BBC Drama today announced full details of a stellar cast for Ballet Shoes.
Dancing onto BBC One will be Dame Eileen Atkins (Cranford), Emilia Fox (Silent Witness), Gemma Jones (Bridget Jones's Diary), Robert Hardy (Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets), Lucy Cohu (The Queen's Sister), Harriet Walter (Bright Young Things), Lucy Boynton (Miss Potter), Yasmin Paige (Sarah Jane Adventures) and Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Grainger in the Harry Potter films.
They join Victoria Wood, Richard Griffiths, and Marc Warren in the feature-length film of the classic novel by Noel Streatfeild, which will transmit on BBC One.
Patrick Spence, Head of Drama, BBC Northern Ireland, comments: "The mix of hugely prestigious and burgeoning talent is as close to perfection as any cast could be."
Set in Thirties London, Ballet Shoes tells the exhilarating tale of orphans Pauline (Emma Watson), Petrova (Yasmin Paige) and Posy Fossil (Lucy Boynton) who are adopted by an eccentric explorer, Great Uncle Matthew (Richard Griffiths ? Bleak House) and raised as sisters by his selfless niece, Sylvia (Emilia Fox).
The timeless and uplifting story revolves around each girl's struggle to fulfil her dreams: Pauline longs to be an actress, Petrova yearns to be an aviator, and Posy seems born to be a ballerina.
But when Great Uncle Matthew, 'Gum', disappears, the money runs out ? and the girls have a fight on their hands. Their struggle to balance personal ambition with the need to survive physically, emotionally, and financially, proves moving and comic by turns.
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___________________DO YOU REMEMBER "BALLET SHOES" STORY BY Noel Streatfeild___IT WILL BE ON TV________
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