The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl

79 mins | Drama, Music, TV Movie | Dec. 28, 1986

The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child's hopes and dreams, and was first published in 1845. This adaptation was made for Harlech TV and broadcast on 28th December 1986 and starred Twiggy and Roger Daltrey, and features the song 'Mistletoe and Wine' which became a Christmas number one for Cliff Richard in 1988, the biggest selling record of that year.

The Little Match Girl

79 mins | Drama, Music, TV Movie | Dec. 28, 1986

The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child's hopes and dreams, and was first published in 1845. This adaptation was made for Harlech TV and broadcast on 28th December 1986 and starred Twiggy and Roger Daltrey, and features the song 'Mistletoe and Wine' which became a Christmas number one for Cliff Richard in 1988, the biggest selling record of that year.
Producers
Original title The Little Match Girl
Directors Michael Custance
Writers Jeremy Paul, Leslie Stewart, Hans Christian Andersen

Cast

Michael Hordern

as Himself - Introduction

Twiggy

as Josie Roberts

Roger Daltrey

as Jebb Macklin

Jimmy Jewel

as Butler

Stratford Johns

as Rich Man

Jennie Linden

as Mrs. Fairbrother

Paul Daneman

as Mr. Fairbrother

Natalie Morse

as The Matchgirl

Russell Lee Nash

as Arthur

Robert Putt

as Landlord

Dorothea Phillips

as Winifred

Paddie O'Neill

as Cook

Nicola Dawn

as Liza Fairbrother

Jemma Price

as Charlotte Fairbrother

Pearl Hackney

as Mrs Prothero

Fanny Carby

as Washerwoman

John Rogan

as Pieseller

Cristina Avery

as First Tart

Eithne Hannigan

as Second Tart

Kelly George

as Urchin