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2026 · Adventure · Animation
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Film / 1999
Tom's Midnight Garden
Directed by
Willard Carroll
When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, living upstairs. Because he may be infectious, he is not allowed to play outside and feels lonely. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and when he hears the communal grandfather clock strangely strike 13, he investigates and finds the small back yard is …
The story
When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, living upstairs. Because he may be infectious, he is not allowed to play outside and feels lonely. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and when he hears the communal grandfather clock strangely strike 13, he investigates and finds the small back yard is now a large sunlit garden.
Cast
Anthony WayTom Long
Nigel Le VaillantThomas Long (Adult)
Marlene SidawayDoris Schuster
Serena GordonMelody Long
Greta ScacchiAunt Gwen Kitson
James WilbyUncle Alan Kitson
Alfie LawrenceHarriet Long
Mel MartinAlice Long
Nick RobinsonPeter Long
Liz SmithMrs Willows
Arlene CockburnSusan the Maid
Tom BowlesMr Ferguson
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Joan PlowrightMrs Bartholomew
David BradleyAbel
Stuart PiperHubert
Rory JenningsJames (12 years)
Florence HoathHatty (12 years)
Penelope WiltonAunt Melbourne
Laurel MelsomYoungest Hatty
Noah HuntleyJames (20 years)
Caroline CarverHatty (Young Woman)
Daniel BettsBarty
Robert PuttTower Keeper
Arthur CoxMr Batsford
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