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Erich Kaestner - Emil and the Detectives

4 Extra Debut. Classic children's detective tale. Country boy Emil Tischbein enlists the aid of hundreds of Berlin street children to help him catch a thief. With Joshua Swinney.

Dramatisation by Katie Hims of the comic children's detective novel by Erich Kaestner.

Country boy Emil Tischbein, up from Neustadt for the first time, enlists the aid of hundreds of Berlin street boys to help him catch a thief.

Emil ...... Joshua Swinney
Kaestner ...... Bruce Alexander
Grundeis ...... Ewan Hooper
Gustav ...... Daniel Cooper
Professor ...... Neil Reynolds
Traut ...... Bertie Gilbert
Peters ...... Josh Robinson
Tuesday ...... Harry Child
Pony ...... Agnes Bateman
Mrs Tischbein ...... Melissa Advani
Cashier ...... Tessa Nicholson
Jeschke ...... John Biggins
Guard ...... Rhys Jennings
Taxi Driver ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole
Grandma ...... Kate Layden

Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

58 minutes

Last on

Mon 5 Jan 201505:00

Credit

RoleContributor
ProducerJessica Dromgoole

Broadcasts

  • Sat 17 Oct 200914:30
  • Sun 22 May 201115:00
  • Sun 4 Jan 201509:00
  • Sun 4 Jan 201517:00
  • Mon 5 Jan 201505:00

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