The adventures of a teenage boy sent to his country relatives during World War I.The adventures of a teenage boy sent to his country relatives during World War I.The adventures of a teenage boy sent to his country relatives during World War I.
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- TriviaThe series was filmed in colour, even though British TV was still black-and-white at the time, in anticipation of Britain's imminent upgrade to colour television and with a view to selling the series overseas in countries such as Canada which already had colour television.
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[opening titles: introduction to each episode, over scenes of a "War Declared" newspaper headline; a platoon of soldiers whistling as they march to war; Mrs Kirkby and Stan Hobbs looking up and Tom and Julie running to the garden gate to watch them pass by]
Voiceover: August 1914. The Great War. They said it would all be over by Christmas. But a year passed and the lanes of England still echoed to the tramp of marching feet. With each month, still more of England's manhood was drawn to the battlefields of France. Life at home would be difficult without them, and those left behind needed strength and courage. For the young, it was a time of great adventure - the adventure of filling their father's place in a nation stripped of men. One such adventurer was Tom Grattan... and this is his story.
- Alternate versionsWhen the show was broadcast on the TVOntario public television network in the Canadian province of Ontario in the 1970's, each episode was followed by a short segment starring Andrea Martin who discussed basic elements of filmmaking using the preceding episode for examples. The concluding episode of the series' first story arc is an exception with Martin's segment edited into the episode just before its climax to discuss with viewers how the story is going to be resolved, and then shows the episode's resolution.
Seeing the series again, 40 years later, after first seeing it when I about 15 years of age, my high opinion of it and enjoyment of it is undiminished. It is one of my three favorite TV series.
The series is intended for children's entertainment, so the wartime setting jars somewhat, but in some cases this is counterbalanced by a sympathetic treatment of several of the German characters.
- DonaldBruceTelfer
- May 24, 2014
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- Also known as
- La guerra de Tom Grattan
- Filming locations
- Hazler Lane, Appletreewick, Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, UK(opening titles: soldiers on horseback lead a platoon of soldiers marching away from a village)
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