TV series

A Little Princess

1987 · 1 season

A gentle, heartfelt Victorian tale of cruelty and kindness, where small acts of warmth shine against cold hardship and quiet injustice.

Overview: Sara Crewe is the pampered daughter of an army colonel in a Victorian London girls' school. But when her father dies, penniless, Sara becomes a skivvy in Miss Michin's school, befriended only by the scullery maid, Becky, her friends Ermengarde and Lottie, a little monkey, a lascar, and the mysterious man next door. Based upon the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Grief, friendship, class, identity
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
friendship
class
identity
found family
Places: big city
school
home
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: serialised
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none