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While attending a family reunion with her Aunt Elle, Bess meets the ghost of Sir Walter Raleigh in the Tower of London where he persuades her to take him hom...
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My Friend Walter: Directed by Gavin Millar. With Ronald Pickup, Prunella Scales, Polly Grant, James Hazeldine. When Bess Throckmorton encounters Sir Walter Raleigh's ghost, she is persuaded to help the spirit.
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- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Gavin Millar
- 1992-04-24
There was also a telefilm adaptation of My Friend Walter in 1992, starring Polly Grant as Bess Throckmorton and Ronald Pickup as Sir Walter Raleigh. [2] Directed by Gavin Millar. It was shown in two parts between 24 April and 1 May 1992 as part of ITV's CITV strand. It also aired on PBS on 21 November 1993.
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Apr 24, 1992 · Bess Throckmorton, a farmer's daughter from Devon, encounters an ancient relative who soon reveals himself to be the ghost of Sir Walter Raleigh, determined to escape the Tower of London once and for all and return to Devon.
When Bess Throckmorton encounters Sir Walter Raleigh's ghost, she is persuaded to help the spirit. Upon learning that Bess' family farm is endangered, Sir Walter devises a scheme to help her family keep the farm and avenge his cruel fate.
Apr 24, 1992 · My Friend Walter centres around the ghost of Walter Raleigh, a prominent Elizabethan gentleman and explorer. Raleigh’s ghost returns to the farm he grew up on in East Budleigh, Devon. When asked by Portobello films to adapt his book for the screen, Michael Morpurgo said he’d “give it [a] go.”
