The Railway Children

TV Movie
2000
1h 48m

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Jenny Agutter, Richard Attenborough, Jack Blumenau, Gregor Fisher, Jemima Rooper, and Clare Thomas in The Railway Children (2000)

TV adaptation of a novel by E. Nesbit. Three children are uprooted from London to Yorkshire after their father is falsely imprisoned for espionage.TV adaptation of a novel by E. Nesbit. Three children are uprooted from London to Yorkshire after their father is falsely imprisoned for espionage.TV adaptation of a novel by E. Nesbit. Three children are uprooted from London to Yorkshire after their father is falsely imprisoned for espionage.

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7.3/10

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Jenny Agutter, who plays the mother, played Bobbie in the 1970 version of the film.

Quotes
Perks: You didn't get chewed to death by rats last night then?
Bobbie: No, Mother says it's probably just one mouse.
Perks: Ah, bachelor, is he? He lives alone?

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10/10

This is a Masterpiece Theater TV production

After their father mysteriously disappears, a family is reduced in income and stature. They move to the country near a rail line. There the children learn more of life and people then they would have in their previous pampered environment. Many of their neighbors also learn a few things about sacrifice and friendship. Meantime the children, while worried as to the disappearance of their father, begin waving to passing trains and this leads to many adventures.

Jenny Agutter played Bobbie Waterbury in the 1970 version. In this version, she plays "mother".

Even though the story is transparent, the execution is excellent. The acting is superb and the costumes, even the train, fit the period of the story. I may have been stretch to believe in a philanthropic railroad tycoon.