feb 4, 1976

The funeral service for Kizzy's grandmother raises one important question — where Kizzy belongs going forward.

04
Into Care
Into Care
Feb 11, 1976

Kizzy's case goes to court, and Mrs Cuthbert does her best to stir things — but there's a possible solution offered.

05
No Escape
No Escape
Feb 18, 1976

Kizzy may have a little stability at home, but the bullying continues. As always, her tornentors are cowards at heart.

06
The Bonfire
The Bonfire
Feb 25, 1976

Bonfire night arrives, and it seems that Kizzy has finally turned a corner with the local girls — but an accident threatens everything.

Cast

8 credited
VF
Vanessa Furst
Kizzy
AR
Anne Ridler
Olivia Brooke
MD
Melissa Docker
Prue Cuthbert
John Welsh
Admiral Twiss
PM
Patrick McAlinney
Peters
LW
Lisa Welsford
Elizabeth Oliver
TB
Toby Bridge
Clem Oliver
IG
Israel Gordon
Mary Jo

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