The White Bird Passes
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' I don't want to dust and polish. And I don't want to work on a farm. I want to write poetry, great poetry, as great as Shakespeare.' Those are the words of 16-year-old Janie as she comes to the end of a seven-year stay at an Aberdeenshire orphanage. (BBC Genome)
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Isobel Black
Liza
Known for
10 Rillington Place
Twins of Evil
Phyllis Logan
Janie (age 16)
Known for
Downton Abbey
No Way Up
Vicki Masson
Janie (age 9)
Known for
Rob Roy
Irene Sunters
Known for
The Wicker Man
Edge of Darkness
Jean Faulds
Known for
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Binkie Darling
Rose McBain
Also in
House on the Hill
Monarch of the Glen
James Kennedy
Also in
Local Hero
Crusoe
Eileen McCallum
Known for
The Legend of Barney Thomson
My Childhood
Marjorie Dalziel
Also in
Brotherly Love
An Enemy of the People
Ian Stewart
Also in
Traffik
Local Hero
Sheila Donald
Also in
Mirror, Mirror
New Town Killers
Michael Radford Director · Jessie Kesson Author
First release April 20, 1980 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
BBC Scotland
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 20, 1980
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