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[[File:Riverside Railway Museum - LNWR 1439.JPG|thumb|300px|right| LNWR 1439 was used in filming (Wikimedia Commons)]] | [[File:Riverside Railway Museum - LNWR 1439.JPG|thumb|300px|right| LNWR 1439 was used in filming (Wikimedia Commons)]] | ||
The Fasting Girl was a BBC 2 Wales TV drama broadcast in 1984.<ref>[http://tvrdb.com/listings/?y=1984&m=02&d=18 TVRDB TV listing]</ref> It was a dramatisation of newspaper reports in ''The Times'' from 1869 concerning a 13 year old Welsh girl, Sarah Jacobs, who was claimed to have fasted, with no significant loss of health, for more than two years until her death<ref>[http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7160c712 BFI.org]</ref>. | The Fasting Girl was a BBC 2 Wales TV drama broadcast in 1984.<ref>[http://tvrdb.com/listings/?y=1984&m=02&d=18 TVRDB TV listing]</ref> It was a dramatisation of newspaper reports in ''The Times'' from 1869 concerning a 13 year old Welsh girl, Sarah Jacobs, who was claimed to have fasted, with no significant loss of health, for more than two years until her death<ref>[http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7160c712 BFI.org]</ref>. | ||
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==Filming on the SVR== | ==Filming on the SVR== | ||
− | [[National Railway Museum|NRM's]] LNWR Ramsbottom 0-4-0ST No 1439 was loaned to the SVR for filming which took place in May 1983 at Arley, renamed Pencader for the production<ref>SVR News 68</ref> | + | [[National Railway Museum|NRM's]] LNWR Ramsbottom 0-4-0ST No 1439 was loaned to the SVR for filming which took place in May 1983 at [[Arley]], renamed Pencader for the production.<ref>SVR News 68</ref> |
A brief extract is featured in an ABC TV trailer on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEFEMSTCl7g YouTube], though with no obvious SVR connection. | A brief extract is featured in an ABC TV trailer on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEFEMSTCl7g YouTube], though with no obvious SVR connection. | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
[http://www.railalbum.co.uk/steam-locomotives/lnwr-ramsbottom-040st-1.htm Railalbum images of 1439 at Arley 16 October 1983]<br> | [http://www.railalbum.co.uk/steam-locomotives/lnwr-ramsbottom-040st-1.htm Railalbum images of 1439 at Arley 16 October 1983]<br> | ||
− | [ | + | [https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co205772/steam-locomotive-number-1439-steam-locomotive Steam locomotive, number 1439, Railway Museum website]<br> |
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEFEMSTCl7g ABC trailer on YouTube]<br> | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEFEMSTCl7g ABC trailer on YouTube]<br> | ||
− | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/bd974e20-46c0-3228-8109-3cdc993fa410 Carradice, P., 'Sarah Jacobs: the fasting girl', BBC Wales Blogs, 14 March 2011] | + | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/bd974e20-46c0-3228-8109-3cdc993fa410 Carradice, P., 'Sarah Jacobs: the fasting girl', BBC Wales Blogs, 14 March 2011]<br> |
+ | [https://ribblesteam.org.uk/exhibits/steam/lnwr-ramsbottom-1439-1865/ 1439 on Ribble Steam Railway and Museum website] |
Revision as of 15:16, 6 February 2023
The Fasting Girl was a BBC 2 Wales TV drama broadcast in 1984.[1] It was a dramatisation of newspaper reports in The Times from 1869 concerning a 13 year old Welsh girl, Sarah Jacobs, who was claimed to have fasted, with no significant loss of health, for more than two years until her death[2].
Filming on the SVRSevern Valley Railway
NRM's LNWRLondon & North Western Railway Ramsbottom 0-4-0ST No 1439 was loaned to the SVRSevern Valley Railway for filming which took place in May 1983 at Arley, renamed Pencader for the production.[3]
A brief extract is featured in an ABC TV trailer on YouTube, though with no obvious SVRSevern Valley Railway connection.
See also
List of film and TV productions
References
- ↑ TVRDB TV listing
- ↑ BFI.org
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 68
Links
Railalbum images of 1439 at Arley 16 October 1983
Steam locomotive, number 1439, Railway Museum website
ABC trailer on YouTube
Carradice, P., 'Sarah Jacobs: the fasting girl', BBC Wales Blogs, 14 March 2011
1439 on Ribble Steam Railway and Museum website