![]() ![]() The script of The Railway Children Return is by Danny Brocklehurst, whose TV credits include Shameless, Brassic and Clocking Off. When the children discover injured American soldier Abe (KJ Aikens) hiding out in the railyard at Oakworth Station, they are thrust into a dangerous quest to assist their new friend who, like them, is a long way from home. Roberta ‘Bobbie’ Waterbury who has lived in the Yorkshire area since Edwardian times when her adventures as a teenager featured in The Railway Children book and film. There to meet them on the train station platform are Bobbie Waterbury (Jenny Agutter, reprising her iconic role in the original film), her daughter, Annie (Sheridan Smith), and grandson Thomas (Austin Haynes), and with their help the evacuees are soon settling into their new life in the countryside. As life in Britain’s cities becomes increasingly perilous, three evacuee children, the Watts – Lily (Beau Gadsdon), Pattie (Eden Hamilton) and Ted (Zac Cudby) – are sent by their mother from Salford to the Yorkshire village of Oakworth. * Read our review here The Railway Children Return review: Nostalgic sequel for a new generation right here The Railway Children Return plotĭirected by Morgan Matthew, The Railway Children Return will feature a new generation of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War in 1944. Yes it was all-action and thoroughly dramatic! Jenny has now reached almost National Treasure status playing Sister Julienne in BBC1's drama hit Call The Midwife, but I'll always remember her best as Bobbie waving her red bloomers frantically, along with her brother Peter and sister Phyllis, trying to stop an oncoming train from crashing into a landslide. The fact that one of those kids from the 1970 movie The Railway Children, Jenny Agutter - who made that tearful last scene happen with such poignancy - is reprising her role of Roberta ‘Bobbie’ Waterbury only adds to my excitement. The final station scene in The Railway Children is, in my opinion, the greatest tearjerker of all time! The fact it was my late dad who took me along to see both films makes it all the more poignant and emotional whenever I watch The Railway Children now on television, generally at Christmas or Easter, as the story is essentially about Edwardian kids losing their father (to prison, wrongly accused of spying). Back then it was a double bill feature with another 1970s classic Swallows & Amazons, also favourite of mine from the era. ![]()
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