• 1981
  • Not Rated
  • 50m
The Flame Trees of Thika

Summary Elspeth's family starts a Kenyan coffee plantation. She befriends locals and expats, experiencing nature's beauty and cruelty. An affair between Lettice Palmer and a safari guide runs parallel. World War I changes Elspeth's exciting life. View more details

  • 1981
  • Not Rated
  • 50m

The Flame Trees of Thika

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Hayley Mills David Robb Holly Aird Mick Chege

All cast & crew

7.8

Details

Genres : Drama Biography

Release date : Aug 31, 1981

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Thika, Kenya

Production companies : Euston Films Thames Television

Summary Elspeth's family starts a Kenyan coffee plantation. She befriends locals and expats, experiencing nature's beauty and cruelty. An affair between Lettice Palmer and a safari guide runs parallel. World War I changes Elspeth's exciting life. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama Biography

Release date : Aug 31, 1981

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Thika, Kenya

Production companies : Euston Films Thames Television

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Aug 31, 1981
The Promised Land
Young Elspeth arrives in Thika, Kenya, with her optimistic parents who have purchased an unpromising tract of land in hopes of establishing a coffee farm.
Episode 2 • Sep 07, 1981
Hyenas Will Eat Anything
The Grants get new neighbors when Hereward and Lettice Palmer arrive. He was an officer in the British Indian Army and neither seem prepared for the hardship they must face. Lettice almost goes to pieces when she finds their headman has been badly beaten and lay dying. She tells her husband that that she's not sure she wants to stay. Mr. Roos offers to show Robin's workers how to handle the plow animals but Robin doesn't quite agree with his handling of the local Africans, including Sammy. Elspeth receives a gift of two chameleons which she names George and Mary.
Episode 3 • Sep 14, 1981
Happy New Year
At the end of 1913, Tilly and Robin travel to Nairobi with the Palmers to ring in the new year. They leave Eslpeth in the care of Mrs. Nimmo, whose husband is still away. On New Year's eve, Mrs. Nimmo has a party and invites Alec Wilson and another couple. A good time is had by all - even when one of the guests begins to shoot up the place. A friend of the Palmers, Ian Crawford, arrives after acquiring horses in Abyssinia and Elspeth receives a very special gift. Crawford is very much attracted to Lettice but she resists his advances.
Episode 4 • Sep 21, 1981
Friends in High Places
Elspeth and Sammy are in put in danger when they face a herd of rampaging elephants. Mrs. Nimmo attends to Sammy's wife who has had a miscarriage, but her recommendation that the woman be transported to the hospital in Nairobi is overruled when the family brings in the local medicine man. Robin has been blasting old trees and stumps, but tragedy ensues when Sammy's young son steals blasting caps from a locked shed. Njombo becomes mysteriously ill and while the doctor can find nothing wrong with him, he is convinced that a curse has been placed on him, most likely by Sammy who seems to blame him for his recent losses.
Episode 5 • Sep 28, 1981
A Real Sportsman
The Palmers receive their new piano and face a challenge in getting it moved to the farm. Hereward is worried about Lettice and whether she has the stamina to bear living in Africa. He notes that about the only activity she engages in is to go on safari with Ian Crawford. As Lettice and Hereward's marriage begins to disintegrate, it is apparent to almost everyone that Ian and Lettice are in love. When one of Lettice's beloved pekingese is carried away by a leopard, Hereward, Robin and Alec Wilson set off to kill it. They eventually turn to Mr. Roos for some professional advice.
Episode 6 • Oct 05, 1981
Safari
With Robin and Elspeth staying behind at the farm, Tilly joins the Palmers and Ian Crawford on safari. Lettice finally admits to Ian that she loves him. Things come to a boil between Ian and Hereward but Crawford's bearer Ahmed intervenes, severely wounding Palmer. At the farm meanwhile, Elspeth takes Njomo's advice and gets the local medicine man to give her a charm to protect Twinkle. She's hurt however when Twinkle goes off on her own and doesn't return home. Everyone hears that World War I has started in Europe and Robin and the Major decide to go to Nairobi see what is happening.
Episode 7 • Oct 12, 1981
The Drums of War
With Robin away, Tilly decides to go to Nairobi to do what she can for he war effort. As a result, Elspeth must go lives with the Robinsons, a wealthy merchant family who have a resident governess for their children. Elspeth doesn't adapt very well however and decides to run away. Hereward is in the army in France while Robin and Ian Crawford have joined the local forces but Tilly gets some bad news after a battle in the south. When Robin gets orders to join his old regiment in France, Tilley make plans to return to England, at least temporarily.
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