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1985 Drama History TV Movie 1h 27m

The Burston Rebellion

Drama reconstructing the events of a strike by the schoolchildren of a Norfolk school in 1914, who refused to accept the dismissal of their teachers, Tom and Annie Higdon, who were both socialists.

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Principal Cast

Eileen Atkins

Kitty Higdon

Bernard Hill

Tom Higdon

John Shrapnel

Rev. Charles Tucker Eland

Thelma Whiteley

Mrs Eland

Nicola Cowper

Violet Potter

Geoffrey Chater

Magistrate

John Abineri

Farmer Fowler

Henry Moxon

Frederick Starr

Peter Benson

Peggram

Robert Duncan

Casey

Maggie Riley

Mrs Philpot

Jon Laurimore

George Durbidge

Norman Jones

Walter Garnham

John Gleeson

John Potter

Peter Whitbread

Noah Sandy