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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1950s 2 Mins Read

    Secret Garden, The

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    Mary Lennox (Elizabeth Saunders) is a young British girl born and raised in India who is returned to England when she is orphaned in an earthquake. She goes to live at her uncle’s remote Yorkshire estate.

    Her uncle is desolate and distant due to the death of his wife ten years before.

    Mary begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected. Aided by local lad, Dickon (Brian Roper), she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.

    This 1952 BBC production utilised both studio videotape and a small amount of film shot on location in the South of England. The series was broadcast on Tuesdays between 29 April and 17 June 1952.

    Further BBC productions were made in 1960 (also in black & white) and in 1975 (in colour). All were produced by Dorothea Brooking, who worked miracles with very little financial backing.

    Mary Lennox
    Elizabeth Saunders
    Dickon
    Brian Roper
    Colin Craven
    Dawson France
    Mrs Medlock
    Nancy Roberts
    Martha
    Billie Whitelaw
    Thomas
    Richard Wade
    Ben Weatherstaff
    Herbert Smith
    Colin’s nurse
    Avril Hillyer
    Lizabeth Ellen
    Carole Lorimer
    Mrs Sowerby
    Madeleine Vacher
    Dr Craven
    Walter Horsbrugh
    Mr Roach
    Gerald Lawson
    Archibald Craven
    James Raglan

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