A Little Princess (1986 TV serial)

A Little Princess
Format drama
Created by Carol Wiseman
Frances Hodgson Burnett (novel)
Starring Maureen Lipman
Amelia Shankley
Nigel Havers
David Yelland
Meera Syal
Tariq Alibai
Miriam Margolyes
Natalie Abbott
Country of origin United Kingdom
United States
No. of episodes 6
Production
Running time 163 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel LWT
PBS
Original run 1986 – 1986

A Little Princess (1986) is a mini-series based upon the novel, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was directed by Carol Wiseman and stars Amelia Shankley as Sara Crewe, Jessica Simpson (II) as Lottie, and Maureen Lipman as Miss Minchin.

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It is noted for being very faithful to the original text, and considerably different from the famous Shirley Temple movie. It also reunited Nigel Havers and David Yelland who performed together in the 1981 film, Chariots of Fire.

It was released on VHS several times, and on DVD on May 5, 2009; however, the versions are somewhat different. The VHS versions were released both on two and three tape sets in which some scenes were cut out and others shortened for time. More was added to the DVD version, but different scenes were cut short or altered for reasons unknown.

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