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- 1. The Promised Land Sep 1, 1981
- Young Elspeth arrives in Thika, Kenya, with her optimistic parents who have purchased an unpromising tract of land in hopes of establishing a coffee farm.
- 2. Hyaenas Will Eat Anything Sep 8, 1981
- The Grants get new neighbors when Hereward and Lettice Palmer arrive. He was an officer in the British Indian Army and neither seem prepared for the hardship they must face. Lettice almost goes to pieces when she finds their headman has been badly beaten and lay dying. She tells her husband that that she's not sure she wants to stay. Mr. Roos offers to show Robin's wo... Read all
- 3. Happy New Year Sep 15, 1981
- Elspeth's holiday with the conservative Mrs. Nimmo becomes memorably boisterous; Ian brings ponies.
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The Flame Trees of Thika is a British television serial of seven 50-minute episodes made by Euston Films for Thames Television in 1981. It was adapted by John Hawkesworth from the 1959 book of the same title by Elspeth Huxley, and is set in and around the town of Thika in Kenya's Central Province.
The Flame Trees of Thika: With Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird, Mick Chege. Elspeth (Holly Aird) and her unconventional parents decide to settle down in Kenya and begin a coffee plantation.
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The Flame Trees of Thika. Based on the beloved memoir by Elspeth Huxley, this BAFTA-nominated drama stars Hayley Mills, David Robb, and Holly Aird as a British family who relocate to British East Africa in order to set up a coffee plantation.
Based on the beloved memoir by Elspeth Huxley, THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA brings to life the color and adventure of another place and time. In 1913, Robin and Tilly Grant (Hayley Mills) arrive in Kenya with the dream of transforming a barren plot of land into a thriving coffee plantation.
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May 8, 2017 · Streaming now: https://acorn.tv/Based on the beloved memoir by Elspeth Huxley, this BAFTA-nominated drama stars Hayley Mills (Pollyanna, Wild at Heart), Davi...
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Based on the beloved memoir by Elspeth Huxley, this BAFTA-nominated drama stars Hayley Mills, David Robb, and Holly Aird as a British family who relocate to British East Africa in order to set up a coffee plantation.
Young Elspeth arrives in Thika, Kenya, with her optimistic parents who have purchased an unpromising tract of land in hopes of establishing a coffee farm.
