Spywatch
Encyclopedia
Spywatch is a story produced by the BBC
as part of the Look and Read
series. It originally aired from January to March 1996. Its main educational focus was World War II
.
in the country, away from the bombs. The boys stay at a farm, owned by Amy Hobbs (Aunty Amy) and her granddaughter Polly, and Mary stays at Westbourne Hall with Miss Millington and Mr Grainger. The children come across what they think is a trail of spies, but the number of suspects is very high and the children have to solve the mystery.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
as part of the Look and Read
Look and Read
Look and Read is a BBC television programme for primary schools, aimed at improving children's literacy skills. The programme presents fictional stories in a serial format, the first of which was broadcast in 1967 and the most recent in 2004, making it the longest running nationally broadcast...
series. It originally aired from January to March 1996. Its main educational focus was World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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Story
In the modern day, adult Norman Starkey goes to the village where he was evacuated during the second world war. With the help of the local librarian, he writes the story of his adventure. The modern day parts include the educational aspects, which form the middle of each episode. The main adventure is set in 1942, in the middle of World War II. Three children, young Norman, Dennis and Mary are evacuated to WestbourneWestbourne, West Sussex
Westbourne is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located half a mile north east of Emsworth. The parish includes the hamlets of Woodmancote and Aldsworth, and once included the settlements of Southbourne and Prinsted to the south. The village...
in the country, away from the bombs. The boys stay at a farm, owned by Amy Hobbs (Aunty Amy) and her granddaughter Polly, and Mary stays at Westbourne Hall with Miss Millington and Mr Grainger. The children come across what they think is a trail of spies, but the number of suspects is very high and the children have to solve the mystery.
Characters
- Norman Starkey played by Raymond PickardRaymond PickardRaymond Pickard is an English actor, born 31 July 1982 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. He currently lives in Leeds, West Yorkshire.-Filmography:He has most notably acted in The Borrowers in 1997 alongside Tom Felton, Hugh Laurie, and John Goodman....
- Dennis Sealey played by Russell ToveyRussell ToveyRussell George Tovey is an English actor with numerous television, film and stage credits. Tovey is best known for playing the role of werewolf George Sands in the BBC's supernatural drama Being Human which started in 2008...
- Mary Parker played by Josie McCabe
- Polly Hobbs played by Sophie WardSophie WardSophie Ward , is an English actress and the daughter of actor, Simon Ward.-Career:One of Ward's early film roles was in the film Young Sherlock Holmes. Other early films included Return to Oz, Little Dorrit and A Summer Story, and she also portrayed the unattainable love object in the video of Roxy...
- Amy Hobbs played by Rosemary LeachRosemary LeachRosemary Leach is a British stage, television and film actress.She was born at Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Her parents were teachers related to Edmund Leach. She attended grammar school and RADA...
- Miss Millington played by Lesley JosephLesley JosephLesley D Joseph is an English actress and broadcaster.-Life and career:Joseph was born in Northampton. She is best known for starring in the BBC sitcom Birds of a Feather from 1989–1998, in which she played Dorien Green, the Jewish next-door neighbour of the main characters Sharon and Tracy...
- Philip Grainger played by Guy Henry
- Cyril Jenkins played by Norman BirdNorman BirdNorman Bird was a British character actor. Often sporting a moustache and an air of worried resignation, he seemed to specialise in downtrodden roles...
- Luigi Balzoni played by Joseph Allesi
- Vivienne Belling played by Abigail ThawAbigail ThawAbigail Thaw is a British actress. She was born in London to actor John Thaw and his first wife, Sally Alexander. Her stepmother is actress Sheila Hancock...
- Norman Starkey (adult) played by Keith BarronKeith BarronKeith Barron is an English actor and television presenter, well-known from numerous roles on British television from the 1960s to the present day.-Career:...
- Miss Lee played by Josephine D'Arby
- Cedric David Rom (CD-ROMCD-ROMA CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....
) played by Roger KitterRoger KitterRoger Kitter is a British actor best known for playing Captain Alberto Bertorelli in season seven of the British sitcom TV series Allo 'Allo!. He also recorded a song "Chalk Dust - the Umpire Strikes Back" using the moniker 'The Brat'... - Mike Johnson played by Terence Maynard
- German pilot played by Reinhard Michaels
- Polly Peters (Hobbs) played by Jeannie Crowther