Seventeen-year-old Richard and his parents take their annual seaside holiday in a guesthouse on England's east coast in the 1950s. Julia, a teenage girl holidaying with her parents in a nearby guesthouse, catches Richard's eye, but her Dutch friend Anna is intent on causing trouble.
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Edward Rawle-Hicks
Richard
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Pippa Hinchley
Anna
Known for
The Salt Path
Michael Palin
Known for
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Tristram Powell
Innes Lloyd
John Nettleton
Richard's Father
Known for
Yes Minister
And Soon the Darkness
Pat Heywood
Richard's Mother
Known for
Romeo and Juliet
10 Rillington Place
Oona Kirsch
Julia
Known for
Jolly Good Christmas
Allan Cuthbertson
Mr Horrobin
Known for
Edge of Darkness
Fawlty Towers
Janine Duvitski
Betty
Known for
Little Dorrit
Benidorm
Graham Crowden
Headmaster
Known for
Attila
Out of Africa
John Wagland
Edwin
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Screen Two
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Tristram Powell Director · Michael Palin Writer
First release February 1, 1987 · Produced in United Kingdom
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BBC
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 1, 1987
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