When the Whales Came

A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the whales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.

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  Clive Rees

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  Paul Scofield
  The Birdman
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  David Threlfall
  Jack Jenkins
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  Helen Mirren
  Clemmie Jenkins
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  Helen Pearce
  Gracie Jenkins
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  Max Rennie
  Daniel Pender
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  David Suchet
  Will
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  Jeremy Kemp
  Mr. Wellbeloved
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  John Hallam
  Treve Pender
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  Barbara Ewing
  Mary Pender
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  Dexter Fletcher
  Big Tim
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  Nicholas Jones
  Vicar
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  Joanna Bartholemew
  Miss Tregarthen
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  Barbara Jefford
  Auntie Mildred
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  Fergus Rees
  The Birdman as a Boy