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Written in the Victorian era, the story is set in the fictional village of West Poley where water from a small river is used to run a watermill, but the miller's apprentice (a child) is badly beaten. The apprentice and two other children enter nearby caves and discover a previously unknown passage leading to a place where the river ...
Exploits at West Poley (TV Movie 1985) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Nov 26, 2021 · Children's Film Foundation film, based on the story by Thomas Hardy.Anthony BateBrenda FrickerCharlie CondouJonathan JacksonNoel O'Connell
Synopsis. In the late 1800s, two boys decide to divert an underground river and this causes problems for everyone in two villages, who demand the water for themselves.
Exploits at West Poley (1985) review. Director: Diarmuid Lawrence. Starring: Anthony Bate, Brenda Fricker, Charlie Condou, Jonathan Jackson, Jonathan Adams, Thomas Heathcoate, George Malpas, Kelita Groom, Sean Bean, Diana King, James Coyle, Noel O'Connell, Jelena Budimir, Brian Coburn.
"Our Exploits at West Poley" was Thomas Hardy's only book for children. Like most of Hardy's work it is set in his native Dorset in the fictitious village of West Poley. It tells the story of how two boys, farmer's son Stephen and his cousin Leonard, discover an underground cave with a fast-flowing stream while out exploring one day.
Two boys exploring an underground cave, divert the course of a river and drastically change the lives of the people of two villages.
