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- ↑ Christopher Perry - 2015 The British Television Pilot Episodes Research Guide 1936-2015 1900203626 21.06.1974 The Molly Wopsy 9085 D3/2" It's wartime. Alan and Linda Musgrove have been evacuated to the small Oxfordshire village of Lewkner. Alan is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Bonnie, little Linda with Mrs. James. Searching for his sister, Alan meets Dinky Dunkley, the village terror, who convinces him that Mrs. James is a witch and will turn Linda into a white rabbit. Together, the two boys try to rescue the girl from this awful fate. Mr. Smith, the author, is a 50-yearold worker at a Midlands car plant. This is his first play. Written by Mr Smith; designed by John Plant; directed by Stan Woodward."
- ↑ "Molly Wopsies, the – Nostalgia Central". 24 June 2014.
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