Zena has been abandoned by her parents and left in the care of her aunt Bee Melvin. She is treated poorly by two of her cousins, and taking the lead from the story Peter and Wendy, she runs away from home with her younger cousin.
Acting
Petula Clark's brittle, wounded performance as reluctant guardian Bee.
Direction
Annett balances magical thinking with grim social realism.
Director
Paul Annett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Petula Clark was at her 1960s peak when she took this small British TV movie; it's one of her rare dramatic roles.
Part of the BBC's 'Play for Today' tradition of social realist dramas, but unusually incorporates children's perspective and literary fantasy.
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