The Little Match Girl
28/12/1986
1h 19m



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The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child's hopes and dreams, and was first published in 1845. This adaptation was made for Harlech TV and broadcast on 28th December 1986 and starred Twiggy and Roger Daltrey, and features the song 'Mistletoe and Wine' which became a Christmas number one for Cliff Richard in 1988, the biggest selling record of that year.
Cast


Michael Hordern
Himself - Introduction


Twiggy
Josie Roberts


Roger Daltrey
Jebb Macklin


Jimmy Jewel
Butler


Stratford Johns
Rich Man


Jennie Linden
Mrs. Fairbrother


Paul Daneman
Mr. Fairbrother
Natalie Morse
The Matchgirl
Russell Lee Nash
Arthur


Robert Putt
Landlord


Dorothea Phillips
Winifred
Patricia Lawrence
Maud


Paddie O'Neil
Cook
Nicola Dawn
Liza Fairbrother
Jemma Price
Charlotte Fairbrother


Pearl Hackney
Mrs Prothero
Fanny Carby
Washerwoman


John Rogan
Pieseller
Cristina Avery
First Tart
Eithne Hannigan
Second Tart


Kelly George
Urchin
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