The Bagthorpe Saga
1981-03-25 · 30 min / episode · ★ 6.0
Follows the eccentric Bagthorpe family – ineffective advice columnist Laura, frustrated and emotionless comedy writer Henry, Scrabble cheating Grandma, 16-year-old electronics whizz and tennis champion William, artistic 14-year-old Tess, and twelve-year-old 'ordinary' Jack, who decides to train their mongrel dog Zero into a super dog.
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- Helen Cresswell
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Angela ThorneLaura Bagthorpe
Edward HardwickeHenry Bagthorpe
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