The Bagthorpe Saga is a series of 10 fiction books written by author Helen Cresswell between 1977 and 2001. The series became the basis of a TV comedy series - also called The Bagthorpe Saga - in 1981, and also won two International Reading Association awards. The books were published in the UK and the United States by Faber and Faber.
The saga follows the lives of the eccentric Bagthorpe family, who live in Unicorn House in an unspecified part o...
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The Bagthorpe Saga is a series of 10 fiction books written by author Helen Cresswell between 1977 and 2001. The series became the basis of a TV comedy series - also called The Bagthorpe Saga - in 1981, and also won two International Reading Association awards. The books were published in the UK and the United States by Faber and Faber.
The saga follows the lives of the eccentric Bagthorpe family, who live in Unicorn House in an unspecified part of the UK. The nearest large settlement is the fictional town of Aysham.
Three of the four children are very gifted and work assiduously at the 'strings to their bows'. Boasting about their many talents is not regarded as boasting but as 'taking a just pride in their accomplishments'. Only Jack is ordinary.
The Bagthorpe Saga, a six-part adaptation of the first two novels (Ordinary Jack and Absolute Zero) was broadcast by the BBC in 1981. Each episode ran for 30 minutes.
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