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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1970s 1 Min Read

    Sam and the River

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    A welcome diversion from more typical BBC home counties fare, this adventure thriller was set in the heart of London’s docklands long before its redevelopment in the 1980s.

    Sam Leigh (Simon West) was the story’s hero, a boy who lived above a pub, bringing a working-class touch to an otherwise predictable tale of crooks undone by a young boy’s ingenuity and the help of a trusty coastguard.

    Written and produced by Peggy Miller, more usually responsible for buying in and adapting European imports for the department, the story seems to have been built around whatever interesting locations were convenient for filming.

    The plot takes in an old sea fort overlooking the Thames estuary, Greenhithe, Greenwich and a trip by hydrofoil.

    Sam Leigh
    Simon West
    Katie Leigh
    Jo Rowbottom
    Patrick Flint
    Harry Markham
    Alan Flint
    Bryan Marshall
    John Taylor
    Christopher Coll
    Smithy
    Peter Woodthorpe
    Paul Redmond
    Mark Dightam
    Bill
    Billy Cornelius
    Mr Ashton
    Donald Churchill
    Lt. Hodges
    Ben Aris
    George Warren, Coastguard
    Myles Hoyle
    Captain André
    George Mikell
    Alison
    June Page
    Mrs Redmond
    Sally Horne
    Mrs Warren
    Diana Rayworth

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