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Shadow Play (Original title)A Victorian Mystery (Working title)
Date: March 2004 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Dirk Campbell

Synopsis: A five-part drama which offers a child's-eye view of life in Victorian Britain. Follows a mystery adventure story across centuries to discover a world in which the rights and responsibilities of children in the 9-11 age group were very different from those of today. The episode titles are: A Light at the window; The Girl in Blue; A Flicker at the Fairground; Pnatoms and photographs (aka Photos and phantoms); A Secret comes to light.

Genre:
School programme and Educational film

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TV Transmissions
Date: March 2004Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 10:50-11:10Slot duration: 20 mins - Colour - Sound
Date: November 2004Broadcast channel: CBBCCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 10:05-10:25Slot duration: 20 mins

Credits (5)
Production Company: BBC Education, Executive Producer: Sue Nott, Producer: S arah Miller, Script: Carolyn Sally Jones
Cast (16)
Jack Bannon (Ben), Naomi Miller (Emma), Patrick Robinson (Cal), Sophie Aldred (Roz), Anabel Barnston (Hester Moreton), Timothy Bentinck (Uncle Augustus), Laura Davenport (Aunt Sophie), Janine Duvitski (Katie), Faye Jackson (The Girl in Blue), Cameron Crighton (Nathan), Francis Magee (Mr Bob Trimby), Patience Tomlinson (Mrs Alice Trimby), Adam Donnelly (George Moreton), Angellica Bell (Presenter), Doreen Mantle (Queen Victoria), Paul Bigley (Dogsbody)