The Glitterball is a 1977 British Sci Fi childrens film made by Mark Forstater Productions for the Childrens Film Foundation. It was directed by Harley Cokeliss, credited under his birth name of Harley Cokliss. The film was screened at the 2010 Edinburgh Film Festival as part of a retrospective ofrarely seen British films made between 1967 and 1979, rediscovered after a year of detective work by event staff. In 1979, Methuen Publishing released the childrens novel by the same name, written by screenwriters Howard Thompson and Harley Cokliss. ISBN 9780416863406.
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