The Growing Summer(1968)
First Air Date: 1968-09-01
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 0.0
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Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
“The Growing Summer,” on the ITV network, tomorrow (8.15) features Wendy Hiller. “The Growing Summer,” a novel for children by Noel Streatfeild, has been dramatised for television by Eric Thompson. The story, in seven episodes, is the second series presented in London Weekend Television's “Heyday Theatre". The series has been filmed in colour on location at Bantry Bay, Southern Ireland, which was Miss Streatfeild’s original setting for her book. “The Growing Summer” is a story about four children who have been sent to stay with eccentric Great Aunt Dymphna, while their parents are abroad. They are joined by the mysterious Stephan (played by Louis Selwyn). The story tells how the children's personalities are developed under the guidance of their Great Aunt, a whimsical, almost magical old lady, played by Wendy Hiller. The children are played by Hoagy Davies (Alex), Zuleika Robson (Penny), Mark Ward (Robin), and Laura Hartong (Naomi).
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
The Telegram
Air Date: 1968-09-01
Adventure is triggered off by a telegram. When their father becomes ill in Bangkok, four English children are sent b...
E02
Reenmore
Air Date: 1968-09-08
Slightly eccentric Great Aunt Dymphna collects the four children and drives them to her old, derelict house.
E03
Stephan
Air Date: 1968-09-15
The children hide a foreigner named Stephan in the house. Stephan explains that he is a foreigner on the run from his...
E04
Blood
Air Date: 1968-09-22
Penny and Naomi become alarmed when their aunt and the boys fail to return from a fishing trip.
E05
Danger
Air Date: 1968-09-29
The mystery of Stephen’s identity has been solved. Intrigued by Stephen's predicament, the children follow a trail th...
E06
Return
Air Date: 1968-10-06
In the final episode of this six-part children’s adventure serial, the children hear that their father’s health has i...
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