The Bagthorpe Saga

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The Bagthorpe Saga is a series of 10 novels by Helen Cresswell published between 1977 and 2001 [1] winning two International Reading Association awards [2] published in the UK and the United States by Faber and Faber. The first two novels formed the basis of a BBC TV comedy series in 1981.

Contents

Background

The saga follows the farcical, satirical and blackly comic lives of the eccentric, ultra-competitive, friendless, [3] relentlessly self-absorbed and largely disloyal [4] Bagthorpe family, who live at Unicorn House in the fictional village of Passingham, near the small market town of Aysham. [5]

Books in the Saga

  1. Ordinary Jack (1977) ISBN   0-380-43349-4
  2. Absolute Zero (1978) ISBN   0-571-11155-6
  3. Bagthorpes Unlimited (1978) ISBN   0-380-49296-2
  4. Bagthorpes Versus the World (1979) ISBN   0-340-72246-0
  5. Bagthorpes Abroad (1984) ISBN   0-14-031972-7
  6. Bagthorpes Haunted (1985) ISBN   0-340-71655-X
  7. Bagthorpes Liberated (1989) ISBN   0-02-725441-0
  8. The Bagthorpe Triangle (1992) ISBN   0-571-17805-7
  9. Bagthorpes Besieged (1996) ISBN   0-571-17423-X
  10. Bagthorpes Battered (2001) ISBN   0-340-78824-0

Main characters

Parents

Children

Three of the four children are held, chiefly by themselves, to be genii, and work assiduously at the many 'Strings to their Bows'. The view of their stellar intelligence and conduct is not shared by their headmaster who leaves blank his comment boxes on their reports since "If he said anything complimentary he would be perjuring himself" [26] so the Bagthorpe children steam open the envelopes to forge flattery. [27]

Other family members

Other characters

Television series

The Bagthorpe Saga
Created by Helen Cresswell
Starring Edward Hardwicke
Angela Thorne
Dandy Nichols
Tim Preece
Madeline Smith
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network BBC1
Release25 March (1981-03-25) 
29 April 1981 (1981-04-29)

The Bagthorpe Saga, a six-part adaptation of the first two novels (Ordinary Jack and Absolute Zero) was broadcast by the BBC in 1981. The character of Rosie was eliminated and some of her dialogue and character attributes were given to Tess. The series was filmed in the summer of 1980 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire; Manor Farm on the Chavenage House estate was used as the Bagthorpes' home, Unicorn House. Each episode ran for 30 minutes. [124]

Cast

References

  1. Helen Cresswell book list from Fantastic Fiction
  2. Helen Cresswell's literary legacy, www.bbc.co.uk
  3. Cresswell, Helen (1997). Bagthorpes besieged. London: Faber. p. 34. ISBN   0571179487. OCLC   59592139.
  4. Cresswell, Helen (1989). Bagthorpes liberated. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Faber. pp. 82, 116. ISBN   0571154026. OCLC   18628750.
  5. Cresswell, Helen (1996). The Bagthorpe Triangle. London: Faber. p. 79. ISBN   0571178057. OCLC   60281818.
  6. Cresswell, Helen (1987) [1985]. Bagthorpes haunted : being the sixth part of the Bagthorpesaga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. p. 166. ISBN   0140321721. OCLC   17444033.
  7. Cresswell, Helen (1989). Bagthorpes liberated. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Faber. p. 90. ISBN   0571154026. OCLC   18628750.
  8. Cresswell, Helen (1982) [1979]. Bagthorpes v. the world : being the fourth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. Harmondsworth: Puffin in association with Faber. pp.  9. ISBN   0140313249. OCLC   16591424.
  9. Cresswell, Helen (1984). Bagthorpes abroad : being the fifth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. London: Faber. p. 87. ISBN   0571133509. OCLC   11339067.
  10. Cresswell, Helen (1984). Bagthorpes abroad : being the fifth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. London: Faber. p. 97. ISBN   0571133509. OCLC   11339067.
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  13. Cresswell, Helen (1984). Bagthorpes abroad : being the fifth part of the Bagthorpe saga. Bennett, Jill, 1934-. London: Faber. p. 24. ISBN   0571133509. OCLC   11339067.
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