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Flambards is a novel by K. M. Peyton. The book and its sequels are set just before, during, and after World War I. The first book, originally published in 1967, tells how the teenage heroine, Christina, comes to live at Flambards (a country estate) with her tyrannical uncle and his two sons. She falls in love with one of her cousins and, later, with a stablelad. Its original sequels were The Edge of the Cloud and Flambards in Summer (both 1969); Flambards Divided (1981) controversially reversed the ending of the original trilogy. DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... K. M. Peyton is the pseudonym of husband and wife team Kathleen Wendy Herald Peyton (born August 2, 1929 in Birmingham) and Michael P. Peyton. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Edge Of The Cloud (1969) is the second novel in the Flambards sequence by K. M. Peyton. ... Flambards in Summer (1969) is the last book in the original Flambards trilogy by K. M. Peyton. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Flambards Divided (1981) is a sequel to the Flambards trilogy, written by K. M. Peyton. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Television adaptation

A popular British television series (made in 1978 but not shown until 1979) was based on the first three novels in the series - "Flambards Divided" had not been written at this stage. Called simply Flambards, the programme starred Christine McKenna. 13 50-minute episodes, shot on (very grainy) 16mm film, were made by Yorkshire Television for ITV, adapted by Alan Plater, Alex Glasgow and William Humble. The music soundtrack was written by David Fanshawe; the "Song of Christina", for which many best remember the series, was sung by the late Nick Curtis. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... (Redirected from 16mm film) 16mm film was initially created in the 1920s as an inexpensive amateur alternative to the conventional 35 mm film format. ... Yorkshire Television logo 1987 Yorkshire Television Limited is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding areas. ... Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... Alan Frederick Plater, CBE (born 15 April 1935) is an English playwright and screenwriter, who has worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s. ...

Video and DVD releases

The series initially appeared on PAL VHS in 1994, released by the now defunct Video Gems label, and then received a further video release in 1999 by Granada Television, which had taken over YTV in 1997. This was superseded by a region 2 DVD released by Granada subsidiary VCI in January 2004. However, this DVD was deleted in 2005. Top view VHS cassette with U.S. Quarter for scale Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed The Video Home System, first released in 1976, better known by its acronym VHS, is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by JVC (with some of... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Video Gems, which on occasion also marketed its product under the name TV Gems, was a prominent video label in the UK from the 1980s until it went bankrupt in April 1996. ... Look up Video on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Video (from Latin, I see) is the technology of processing electronic signals for representing moving pictures. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Granada TV logo, used from 1956 to 1968. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... January, from the Très riches heures du duc de Berry January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the United States, where the series has been consistently popular since its first transmission on PBS around 1980, it was released on region 1 DVD in June 2001. PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno (mythology), wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Episodes of Flambards were among those used to make the Rob Brydon comedy series Directors Commentary in 2004. Rob Brydon (born Robert Jones, May 3, 1965, Swansea) is a Welsh actor and comedian most famous for his role as Keith Barret in the BBC comedy Marion and Geoff and The Keith Barret Show. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Reruns

The series has also been repeated in the UK on archive channels such as Hallmark and UKTV Drama (then known as UK Drama), but has not been seen on terrestrial television since the early 1980s. UKTV Drama is a British television channel from the UKTV network. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

External links

• Flambards at the Internet Movie Database
• Flying Dreams - a Flambards fan page