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The Bagthorpe Saga

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1981
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Children's comedy following the adventures of the eccentric Bagthorpe family. Stars Edward Hardwicke, Angela Thorne, Phillada Sewell, Ceri Seel, Richard Orme and more.

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Press clippings

I cannot imagine what children today will make of The Bagthorpe Saga (BBC1). Literately written and lavishly cast, it is set in Time out of Mind.

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 26th March 1981

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