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| − | The [http:// | + | [[File:Riverside Railway Museum - LNWR 1439.JPG|thumb|300px|right| LNWR 1439 was used in filming (Wikimedia Commons)]] |
| + | The Fasting Girl was a BBC 2 Wales TV drama broadcast in 1984.<ref>[http://tvrdb.com/listings/?y=1984&m=02&d=18 TVRDB TV listing]</ref> It was a dramatisation of newspaper reports in ''The Times'' from 1869 concerning a 13 year old Welsh girl, Sarah Jacobs, who was claimed to have fasted, with no significant loss of health, for more than two years until her death<ref>[http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7160c712 BFI.org]</ref>. | ||
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| − | A brief extract is featured in an | + | |
| + | ==Filming on the SVR== | ||
| + | [[National Railway Museum|NRM's]] LNWR Ramsbottom 0-4-0ST No 1439 was loaned to the SVR for filming which took place in May 1983 at Arley, renamed Pencader for the production<ref>SVR News 68</ref>. | ||
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| + | A brief extract is featured in an ABC TV trailer on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEFEMSTCl7g YouTube], though with no obvious SVR connection. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | [[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway | List of film and TV productions]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| − | [[ | + | [http://www.railalbum.co.uk/steam-locomotives/lnwr-ramsbottom-040st-1.htm Railalbum images of 1439 at Arley 16 October 1983]<br> |
| + | [http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/locomotivesandrollingstock/CollectionItem?objid=1978-7015&cat=steam&comp=All&ipp=96 Steam locomotive, number 1439, National Railway Museum website]<br> | ||
| + | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEFEMSTCl7g ABC trailer on YouTube]<br> | ||
| + | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/bd974e20-46c0-3228-8109-3cdc993fa410 Carradice, P., 'Sarah Jacobs: the fasting girl', BBC Wales Blogs, 14 March 2011] | ||
Revision as of 18:23, 5 August 2020
The Fasting Girl was a BBC 2 Wales TV drama broadcast in 1984.[1] It was a dramatisation of newspaper reports in The Times from 1869 concerning a 13 year old Welsh girl, Sarah Jacobs, who was claimed to have fasted, with no significant loss of health, for more than two years until her death[2].
Filming on the SVRSevern Valley Railway
NRM's LNWRLondon & North Western Railway Ramsbottom 0-4-0ST No 1439 was loaned to the SVRSevern Valley Railway for filming which took place in May 1983 at Arley, renamed Pencader for the production[3].
A brief extract is featured in an ABC TV trailer on YouTube, though with no obvious SVRSevern Valley Railway connection.
See also
List of film and TV productions
References
- ↑ TVRDB TV listing
- ↑ BFI.org
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 68
Links
Railalbum images of 1439 at Arley 16 October 1983
Steam locomotive, number 1439, National Railway Museum website
ABC trailer on YouTube
Carradice, P., 'Sarah Jacobs: the fasting girl', BBC Wales Blogs, 14 March 2011
