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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 from 1869 concerning a little Welsh girl who was claimed to have fasted, with no significant loss of health, for more than a year<ref>[http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7160c712 BFI.org]</ref>. | 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 from 1869 concerning a little Welsh girl who was claimed to have fasted, with no significant loss of health, for more than a year<ref>[http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7160c712 BFI.org]</ref>. | ||
| − | 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>. | + | ==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>. | ||
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. | 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== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
| − | == | + | ==Links== |
| − | [[ | + | [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] | ||
Revision as of 01:17, 10 April 2017
The Fasting Girl was a BBC 2 Wales TV drama broadcast in 1984[1]. It was a dramatisation of newspaper reports from 1869 concerning a little Welsh girl who was claimed to have fasted, with no significant loss of health, for more than a year[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
