"In an alternate early nineteenth century London, the rightful Duke finds himself cheated out of his inheritance. A 6x25' TV adaptation of Joan Aiken's 1964 children's novel, Black Hearts in Battersea."
Annette Badland
as Dolly Buckle
Celia Imrie
as Duchess Of Battersea
Philip Jackson
as Eustace Buckle
Ronald Pickup
as Duke Of Battersea
Tilly Vosburgh
as Ella Twite
Stephen Moore
as Abednigo Twite
William Mannering
as Simon
John Altman
as Midwink
Jade Williams
as Dido Twite
Barry Ewart
as John Daggett
Joan Aiken
Writer
James Andrew Hall
David Bell
Director
Richard Bennett
Property Buyer