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Forced to stay with his aunt and uncle for the summer holidays, Tom Long is lonely and bored, until one night he hears the clock strike 13. He suddenly finds himself transported to a magical Victorian garden of the 1880s and meets a girl.
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Tom's Midnight Garden premiered January 4, 1989. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Forced to stay with his aunt and uncle for the summer holidays, Tom Long is lonely and bored, until one night he hears the clock strike 13. He suddenly finds himself transported to a magical Victorian garden of the 1880s and meets a girl.
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Episode 1
Tom Long starts off his summer holiday in quarantine when his brother Peter catches measles and his imagination takes him back to the Victorian era.
Directed by Christine SecombeWritten by Julia JonesGuest stars Renée Asherson, Sarah Jane McKechnie, Sarah Jane McKechnie
Episode 2
Tom enters the garden of his dreams but cannot understand why nobody has mentioned it nor can he understand the importance of the grandfather clock.
Directed by Christine SecombeWritten by Julia JonesGuest stars Caroline Waldron, Renée Asherson, Richard Garnett, Noah Huntley, Katherine Schofield, Edward Sibley, Ashley Clark, Kevin Francis
Episode 3
Tom discovers that his nightly visits to the garden are not necessarily journeys into a bright summer day when he finds the garden threatened by a storm.
Directed by Christine SecombeWritten by Julia JonesGuest stars Caroline Waldron, Richard Garnett, Noah Huntley, Katherine Schofield, Edward Sibley, Ashley Clark, Tessa Burbridge, Miranda Burton
Episode 4
Tom has been having a wonderful time exploring the garden but many surprises are in store.
Directed by Christine SecombeWritten by Julia JonesGuest stars Caroline Waldron, Richard Garnett, Sarah Jane McKechnie, Katherine Schofield, Tessa Burbridge, Richard Cripwell
Episode 5
Tom feels that things are beginning to change in the garden and also in Hatty.
Directed by Christine SecombeWritten by Julia JonesGuest stars Caroline Waldron, Renée Asherson, Richard Garnett, Richard Cripwell, Gareth Kirkland
Episode 6
Tom and Hatty skate to great adventure along a frozen river.
Directed by Christine SecombeWritten by Julia JonesGuest stars Caroline Waldron, Renée Asherson, Sarah Jane McKechnie, Gareth Kirkland, Patrick Burke, Bill Kerry, Will Club
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Isabelle AmyesAunt Gwen
Shaughan SeymourUncle Alan
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