Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Leave a family of children aged between eight & 16 to run a flat on their own & what happens? Can they cope without adult assistance? Should they be left to muddle through alone or would they be happier & safer in the care of the local authority? Just how the Gathercole family
- Jess (at 16 the matriarch) Binny (14) Willy (12) & George (9)
- manages to survive in such circumstances is the premise of this major children&s series broadcast in the early 1970s Starting from the time their widowed mother is suddenly taken into hospital & later after her death The Kids from 47A chronicles four very different siblings overcoming a multitude of problems & misfortunes
- sometimes dramatic sometimes full of humour The Kids from 47A was the brainchild of Black Beauty actress Charlotte Mitchell & its high-calibre writing team include Brookside & Hollyoaks creator Phil Redmond novelist Lynda La Plante & noted screenwriter John Kane Actors Christine Mc Kenna Gaynor Hodgson Russell Lewis & Nigel Greaves Certificate PGYear 1973 Screen 1331 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Duration 6 hours & 15 minutes (approx)