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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1980s 2 Mins Read

    Alice In Wonderland

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    4 x 30 minute episodes

    This four-part BBC1 musical dramatisation of the Lewis Carroll classic starred Kate Dorning in the title role and debuted on Sunday 5 January 1986.

    It’s a straightforward but faithful adaptation and stays true to Lewis Carroll’s original dialogue and doesn’t omit any major episodes, as some adaptations have. It’s clear. though, that the production was made on a children’s television budget and the green-screen work is frequently glaringly obvious.

    Each episode began with a sepia-toned scene showing Carroll (David Leonard) himself reading the story to Alice and her sisters.

    Dorning was too old for Alice really but gave a winsome and spirited performance, supported ably by a large cast, particularly Michael Wisher as a quietly menacing but suave Cheshire Cat, Pip Donaghy’s appropriately weird Mad Hatter, Jonathan Cecil as a nervous White Rabbit and Janet Henfrey’s intimidating Queen of Hearts. Elizabeth Sladen (Doctor Who‘s Sarah Jane) was Dormouse.

    Director Barry Letts and producer Terrance Dicks were also mainly known for their involvement with Doctor Who.

    Alice
    Kate Dorning
    White Rabbit
    Jonathan Cecil
    Duckworth
    Philip Trewinnard
    Lewis Carroll
    David Leonard
    Duck
    Jill Goldston
    The Robin
    Simon J. Williamson
    Monkey
    Frank McGregor
    Frog
    Stephanie Simm
    Dormouse
    Elisabeth Sladen
    Cheshire Cat
    Michael Wisher
    Queen of Hearts
    Janet Henfrey
    King of Hearts
    Brian Oulton
    Knave of Hearts
    Mark Bassenger
    Cook
    Freda Dowie
    Duchess
    Claire Davenport
    March Hare
    Neil Fitzwiliam
    Mad Hatter
    Pip Donaghy
    Executioner
    Andrew Dunford
    Parrots
    Barry Stearn
    Colin Gallacher
    Monkey
    Tessa Crockett
    Bill Lizard
    Stuart Fell
    Mother Canary
    Jo Kendall
    Gryphon
    Brian Miller
    Mock Turtle
    Roy Skelton
    Duck
    Crispin Letts
    Seven of Spades
    Michael Segal
    Five of Spades
    Graham Cull
    Two of Spades
    Terence Lodge
    Mouse
    Ysanne Churchman
    Pat Guinea Pig
    James Berwick
    Frog footman
    Neal Swettenham
    Child Canary
    Bernadette Windsor
    Dodo
    Ian Wallace
    Caterpillar
    Roy Macready
    Fish footman
    John Baker
    Old Magpie
    Alex Johnston
    Father William
    Terry Williams
    Father William’s son
    Ian Gant
    Alice’s sisters
    Sarah Jane Curran
    Alison Neil
    Joanne Rolfe

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