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A Little Princess

1987 Drama 1 season

TMDB rating 7.7/10 Ended

Sara Crewe is the pampered daughter of an army colonel in a Victorian London girls' school. But when her father dies, penniless, Sara becomes a skivvy in Miss Michin's school, befriended only by the scullery maid, Becky, her friends Ermengarde and Lottie, a little monkey, a lascar, and the mysterious man next door. Based upon the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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  • Sara Crewe is the pampered daughter of an army colonel in a Victorian London girls' school. But when her father dies, penniless, Sara becomes a skivvy in Miss Michin's school, befriended only by the scullery maid, Becky, her friends Ermengarde and Lottie, a little monkey, a lascar, and the mysterious man next door.

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Cast and details

  • Amelia ShankleySara Crewe
  • Maureen LipmanMiss Maria Minchin
  • Miriam MargolyesMiss Amelia Minchin
  • Annette BadlandCook
  • Natalie AbbottBecky
  • Alison ReynoldsErmengarde St John
  • Katrina HeathLavinia Herbert
  • Joanna DukesJessie
  • Nigel HaversThomas Carrisford
  • Johanna HargreavesHenrietta
  • Jessica SimpsonLottie Leigh
  • David YellandRalph Crewe
Created by
Jeremy Burnham
Network
ITV1
First aired
Jan 18, 1987
Latest episode
Feb 22, 1987

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