The Little Match Girl (1986)
The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child's hopes and dreams, and was first published in 1845. This adaptation was made for Harlech TV and broadcast on 28th December 1986 and starred Twiggy and Roger Daltrey, and features the song 'Mistletoe and Wine' which became a Christmas number one for Cliff Richard in 1988, the biggest selling record of that year.
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Cast
Michael Hordern
as Himself - Introduction
Sir Michael Murray Hordern (3 October 1911 – 2 May 1995) was an English actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre, which stretched back to before the Second World War..
Twiggy
as Josie Roberts
Dame Lesley Lawson DBE (born 19 September 1949), widely known by the nickname Twiggy, is an English model and actress. Considered a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model of the '60s, she...
Roger Daltrey
as Jebb Macklin
Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born 1 March 1944), is an English singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a musical career as a...
Jimmy Jewel
as Butler
James Arthur Thomas Jewel Marsh (4 December 1909 – 3 December 1995), known professionally as Jimmy Jewel, was an English comedian and actor whose long career in stage, radio, television and film produ...
Stratford Johns
as Rich Man
Jennie Linden
as Mrs. Fairbrother
Jennie Linden (born 8 December 1939) is an English actress. Linden was best known for her role in Women In Love (1969), and Hammer Horror classic Nightmare (1961)..
Director
Michael Custance
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