Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But the girls must fend for themselves when Gum doesn't return from one of his adventures. Together, they nurture their passions for acting, aviation and ballet in this charming TV adaptation of Noel Streatfield's novel.
- dancing
- london
- england
- ballet
- orphan
- based on children's book
- woman director
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Lucy Boynton — Posy Fossil
- Marc Warren — Mr. Simpson
- Richard Griffiths — Great Uncle Matthew
- Lucy Cohu — Theo Dane
- Gemma Jones — Dr. Jakes
- Harriet Walter — Dr. Smith
- Eileen Atkins — Madame Fidolia
- Heather Nicol — Winifred Bagnall
- Mary Stockley — Miss Jay
- Teresa Churcher — Clara
- Skye Bennett — Young Sylvia
- Directed
- Sandra Goldbacher
- Written
- Heidi Thomas
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 276 ratings
- Studio
- Granada Television, BBC
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
