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A Castle and Sixpence

1954 · 1 season

A gentle, slightly eerie mystery that unfolds slowly in a creaky old castle, with a warm family at its heart.

Created by
Dorothea Brooking
Genres
Mystery, Action & adventure
Starring
Cicely Walper, Wilfred Downing, Elizabeth Saunders
Overview
Widowed Mrs Martingale and her four children inherit a castle in the will of an elderly relative. When they move in they find dear old Miss Button, the housekeeper, a whole host of cats and, odder still, a boy called Christopher Sixpence who keeps appearing and disappearing. What is he doing there?

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Created by
Dorothea Brooking
Genres
Mystery, Action & adventure
Starring
Cicely Walper, Wilfred Downing, Elizabeth Saunders
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • mystery
  • identity
  • isolation
  • memory
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
mystery, action & adventure
Created by
Dorothea Brooking
Written by
Dorothea Brooking
Starring
Cicely Walper, Wilfred Downing, Elizabeth Saunders, Caroline Denzil, Colin Gibson, Enid Lorimer, William Simons, Tony Van Bridge
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 30 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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