Television
THE WITCHES DAUGHTER - Hallmark TV film - 1996.
Zelda, a young woman whose husband is lost at sea, and her 12-year-old
daughter, Perdita, live off the coast of Scotland on the small island
of Skua.
The islanders believe Zelda is a witch, but her sister, Annie, says
Zelda is just "different." Certain that her husband will never
return, Zelda drowns herself.
When lobsters, the islanders' main source of trade, suddenly disappear,
the people decide that Zelda has put a curse on the sea for taking her
husband's life.
As a result, the orphaned Perdita is banned from school, taunted by
other children, and branded by the community as "the witch's daughter.
Directed by: Alan Macmillan
Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nina Bawden - Novel
Simon Booker.
Cast - in alphabetical order.
Patrick Bergin - Mr Smith
Leigh Blagi - Helen Hoggart
Richard Claxton - Tim
Guy Cochrane - Billy Mackay
Peter Firth - Mr Jones
Susan Gilmore - Annie
Sammy Glenn - Perdita
Roy Hanlon - Will Campbell
Charles Jamieson - DI Hall
Simone Lahbib - Zelda
Stewart Preston - DI Petrie
Annie Louise Ross - Betty Tarbutt
Allan Sharpe - Jock Tarbutt. Gareth Thomas - Dan Mackay. Tim Webster
- paramedic
Produced by:
Robert Love - Executive Producer.
J. Nigel Pickard - Executive Producer.
Don Reynolds - Producer.