The Queen's Nose
Genre	Children's
Created by	Dick King-Smith
Developed by	BBC Film and General Productions Ltd
Starring	Victoria Shalet Paula Wilcox
Theme music composer	Carl Davis
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	44
Production
Location	London
Running time	25 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	May 1, 1995 – December 16, 2003
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Plot

It is about a girl called Harmony Parker who finds a magical 50p coin, which grants wishes every time the nose on the face of Queen Elizabeth II is rubbed. The British decimal fifty pence (50p) coin – often pronounced fifty pee – was issued on October 14, 1969 in the run-up to decimalisation to replace the ten shilling note. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...

After the third series Harmony throws the coin into a lake in order to give another child a chance to find it and use its powers. This is slightly different to the account in the book of the same name, in which rubbing the side of the coin that the Queen's nose is pointed at, will grant a wish, rather than rubbing the nose itself. Harmony does not throw the coin into a lake in the book, but out onto Wimbledon Common. The remaining series follow the adventures of the other children. The series had a moral thread running through it, namely teaching children not to be greedy and always use their power for good. Wimbledon and Putney Commons consist of a large open space south west of London comprising 1140 acres (4. ...

The television series

Harmony, played by Victoria Shalet

The novels were adapted into three television series by the BBC which were broadcast during the CBBC slot between 1995 and 1998. The first series won the Royal Television Society 1996 award for best Children's Drama,^[1] and the third series winning the Indie Awards 1999 prize for Digital Cinematography.^[2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Current CBBC Logo CBBC - short for Childrens BBC - is the brand-name for the BBCs childrens television programmes aimed at children aged between 6 and 12 years old. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ...

In 2000 the BBC revived the series with new stories, but without the main character Harmony, with a further four series being made between 2000 and 2003. Many viewers felt that the departure from the novels and the loss of the main character, played by Victoria Shalet, diminished the series.^[3] The later series did however still feature other members of the Parker family in various roles. The Queen's Nose is still being repeated regularly on the CBBC Channel as of 2007. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Victoria Shalet (December 9, 1981 - ), most famous for her role as Harmony in the CBBC adaptation of the Dick King Smith book The Queens Nose, was also notably in the horror film Haunted which also featured an early Kate Beckinsale. ... The CBBC Channel is a British television service aimed at 6 to 13 year olds produced by the BBC. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. ...

The Queen's Nose has also been broadcast in Germany, under the name Die Magische Münze (The Magic Coin).

Cast

• Harmony Parker - Victoria Shalet (series 1 to 5)
• Melody Parker - Heather-Jay Jones (series 1 to 6)
• Mr Arthur Parker - Stephen Moore (series 1 to 2, 4 to 5)
• Mrs Audrey Parker - Paula Wilcox (series 1, 2, 4, 5)
• Granny - Liz Smith (series 2)
• Aunt Glenda - Nerys Hughes (series 3)
• Uncle Ginger - Donald Sumpter (series 1)
• Himself - Gary Mabbutt (series 1)
• Gregory - Callum Dixon (series 1, 2, 3, 6)
• Tom - Anthony Hamblin (series 1, 2)
• Sam - Ella Jones (series 4, 5, 6)
• Mrs Dooley - Annette Badland (series 4, 5)
• Dino - Vicki Lee Taylor (series 3)
• Melody's Agent - Paul Danan (series 6)
• Jake - Jordan Metcalfe (series 7)
• Gemma - Lucinda Dryzek (series 7)
• Chief - David Sterne (series 7)
• Wesley - Sonny Muslim (series 7)
• Duncan - Nicholas Gleaves (series 7)
• Nick - Brock Everitt-Elwick (series 7)
• Carla - Juliet Cowan (series 7)
• Ben - Pablo Duarte (series 6,7)
• Mr Marsh - Bill Bingham (series 7)
• Darren - Angelo Andreou (series 7)
• Frank - Martin Jarvis (series 7)
• Pansy- Grace Atherton(series 4, 5, 6)
• Treasure

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Owners of The Queen's Nose

• Harmony Parker (series 1 to 3)
• Sam (series 4 to 6)
• Jake (series 7)

Video

Series 1, 2 and 3 have been classified by the BBFC for video release, although so far it appears that only the first two episodes of the first series were released on VHS in 1998 by Carlton Home Entertainment (now known as Granada Ventures/ITV DVD) The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is the organisation responsible for film classification (see Motion picture rating systems and History of British Film Certificates) within the United Kingdom. ... Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard. ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ...

References

External link

• The Queen's Nose at the Internet Movie Database
• British Film Institute database entry