Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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01 | The Cold War Of Sunnyside Close | 20040614 | By Charlotte Cory A new series of comic, sometimes surreal adventures set in 1960s Luton. Cursed with a name no one can pronounce, she cannot spell and everyone likes to make fun of, 10 year-old Allaetitia escapes the dreary confines of her life by endlessly telling stories and allowing her imagination to get the better of her.It is a long, hot summer at the height of the Cold War and Allaetitia is about to get rather more than she bargained for when she discovers a spy on her street in the guise of an ice cream man. Allaetitia....Patricia Hodge BBC Home Service....Geoffrey Wheeler Young Allaetitia....Natasha Barnes Father/Grice....David Fleeshman Mother....Janice Mckenzie Percival....Ashley Margolis Hortense....Rosie Fleeshman Jack Frosty....Alexander Delamere Librarian/Neighbour....Christine Brennan Directed by Katherine Beacon and Susan Roberts |
02 | The Ancient City Of Linoleum | 20040615 | " Allaetitia is desperate for a TV set to watch a programme about Roman Britain which all the girls at school are talking about. Her mother strongly disapproves of television, she thinks it is 'common', so Allaetitia puts her imagination to work and somehow finds herself having tea with a Roman Centurion. Allaetitia....Patricia Hodge BBC Home Service....Geoffrey Wheeler Young Allaetitia....Natasha Barnes Father/Northener....David Fleeshman Mother....Janice Mckenzie Percival....Ashley Margolis Hortense....Rosie Fleeshman Centurion....Alexander Delamere Librarian/Mrs Northener....Christine Brennan Mrs Mac/Neighbour....Ann Rye Directed by Katherine Beacon and Susan Roberts " |
03 | The Space Race | 20040616 | Parallels between her father's botched attempts to install central heating and the radio news reports about the American and RUSSIAn Space Race, fill Allaetitia's imagination with the notion that her missing cat may well have gone on a mission to the moon. Allaetitia....Patricia Hodge BBC Home Service....Geoffrey Wheeler Young Allaetitia....Natasha Barnes Father/Builder....David Fleeshman Mother....Janice Mckenzie Percival....Ashley Margolis Hortense....Rosie Fleeshman Milkman/Foreman....Alexander Delamere Directed by Katherine Beacon and Susan Roberts |
04 | Allaetitia's Birthday Wish | 20040617 | Allaetitia dreams of being allowed to grow her hair so that she is no longer mistaken for a boy. It appears that a disastrous pedalo excursion with her 'fab' Aunt Ida is exactly the thing to make her wish come true. Allaetitia....Patricia Hodge BBC Home Service....Geoffrey Wheeler Young Allaetitia....Natasha Barnes Father....David Fleeshman Mother....Janice Mckenzie Percival....Ashley Margolis Hortense....Rosie Fleeshman Taxi driver/Barry/Gorman....Alexander Delamere Ida....Christine Brennan Directed by Katherine Beacon and Susan Roberts |
05 LAST | The Case Of The Missing Pork Chop | 20040618 | " When the Queen comes to Luton to open the new Civic Centre, Allaetitia is left at home alone to finish her homework. Could it be that her vegetarian mother's Sunday ritual of making the children eat burnt pork chops, 'in case the Queen comes to dinner', is about to come in very handy...? Allaetitia....Patricia Hodge BBC Home Service....Geoffrey Wheeler Young Allaetitia....Natasha Barnes Father....David Fleeshman Mother....Janice Mckenzie Percival....Ashley Margolis Hortense....Rosie Fleeshman Milkman....Alexander Delamere Queen....Christine Brennan Directed by Katherine Beacon and Susan Roberts " |