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Flambards is a television series of 13 episodes which was broadcast in the United Kingdom in 1979 on ITV [5] [6] and in the United States in 1980. The series was based on the three Flambards novels of English author K. M. Peyton .
Flambards is a novel for children or young adults by K. M. Peyton, first published by Oxford University Press in 1967 with illustrations by Victor Ambrus. Alternatively, "Flambards" is the trilogy (1967–1969) or series (1967–1981) named after its first book. The series is set in England just before, during, and after World War I.
For the Flambards series, Peyton won both the 1969 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association [2] and the 1970 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, judged by a panel of British children's writers. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ a ] In 1979, the Flambards trilogy was adapted by Yorkshire Television [ 4 ] as a 13-part TV series, Flambards , starring Christine ...
Anton Diffring in an episode of One Step Beyond (1961). With numerous World War II film and television productions being produced in England from the 1950s, Diffring's "Germanic" physical type of blond hair, pale blue eyes and chiselled features saw him regularly cast in roles as Nazi military officers in films such as Albert R.N. (1953) and The Colditz Story (1955). [3]
Alan Parnaby is a British television and film actor whose career has spanned four decades and who perhaps is best known for playing William Russell in the period drama Flambards (1979). Career [ edit ]
Christine McKenna (born 1951) is a British actress active during the 1970s and 1980s, best known for playing Christina in the television series Flambards. Early life [ edit ]
Rosalie Williams (12 June 1919 – 11 December 2009) was an English actress best known for her appearance as Mrs. Hudson in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes television series produced by Granada Television from 1984 until 1994 alongside Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, and Colin Jeavons. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Judd appeared regularly on TV. [4] In particular, he played the tyrannical uncle, William Russell, in the 1979 TV mini-series Flambards. He also appeared in Thriller (1975), The Sweeney and The Onedin Line in supporting roles. Very little is known of his life after the 1970s.