The read
The series ran 1 season across 6 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.4/10
23 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Miniseries | 6 ep1987 |
Key crew
- Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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 HaversCarrisford
Stills
Themes
london, englandboarding schoolbullyinggirls' boarding schooldeath of fatherminiseriesorphanperiod dramabased on children's bookliterary adaptationriches to ragsbritish raj