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Recently viewed. Exploits at West Poley: Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence. With Anthony Bate, Brenda Fricker, Charlie Condou, Jonathan Jackson. In the late 1800s, two boys decide to divert an underground river and this causes problems for everyone in two villages, who demand the water for themselves.
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Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification. Anthony Bate. ... The Man Who Has Failed. Brenda Fricker. ... Aunt Draycott. Charlie Condou.
"Our Exploits at West Poley" was Thomas Hardy's only book for children. Like most of Hardy's work it is set in his native Dorset in the fictitious village of West Poley. It tells the story of how two boys, farmer's son Stephen and his cousin Leonard, discover an underground cave with a fast-flowing stream while out exploring one day.
Irena Butcher. Linda Taylor. Jeanne Ferber. Sam Morris. Laurie Clarkson. Thomas Hardy. James Andrew Hall. Somerset 1850. Two boys exploring an underground cave, divert the course of a river and drastically change the lives of the people of two villages.
EXPLOITS AT WEST POLEY. Directed by. Diarmuid Lawrence. United Kingdom, 1985. Drama, TV Movie. 63. Synopsis. In the late 1800s, two boys decide to divert an underground river and this causes problems for everyone in two villages, who demand the water for themselves. Synopsis.
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Genre: Drama, Adventure. Rating: 6 (from 1 vote) Review: Leonard ( Charlie Condou) is a newcomer in this village, having been brought up thus far in the city of London, but now has had to move to West Poley in Dorset, where his aunt ( Brenda Fricker) lives with his cousin Stephen ( Jonathan Jackson ). He and his cousin are wary of one another ...
