The Flame Trees of Thika (TV series)
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The Flame Trees of Thika[1] is a British television mini-series of seven hour-long episodes made by Euston Films for Thames Television in 1981, later released on VHS tapes and DVD disks. It was adapted by John Hawkesworth from the 1959 book of the same name, The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth Huxley, and is set in and around the town of Thika in Kenya's Central Province.
The story deals with the life of English settlers in this part of East Africa in 1913, when the country was a British colony. It features Hayley Mills, Holly Aird, David Robb and Ben Cross in the major roles.
The Flame Trees of Thika was filmed on location in Kenya, directed by Roy Ward Baker and produced by Hawkesworth and Christopher Neame with Verity Lambert as executive producer. The filming included aerial views of the actual Kenya-Uganda railway train as it traveled between Mombasa and Nairobi heading toward Uganda.
The television series was nominated for three BAFTA Television Awards, including Ian Wilson for Best Cinematography.
It was originally transmitted on the ITV network from 1 September to 13 October 1981 and was released on VHS (now deleted) and on DVD.
[edit] See also
- Red Strangers - a related novel by Elspeth Huxley.
- Out of Africa - book which begins in the same period in British East Africa.
[edit] Notes
- ^ The town name "Thika" is pronounced "tee-kah".
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