A Little Princess (1986)
Sara Crewe is the pampered darling of her father, an army captain, and the Victorian London girls' school where he places her. But when her father dies, penniless, Sara becomes a skivvy in Miss Minchin's school, befriended only by the scullery maid, Becky, her friends Ermengarde and Lottie, a little monkey, a lascar, and the mysterious man next door.
Starring: Maureen Lipman, Amelia Shankley, Miriam Margolyes, Nigel Havers, David Yelland, Meera Syal, Tariq Alibai, Annette Badland, Natalie Abbott, Jake Wood.
* Music by British composer Rachel Portman.
*** This is the only version noted for being very faithful to the original text. (1986)
