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The Lost Boys

Starring IAN HOLM as J.M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan

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The story of J.M. Barrie and his relationship with the Llewelyn-Davies family. Barrie writes PETER PAN for the five boys, and later adopts George, Jack, Peter, Michael, and Nicholas.

Oct 11, 19781 seasons3 episodesEndedEN

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Anna Cropper

Mary Hodgson

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Ian Holm

J.M. Barrie

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Tim Pigott-Smith

Arthur Llewelyn Davies

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William Hootkins

Charles Frohman

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Maureen O'Brien

Mary Barrie

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Seasons

Miniseries

3 episodes

Premiered Oct 11, 1978

Episodes

1–3 of 3

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Ep 1

We Set Out to be Wrecked

Oct 11, 1978

90m

1897: a quiet afternoon in Kensington Gardens. A little boy in a red tam-o'-shanter realises he is being watched by a small man with a huge St Bernard dog. The man is J. M. Barrie ... Peter Pan has not yet been written ...

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Ep 2

Dark and Sinister Man

Oct 18, 1978

90m

1906: Arthur is gravely ill. Sylvia turns more and more to Barrie for help. A wealthy man following the huge success of Peter Pan , Barrie is only too happy to respond.

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Ep 3

An Awfully Big Adventure

Oct 25, 1978

90m

1913. Three years have passed since Sylvia's death. George is now a man and Michael 13 years old. For the Llewelyn Davieses childhood is at an end, and illusions are about to be destroyed.