ITV Home Entertainment Classic Girls Collection: Pollyanna / Railway Children / Ballet Shoes
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Zavvi - The Home of Pop CulturePolyannaThis enchanting version of Eleanor H. Porter's timelessly popular story stars Amanda Burton as Aunt Polly alongside a prestigious cast including Kenneth Cranham, Pam Ferris and Tom Bell. Set in 1913, Pollyanna is the classic story of an orphaned girl who starts a new life with her strict spinster Aunt. The 'glad game' she plays, of finding a silver lining in every cloud, transforms the inhabitants of a joyless community and brings love into the life of her Aunt. Then something so terrible happens to Pollyanna herself that even she doesn't know how to feel glad anymore... Starring: Amanda Burton as Aunt Polly Georgina Terry as Pollyanna, Pam Ferris as Mrs Snow Tom Bell as Old Tom, David Bamber as Reverend FordThe Railway Children Three Edwardian children Roberta (Jemina Rooper), Peter (Jack Blumenau), and Phyllis (Clare Thomas) move to Yorkshire with their mother (Jenny Agutter) when their father (Michael Kitchen) is falsely imprisoned as a spy. The nearby railway becomes the centre of their new life, providing them with many adventures whilst they strive to prove their father's innocence... The Railway Children is based upon the classic children's book written by Edith Nesbit.Ballet ShoesSet in 1930s London, Ballet Shoes tells the inspiring tale of Pauline (Emma Watson), Petrova (Yasmin Paige) and Posy Fossil (Lucy Boynton), who are adopted by an eccentric explorer, Gum (Richard Griffiths), and raised as sisters by his selfless niece (Emilia Fox) and her nurse (Victoria Wood). Each of the girls has a dream to fulfil; Pauline longs to be an actress, Petrova yearns to be an aviator, and Posy seems born to be a ballerina. But when Gum disappears, the money runs out and feisty, ambitious and devoted Fossils find they must fight to survive...
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