Jo's Boys (1959 TV series)

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Jo's Boys is a British television mini-series which aired in 1959 on the BBC. It was based on the novels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886) by Louisa May Alcott, and consisted of seven episodes. [1] Cast included Annabelle Lee, Michael Caridia, Kenneth Collins, Lily Kann, Richard Palmer, George Pravda, Jimmy Ray, William Simons, and Donald Wilson. Unlike many BBC series of the 1950s, the episodes still exist, [2] though it has yet to be given a DVD release.

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References

  1. BFI.org
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)