The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris
(1979)
TV Miniseries
Country: UK
Genre: Black Comedy
Synopsis
A rarity in children's entertainment ? a black comedy. Harris (Jim Harris) enlists the aid of his best friend Bostock (Matthew Beamish) in his plan to expose his baby sister, Adelaide, on a hillside, convinced that, if he does so, a vixen "with full dugs" will spontaneously emerge from a nearby forest and nurse the child as its own. Unfortunately, a courting couple come across the baby, and adopt it, whilst Harris tries to cover his tracks by replacing the baby he's stolen with a foundling, to be passed off as a "gypsy changeling"...
Notes
- Based on the 1972 novel of the same name by Leon Garfield
- The German release DVD of this miniseries (UK Amazon link at top right of this page) includes the option to play the episodes in English without subtitles.
Cast
- Jim Harris
(Harris) - Matthew Beamish
(Bostock) - Timothy Davies
(Mr. Brett) - Derek Francis
(Dr. Bunnion) - Jean Harvey
(Mrs. Bunnion) - Amanda Kirby
(Tizzy Alexander) - Christian Bullock
(Sorley) - Guy Hewitt
(Schoolboy) - Adam Stafford
(Boy in churchyard) - Gorden Kaye
(Adam Alexander)
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