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The Burston Rebellion (1985)

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.

Release: 1985-02-24
Runtime: 87 min
Cast
Eileen Atkins
Eileen Atkins
Kitty Higdon
Bernard Hill
Bernard Hill
Tom Higdon
John Shrapnel
John Shrapnel
Rev. Charles Tucker Eland
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Thelma Whiteley
Mrs Eland
Nicola Cowper
Nicola Cowper
Violet Potter
Geoffrey Chater
Geoffrey Chater
Magistrate
John Abineri
John Abineri
Farmer Fowler
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Henry Moxon
Frederick Starr
Peter Benson
Peter Benson
Peggram
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Robert Duncan
Casey
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Maggie Riley
Mrs Philpot
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Jon Laurimore
George Durbidge
Norman Jones
Norman Jones
Walter Garnham
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John Gleeson
John Potter
Peter Whitbread
Peter Whitbread
Noah Sandy
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Alan Mason
John Aldrich
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Linda Roberts
Thirza Moore
Peter Tuddenham
Peter Tuddenham
Clerk of Courts