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Ballet Shoes

1975 · 1 season

A gentle, warm-hearted period serial that unfolds at a leisurely pace, like a comforting Sunday-evening read-aloud.

Overview
Ballet Shoes is British television adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's novel Ballet Shoes first broadcast on BBC One in 1975. Adapted by John Wiles and directed by Timothy Combe, the series was aired in six parts on Sunday evenings. It was aired by PBS in the United States on 27 December 1976.
How it feels
Warm, earnest and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Family, found family, ambition, coming-of-age
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Created by
Noel Streatfeild
Written by
John Wiles
Starring
Elizabeth Morgan, Sarah Prince, Jane Slaughter, Angela Thorne, Barbara Lott, Terence Skelton, Joanna David, Sheila Keith
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 25 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom

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