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Series · 1976

Kizzy

Created by John TullyVanessa FurstAnne RidlerMelissa Docker
Kizzy poster
21 Jan 1976First aired
1Season
PGBBFC rating
DramaGenre

The series

Kizzy is a six-part 1976 BBC television miniseries based on Rumer Godden's novel The Diddakoi. It starred Vanessa Furst as orphan traveller (or Romani girl) called Kizzy, who faces persecution, grief and loss in a hostile, close-knit village community.

Episodes

Season 1 · 6 episodes · 1976

  1. Episode 121 Jan 197627m

    The Wagon

    A group of travellers arrive in a small village, where they're met with hostility. When it's time to leave, one very elderly traveller opts to stay, together with her young granddaughter Kizzy.

  2. Episode 228 Jan 197627m

    'What Shall We Do with Kizzy?'

    Having been made to attend school, Kizzy struggles to adapt, and is being bullied constantly.

  3. Episode 34 Feb 197627m

    'She Can't Stay There!'

    The funeral service for Kizzy's grandmother raises one important question — where Kizzy belongs going forward.

  4. Episode 411 Feb 197627m

    Into Care

    Kizzy's case goes to court, and Mrs Cuthbert does her best to stir things — but there's a possible solution offered.

  5. Episode 518 Feb 197627m

    No Escape

    Kizzy may have a little stability at home, but the bullying continues. As always, her tornentors are cowards at heart.

  6. Episode 625 Feb 197629m

    The Bonfire

    Bonfire night arrives, and it seems that Kizzy has finally turned a corner with the local girls — but an accident threatens everything.

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