BBC2 Play of the Week

On Giant's Shoulders

Directed by Anthony Simmons
S2 • E12    Mar 28, 1979    90m
8.5
A middle-aged childless couple on a remote farm adopt a Black boy with no limbs due to the effects of Thalidomide. They encounter a great deal of resistance and scepticism from their friends and neighbours.

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Cast of On Giant's Shoulders

  • Bryan PringleLen Wiles
  • Judi DenchHelen Wiles
  • Terry WilesSelf
  • Tim WyltonLen Curry
  • Jean RimmerMiss Hudson
  • Hilda BraidSister Paige
  • Annabel LeventonJournalist
  • Anthony SimmonsDirector / Writer
  • William HumbleWriter
  • Mark ShivasProducer
  • Michael RobsonBook
  • Marjorie WallaceBook

 

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