UK TV drama broadcast in 1970s / 1980s about two young boys in the Victorian era

penguin_pam

I remember this show on British TV in the late 1970s / early 1980s. It was suitable for children and broadcast before the watershed, but I don't remember if it was part of a "programmes for children" segment. Live action. Set in the past; my first guess would be Victorian, but possibly earlier. Set in Britain, but the wife of one of the characters was german. The main characters were two young boys. The "what happened previously" segment at the...

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uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Pretty sure you're after The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris , a 6-episode British period drama for kids from 1979 set in Victorian times about 2 boys who abduct a baby to see if it can be raised by wolves(!) and then try to put it back. There's also a character called Mr. Brett there. It's based on a Leon Garfield book by the same name. Sadly, it's quite obscure and I can't find clips from it; the only decent image is from an Amazon page for the book:

Full answer by Walt: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/36447 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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