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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1980s 2 Mins Read

    Swish of the Curtain, The

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    This BBC series featured a group of seven precocious posh boys and girls who start their own theatre company – the Blue Door Theatre Company – in a disused chapel and produce plays.

    Nigel (Simon Cowell-Parker) designs scenery, Jeremy (Dominic Savage) composes music, Sandra (Sarah Greene) makes costumes and “Bulldog” (Ashley Knight) shines in comic roles.

    The kids have to work hard to be taken seriously and to impress the judges of the Seymore Trophy acting competition in a bid to be allowed to attend drama school to realise their dream of a career in the professional theatre.

    The short series – made by the BBC in association with the Australian Broadcasting Commission – was based on a 1941 children’s novel by an author called Pamela Brown.

    Lynette Darwin
    Amanda Kirby
    Jeremy Darwin
    Dominic Savage
    Mrs Darwin
    Shirley Dixon
    Nigel Halford
    Simon Cowell-Parker
    Percy ‘Bulldog’ Halford
    Ashley Knight
    Victoria ‘Viccy’ Jane Halford
    Sally Jane Jackson
    Mrs Halford
    Marian Diamond
    Mr Halford
    Peter Clay
    Sandra Fayne
    Sarah Greene
    Madeleine ‘Maddy’ Fayne
    Jayne Stevens
    Mrs Fayne
    Jane Briers
    Mr Fayne
    Davyd Harries
    Mrs Potter-Smith
    Mona Bruce
    Mrs Bell
    Jeanne Watts
    Mr Bell
    David Stoll
    Mr Darwin
    Robert Austin
    Mrs Fortune
    Joyce Windsor
    Mr Fortune
    Derek Ensor
    Pinkie
    Eliza Buckingham

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