Enid (TV 2009)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Helena Bonham Carter	...	Enid Blyton
	Matthew Macfadyen	...	Hugh Pollock
	Denis Lawson	...	Kenneth Waters
	Claire Rushbrook	...	Dorothy Richards
	Joseph Millson	...	Hanly Blyton
	Ramona Marquez	...	Imogen Pollock
	Sinead Michael	...	Gillian
	Pooky Quesnel	...	Theresa Blyton
	Philip Wright	...	Thomas Blyton
	Lisa Diveney	...	Enid - aged 19
	Alexandra Brain	...	Enid - aged 12
	Samuel Hilton	...	Hanly Blyton - aged 8
	James Warner	...	Carey Blyton - aged 4
	Eileen O'Higgins	...	Maid Maggie
	Gabrielle Reidy	...	Mrs Waters

Storyline

Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family. Whilst training as a teacher after the Great War she sends her stories to publishers, one of whom, Hugh Pollock,takes her on and also marries her. They have two daughters but Enid is a terrible mother, letting a nanny rear them whilst she, ironically, bestows treats on anonymous children who worship her for her stories. She is completely self-absorbed,driving Hugh to drink and then to another woman. Enid uses the children as emotional blackmail to get a divorce on her terms before marrying Kenneth Waters, a weak man similar to her father. After World War Two she is as popular as ever, despite accusations of using a syndicate to pen her books and will carry on,adored by children who do not know her true nature, for another twenty years and her death in 1968. Written by don @ minifie-1  

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