Badger Girl
| Badger Girl | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Andrew Davies[1] |
| Starring | Charles Collingwood, Julia Millbank, Margo Gunn, Katie Hebb |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Sue Paton[2] |
| Running time | 20 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| Release | 21 September[3] – 27 November 1984 |
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Badger Girl is a ten-part educational BBC Look and Read television production, which was first aired on BBC2 in 1984.
Cast[edit]
- Gary Watson as Narrator
- Margo Gunn as Jane Miles
- Ashiek Madhvani as Kiran Singh
- Julia Millbank as Debbie West
- Kieron O'Shea as Norman Bolt
- Nick Orchard as Mick Rudge
- John Hollis as Mr. Barker
- James Marston as Mr. Deal
- William Squire as Sam North
- June Marlow as Mrs. Rudge
- Charles Collingwood and Katie Hebb as Wordy
- Mary Edwards as Puppeteer
Crew[edit]
- Writers - Andrew Davies and Mary Hoffman
- Director - Andrew Davies
- Producers - Susan Paton and Roger Fry
Plot[edit]
Three children are on holiday on a farm in Dartmoor. They discover two crooks who are pony-rustling, and are determined to stop them.[4] Educational songs featured the character Stripey the 'superbadger'. [5]
Episodes[edit]
- Sounds in the Night
- Stripey the Badger
- Running Away
- The Badgerman
- Lost on the Moor
- The Secret Passage
- Mick's Map
- Finding the Ponies
- Panic on the Lake
- Stripey the Superbadger
Further reading[edit]
- Badger Girl at Broadcast for Schools - containing airdates, summaries and full cast information
References[edit]
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Davies, Andrew (1936-) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "Badger Girl (1984)". Archived from the original on 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Badger Girl, Look and Read - BBC Two". BBC.
- ^ "BBC Two - Look and Read, Badger Girl - Episode guide". BBC.
- ^ "Broadcast For Schools - Look and Read: Badger Girl".
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Categories:
- BBC Television
- Television shows written by Andrew Davies
- Look and Read
- 1980s British children's television series
- 1984 British television series debuts
- 1984 British television series endings
- BBC children's television shows
- British television shows for schools
- British television series with live action and animation
- Reading and literacy television series
- British crime television series
- Dartmoor
- Television shows based on novels
- Television shows set in Devon
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