This six-part series from Central Television starred 14-year-old Derbyshire schoolgirl Katie Reynolds as Polly Flint, an imaginative young girl living in a small mining village with her parents, Tom (Malcolm Storry) and Alice (Emily Richard).
When her father is paralysed in a terrible mining accident, Polly is sent to live with her strict and starchy aunt (Susan Jameson) near Wellow in Nottinghamshire, where she meets Old Mazy (Don Henderson) – “the Catcher” -and discovers the secret of Grimstone – a mediaeval village that disappeared 400 years ago.
Most of the series – adapted from a book by Helen Cresswell (who also wrote Lizzie Dripping and Moondial) – was filmed at Clumber Park, Rufford Park, Car Colston and Nottinghamshire’s Dukeries.
The producer/director was David Cobham.
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Michael Hordern Polly Flint
Kate Reynolds Aunt Em
Susan Jameson Old Mazy
Don Henderson Alice Flint
Emily Richard Tom Flint
Malcolm Storry Sam Porter
Daniel Pope Granny Porter
Brenda Bruce Gil Porter
Jeremy Coote Davey Cole
Dylan Champion
When her father is paralysed in a terrible mining accident, Polly is sent to live with her strict and starchy aunt (Susan Jameson) near Wellow in Nottinghamshire, where she meets Old Mazy (Don Henderson) – “the Catcher” -and discovers the secret of Grimstone – a mediaeval village that disappeared 400 years ago.
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Old Mazy
