When the Whales Came

A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the whales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.

• Clive ReesDirector
• Michael MorpurgoScreenplay

• Paul ScofieldThe Birdman
• David ThrelfallJack Jenkins
• Helen MirrenClemmie Jenkins
• Helen PearceGracie Jenkins
• Max RennieDaniel Pender
• David SuchetWill
• Jeremy KempMr. Wellbeloved
• John HallamTreve Pender
• Barbara EwingMary Pender
• Dexter FletcherBig Tim
• Nicholas JonesVicar
• Joanna BartholemewMiss Tregarthen