Just William (2010 TV series)

Just William is a television series first broadcast on BBC One in December 2010. The series is based on the Just William series of books by Richmal Crompton. This latest adaptation is written by Simon Nye. It is the first adaption of the books since a childrens television series in the 1990s. The series stars Daniel Roche as the title character, eponymous character William Brown. With Rebecca Front and Daniel Ryan as Williams parents. Caroline Quentin and Warren Clarke appear as the parents of Violet Elizabeth Bott played by Isabella BlakeThomas, neighbours of the Brown family. It is directed by Paul Seed and produced by John Chapman. Martin Jarvis, who voices the radio and audio CD adaptions of Just William, acts as the narrator. Various sources suggest that the series will not be returning.

The producers chose to set the film in the 1950s, just following the conclusion of World War II, despite many of the books being written in the preceding three decades. The series was filmed in the Home Counties. The screenplay was written by Simon Nye, who was a writer on the series Men Behaving Badly. Daniel Roche was cast in the title role as William Brown, the main character and leader of The Outlaws along with his friends Ginger, Douglas and Henry. 10yearold Roche had received critical acclaim for his performances as Ben in the BBC comedy series Outnumbered. Isabella BlakeThomas, who appeared in the BBC Four television film Enid, got the part of Violet Elizabeth Bott, Williams neighbour. Due to the setting of the series, Roche had to have trademark curly hair cut short.The series, which consists of four halfhour episodes, aired as part of the BBCs Christmas programming fromtoDecember 2010 on CBBC on BBC One. ........

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