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The Childhood Friend (Original title)
Date: 27 June 1974 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Mike Newell

Synopsis: Alexander Tashkov is on holdiday with his family. His wife falls ill and he has nothing to do, when he bumps into the girl he once loved when he was 17.

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TV Transmissions
Date: 27 June 1974Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:25-22:35Slot duration: 70 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound

Credits (6)
Production Company: BBC TV, Producer: Graeme McDonald, Script Editor: Ann Scott, Script: Piers Paul Read, Designer: Richard Wilmot
Cast (9)
Anthony Hopkins (Alexander Tashkov), Susan Fleetwood (Janet Morton), Alison Key (Alice Tashkov), George Pravda (Nikolay Tashkov), Joan Haythorne (May Tashkov), Peter Duncan (Peter Tashkov), Michael Hawkins (John Morton), Sarah Gibson (Laura Morton), David Neal (Dr Ackerly)