TV series

A Little Princess

1987★ 7.7 · 23Ended1 seasonDrama

Overview

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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Cast

Amelia Shankley
as Sara Crewe

Maureen Lipman
as Miss Maria Minchin

Miriam Margolyes
as Miss Amelia Minchin

Annette Badland
as Cook

Natalie Abbott
as Becky

Alison Reynolds
as Ermengarde St John

Katrina Heath
as Lavinia Herbert

Joanna Dukes
as Jessie

Crew

Frances Hodgson Burnett
Novel

Colin Schindler
Producer

Nick Elliott
Executive Producer

Rachel Portman
Original Music Composer

David Taylor
Director of Photography

Clayton Parker
Editor

Leslie Weeks
Casting

Gordon Melhuish
Production Design

Linda Mattock
Costume Design

Wendy Brown
Makeup Artist

Mike Fairman
Sound

Colin Shindler
Producer

Seasons

Miniseries

Episodes: 6

Information

Community

7.7/ 10

23 TMDB votes · limited sample

7.7

Created by: Jeremy Burnham

First air date: 1987-01-18

Show status: Ended

Genres

Drama

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