The Burston Rebellion (1985)

Drama reconstructing the events of a strike by the schoolchildren of a Norfolk school in 1914, who refused to accept the dismissal of their teachers, Tom and Annie Higdon, who were both socialists.

Cast (26)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Eileen Atkins

Kitty Higdon

Bernard Hill

Tom Higdon

John Shrapnel

Rev. Charles Tucker Eland

T

Thelma Whiteley

Mrs Eland

Nicola Cowper

Violet Potter

Geoffrey Chater

Magistrate

John Abineri

Farmer Fowler

H

Henry Moxon

Frederick Starr

Peter Benson

Peggram

R

Robert Duncan

Casey

M

Maggie Riley

Mrs Philpot

J

Jon Laurimore

George Durbidge

Norman Jones

Walter Garnham

J

John Gleeson

John Potter

Peter Whitbread

Noah Sandy

A

Alan Mason

John Aldrich

L

Linda Roberts

Thirza Moore

Peter Tuddenham

Clerk of Courts

N

Norman Fisher

Labourer

Alexandra Boyd

Marjory Ling

H

Helen Bugdale

Sabina Durbidge

R

Richard Gallop

Willie Sprunt

I

Ian Latham

Jack Mullinger

L

Lusha Kellgren

Ethel Cummings

L

Lynne Radford

Gertie Stearner

Frank Mills

Farmer Edwards

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