A group of kids, led by brainbox Horatio Flynn (Christopher Beeny – later of Upstairs Downstairs fame – in an early role) in a small English village invent atomic popcorn, which they call “Bang Corn”.
With the help of local shopkeeper Miss Goslett (Mona Washbourne), they market it with great success.
In the meantime, scientists at the local Atomic Research establishment are perturbed that the children have beaten them to a significant breakthrough. The authorities are called in, but eventually, the process fails when the magic ingredient – a piece of volcanic rock from Krakatoa – runs out
Child’s Play is a nostalgic trip to childhood in 1950s Britain, with long, hot summers and cricket on the village green.
Horatio Flynn Christopher Beeny Mary Huxley Wendy Westcott Tom Chizzler Ian Smith Alice Nightingale Anneke Wills Ernest Rutherford Chappel Ernest Scott Han “Einstein” Blotz Patrick Wells Linda Chappel Elain Sykes Miss Emily Goslett
Mona Washbourne PC Parker
Peter Martyn Margery Chappel
Dorothy Alison LeaBlotz
Ingeborg Wells Carl Blotz
Carl Jaffe Dr Nightingale
Ballard Berkeley Mrs Chizzler
Joan Young Police Superintendent
Robert Raglan Mrs Briggs
Mae Bacon Mrs Cannon
Molly Raynor Policewoman
Barbara Hicks Bob Crouch
Jack May Sergeant Butler
John Sharp Bill
Peter Sallis Prof. Chappel
Robert Lankesheer Director of Atomic Research
Wyndham Goldie
