The initial version of Mary and the Monster was not well received. LL
quotes the reviewer from the Birmingham Evening News as saying I'd rather be at the dentist—to which she adds, so would...
Textual Production
Monica Dickens
Ten years later, owing to the horse-mad actorJames Bolan
, Yorkshire Television
made a children's serial called Follyfoot Farm which was based on this book.
Dickens, Monica. An Open Book. Heinemann, 1978.
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The serial was a great success, shown all...
Timeline
: The fourth British tv channel put out its...
Building item
4. 45 p.m. 2 November 1982
The fourth British tv channel put out its first broadcast: Channel 4
, which was licensed to be innovative and experimental, was launched with a teatime quiz game-show, Countdown.