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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1960s 2 Mins Read

    Poison Island

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    6 x 25 minute episodes

    Mystery, adventure and buried treasure were the prime ingredients in this fast-moving, intricate tale of a boy in early 19th-century Cornwall.

    The boy hero, Harry Brooks, was played by Kit Williams and his father, a blinded Peninsular War veteran, by David Phethean. The old sea dog, Captain Coffin – who initiated the treasure hunt – was played by veteran music hall artist Billy Russell (“on behalf of the workers”).

    Harry first met Captain Coffin after arriving at his first school, Mr Stimcoe’s Academy for Backward Boys at Falmouth.

    In the streets of Falmouth, Harry came upon the poor, drunken old captain being attacked by local bullies and sprang to his defence. The old man was duly grateful and so Harry heard the first hints of the treasure which lay on Poison Island.

    This BBC1 serial was based on a novel of the same name published in 1907 by a novelist and academic who was also the most wholehearted of Cornishmen. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (he pronounced the name ‘Cooch’ and would remind offenders that he had “no connection with sofas”) was universally and affectionately known as ‘Q’ and spent much of his long life (1863 – 1944) as a literary critic and university teacher.

    Harry Brooks
    Kit Williams
    George Goodfellow
    John Bown
    Miss Plinlimmon
    Rosamund Greenwood
    Captain Branscombe
    Michael Gwynn
    Jack Rogers
    Terence Alexander
    Captain Coffin
    Billy Russell
    Major Brooks
    David Phethean
    Miss Belcher
    Pat Nye
    Dr Beauregard
    Austin Trevor
    Aaron Glass
    Jack Rodney
    Mr Stimcoe
    Carl Bernard
    Mrs Stimcoe
    Daphne Heard
    Sally
    Meg Ritchie
    Doggy Bates
    Paul Waller

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