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The Box Of Delights

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Edited incorrect engine in final episode, 4566 is visually different and was in repair from 1979 to 1986, it was 5164 filmed in early 1984.
'''The Box Of of Delights''' is a BBC children's drama series produced in of six episodes first broadcast on BBC1 between 21 November and 24 December 1984 starring . It starred Devin Stanfieldas the young boy Kay Harker, Patrick Troughton (the Second Doctor Who) as the scruffy but kindly Punch and Judy Man Cole Hawlings, and Robert Stephensas the sinister Abner Brown. It was based on the 1935 book by the then-Poet Laureate John Masefield, and was largely filmed on location in his home county of Herefordshire<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box_of_Delights_(TV_series) The Box of Delights (TV series) on Wikipedia]</ref>.
==Filming on the SVR==In episode 1 'When the Wolves were Running’, Kay is travelling home for Christmas. The series opens episode begins with film of a shot train of an SVR train GWR carriages hauled by loco [[Former Residents|former resident 3205]], passing through open countryside along the line and the first episode also includes scenes shot on arriving at ‘Musborough Junction’ (platform 2 of [[Bewdley]] station) where Kay alights to change trains. Here he meets Cole Hawlings for the first time. Aboard another train, a key scene takes place in a compartment, filmed while travelling between [[Highley]] and in the driveway of [[Arley]] . Alighting at 'Condicote Station' (Arley), Kay mysteriously meets Hawlings again in a scene shot on the stationdriveway. Between the two The final episode ‘Leave us not little, nor yet Dark’ ends with a key brief scene occurs inside involving Kay and [[5164]] at Condicote. ==See also==[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the compartment Severn Valley Railway]] ==References==<references/> ==Links==*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box_of_Delights_(TV_series) The Box of a moving train travelling from Delights (TV series) on Wikipedia]*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086675/?ref_=ttloc_loc_tt The Box of Delights on IMDB]*[Highley]https://theboxofdelightsarchives.wordpress.com/the-box-of-delights-1984-tv-filming-locations/ The Box Of Delights Archives website] (retrieved 18 December 2016) includes filming locations, interviews and links to Arleyother websites and social media connected with this programme. *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO61a-8K2Kc The Box Of Delights, Episode One on YouTube]

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