The Flame Trees of Thika(1981)
Drama
First Air Date: 1981-09-01
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 7.7
Votes: 3
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
Elspeth and her unconventional parents decide to settle down in Kenya and begin a coffee plantation. This is a time of discovery for Elspeth, as she encounters the incredible beauty and cruelty of nature, and new friendships with both Africans and British expatriates. A side plot involves the beautiful and bored British Lettice Palmer who enters into an affair with a handsome safari guide. Eventually, however, the excitement of Elspeth's life is disrupted by the onset of WW I, and the changes it brings.
Keywords
africaworld war iplantationsafarikenyaminiseries1910scoffee plantation
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Season 1
Episodes: 7E01
The Promised Land
Air Date: 1981-09-01
Robin Grant, his wife Tilley and 10 year-old daughter Elspeth arrive in East Africa in the early years of the 20th ce...
E02
Hyenas Will Eat Anything
Air Date: 1981-09-08
The Grants get new neighbors when Hereward and Lettice Palmer arrive. He was an officer in the British Indian Army an...
E03
Happy New Year
Air Date: 1981-09-15
At the end of 1913, Tilly and Robin travel to Nairobi with the Palmers to ring in the new year. They leave Eslpeth in...
E04
Friends in High Places
Air Date: 1981-09-22
Elspeth and Sammy are in put in danger when they face a herd of rampaging elephants. Mrs. Nimmo attends to Sammy's wi...
E05
A Real Sportsman
Air Date: 1981-09-29
The Palmers receive their new piano and face a challenge in getting it moved to the farm. Hereward is worried about L...
E06
Safari
Air Date: 1981-10-08
With Robin and Elspeth staying behind at the farm, Tilly joins the Palmers and Ian Crawford on safari. Lettice finall...
E07
The Drums of War
Air Date: 1981-10-13
With Robin away, Tilly decides to go to Nairobi to do what she can for he war effort. As a result, Elspeth must go li...
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