This seven-part series from ATV was set in the Victorian era and based on a story published in 1882 by F. Anstey, the pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie.
13-year-old Dick Bultitude (Paul Spurrier) wishes he didn’t have to return to school, but having made his wish over the magical Garuda stone – a talisman given to him by his Uncle Marmaduke (Jeremy Child) – he finds himself magically transformed into his dapper but pompous 42-year-old businessman father Paul (Peter Bowles) – and vice versa.
Paul (as Dick) finds it difficult to adapt to Victorian public school life and earns a reputation with his fellow pupils as both a sneak and a coward whilst Dick (as Paul) almost ruins his father’s business.
lain Cuthbertson co-starred as terrifying headmaster, Dr Grimestone.
Exterior scenes of the school were filmed at Northaw Place near Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.
Paul/Dick Bultitude
Peter Bowles Dick/Paul Bultitude
Paul Spurrier Barbara Bultitude
Claire Parker Dr Grimstone
Iain Cuthbertson Coggs
Roderick Hart Jolland
Robin Crane Tipping
Rupert Graves Porter
Anthony Rowson Mr Blinkhorn
David Simeon Dulcie Grimstone
Rebecca Lacey Marmaduke
Jeremy Child Roly
Timothy Stark Rosie
Saskia Downes Coker
Adam Bass Maybanks
Christopher Banks Boaler
John Blain
Episodes
The Transformation | The Outcast | The Trial | The Fight | The Letter | The Escape | The Reckoning
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