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The flame trees of Thika [videorecording] /Euston Films presents ; dramatised by John Hawkesworth ; producers, John Hawkesworth, Christopher Neame ; director, Roy Ward Baker.

Contributor(s): Mills, Hayley | Robb, David, 1947- | Aird, Holly, 1969- | Cross, Ben | Jones, Nicholas, 1946- | Maughan, Sharon, 1951- | Hawkesworth, John | Neame, Christopher | Baker, Roy | Huxley, Elspeth Joscelin Grant, 1907-. Flame trees of Thika | Euston Films Limited | A & E Home Video (Firm) | New Video Group.
Material type: materialTypeLabelVisual materialPublisher: [New York] : A&E : Distributed by New Video, 2005, c1981Edition: Standard format.Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 350 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 076707890X (set).Uniform titles: Flame trees of Thika (Television program) Subject(s): Huxley, Elspeth Joscelin Grant, 1907- -- Drama | Authors, English -- 20th century -- Drama | Kenya -- Social life and customs -- 1895-1963 -- Drama | Country life -- Kenya -- DramaGenre/Form: DVD-Video discs. | Television mini-series. | Historical television programs.DDC classification: [Fic] | 823/.914
Contents:
Promised land -- Hyenas will eat anything -- Happy New Year -- Friends in high places -- Real sportsman -- Safari -- Drums of war.
Production Credits: Director of photography, Ian Wilson ; original music composed by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley.
Cast: Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird, Ben Cross, Nicholas Jones, Sharon Mughan.Summary: British author Elspeth Joscelin Grant Huxley's account of growing up on a coffee plantation in Kenya prior to World War I.
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DVD; Dolby digital stereo.

Soundtrack in English.

Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird, Ben Cross, Nicholas Jones, Sharon Mughan.

Director of photography, Ian Wilson ; original music composed by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley.

Shot on location in Kenya.

Originally produced as epsiodes of the television program The flame trees of Thika in 1981.

Special features (volume 2): Elspeth Huxley biography & bibliography; cast bios.

British author Elspeth Joscelin Grant Huxley's account of growing up on a coffee plantation in Kenya prior to World War I.

volume 1. episode 1. Promised land -- episode 2. Hyenas will eat anything -- episode 3. Happy New Year -- episode 4. Friends in high places -- volume 2. episode 5. Real sportsman -- episode 6. Safari -- episode 7. Drums of war.

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