The Flame Trees of Thika

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The Flame Trees of Thika is a British television serial of seven 50-minute episodes made by Euston Films for Thames Television in 1981. It was adapted by John Hawkesworth from the 1959 book of the same title by Elspeth Huxley, and is set in and around...read more

The Flame Trees of Thika is a British television serial of seven 50-minute episodes made by Euston Films for Thames Television in 1981. It was adapted by John Hawkesworth from the 1959 book of the same title by Elspeth Huxley, and is set in and around the town of Thika in Kenya's Central Province. The story deals with the lives of British settlers in this part of East Africa in 1913, when the country was a British colony, up to the start of World War One.

Original Release

09/01/1981 on DISN

US Release

01/03/1982

Cast

(see additional cast & crew)
# Title Air Date
1 The Promised Land Tuesday, 01 September 1981
2 Hyenas Will Eat Anything Tuesday, 08 September 1981
3 Happy New Year Tuesday, 15 September 1981
4 Friends in High Places Tuesday, 22 September 1981
5 A Real Sportsman Tuesday, 29 September 1981
6 Safari Tuesday, 06 October 1981
7 The Drums of War Tuesday, 13 October 1981

Directors

Roy Ward Baker

Writers

John Hawkesworth, Elspeth Huxley

Cast

Producers

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