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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1970s 2 Mins Read

    Pollyanna

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    1 9 7 3 (UK)
    6 x 25 minute episodes

    Polly Harrington (Elaine Stritch) is middle-aged, rich and extremely bitter following a broken love affair. She has grown accustomed to her solitary existence and it is therefore only out of duty that she feels she should take responsibility for Pollyanna (Elizabeth Archard), her recently orphaned niece.

    Regardless of her own personal grief, Pollyanna believes that there is nothing that cannot be overcome by a positive attitude – something she refers to as her “just being glad game”.

    She has much work to do in a town where there are many unhappy people but within a very short space of time, Pollyanna’s happy disposition has warmed the hearts of those she meets.

    Mr Pendleton (Ray McAnally), the ill-tempered bachelor, soon yearns for a child of his own, and bedridden Mrs Snow (Valerie Colgan) grows to cherish every one of Pollyanna’s visits. Even Aunt Polly finds herself charmed and slowly begins to unearth happiness she had long forgotten.

    Tragedy strikes when, returning from school, Pollyanna is run over. Although she survives, her legs are badly broken, and her positive attitude is put to the test as she comes to terms with the fact that she cannot walk.

    Worthy of note is the serial’s American setting (Vermont) which meant that the BBC had to recreate US locales with varying degrees of success, both in studio and in filmed environs closer to home (Surprisingly, English countryside looks nothing like American countryside).

    Elaine Stritch is the only genuine American in the cast and elsewhere there are various struggles with American accents.

    Pollyanna
    Elizabeth Archard
    Aunt Polly
    Elaine Stritch
    Nancy
    Paddy Frost
    John Pendleton
    Ray McAnally
    Timothy
    Robert Coleby
    Jimmy Bean
    Stephen Galloway
    Dr Chilton
    Paul Maxwell
    Old Tom
    Donald Bisset
    Milly Snow
    Valerie Colgan
    Mrs Payson
    Mary Healey
    Nora Bates
    Mildred Shaw
    Cook
    Lilian Padmore

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