Henry and a left leg
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Henry and a left leg |
| Original title | Henry's Leg |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| year | 1984 |
| Production company |
Television South , Revcom Television |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 in 1 season |
| genre | Children's and youth series |
| Director | Michael Kerrigan |
| idea | based on the book Henry's Leg by Ann Pilling |
| production | John Dale |
| music | Michael Omer |
| First broadcast | October 20, 1986 on ITV |
| German-language first broadcast |
July 24, 1987 on Das Erste , regional program of the BR |
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Henry and a Left Leg (Original Title: Henry's Leg ) is a six-part British television series. It was adapted for television in 1984 by Roy Russel based on the youth novel Henry's Leg by Ann Pilling , which was awarded the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction in 1986. The television series was filmed at Maidstone Studios. The outside location was Faversham in Kent . From 1987 the series was broadcast in German synchronized version on the First German Television .
action
Henry distracts himself from the fact that his father has abandoned him and his mother by making garbage picking his hobby. When he takes the left leg of a mannequin with him, he gets into trouble because a gang of thieves has hidden stolen jewels in it.
Time slot
The six episodes were first broadcast from July 24, 1987 on Das Erste in the regional program of Bavarian Radio . From August 28, 1988 they were repeated every Sunday on the first , also from November 16, 1990 on Bavarian television and from April 5, 1991 on DFF 1 .
Web links
- Henry and a left leg at fernsehserien.de
- Henry and a left leg in the Kabel Eins series dictionary
- Henry and a left leg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Henry's leg on the British Film Institute's website bfi.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Review of Henry's leg on booksforkeeps.co.uk
- ↑ maidstonestudios.com