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5 unusual facts about Oswald Wynd


Alan Shallcross

One of his last productions was a serial adaptation of the Oswald Wynd novel The Ginger Tree (1989) co-produced by the BBC, Japanese broadcaster NHK and WGBH Boston.

Cécile Paoli

She played Isabelle de Chamonpierre in the 1989 television serial The Ginger Tree, based on the novel by Oswald Wynd.

Daisuke Ryu

He starred opposite Samantha Bond in the 1989 television serial The Ginger Tree (based on the novel by Oswald Wynd), playing Count Kentaro Kurihama.

Joanna McCallum

McCallum played the missionary Alicia Bassett-Hill in the 1989 TV serial The Ginger Tree, which was based on the novel by Oswald Wynd; it also starred Samantha Bond and Daisuke Ryu.

Oswald Wynd

When World War II came he joined the Scots Guards but was then commissioned into the Intelligence Corps and sent to Malaya.


Port Erin

The 2006 film Stormbreaker (starring Ewan McGregor) was filmed on Port Erin beach; the town has also been used by various production companies including the BBC whose serialised drama The Ginger Tree was filmed at the railway station in 1989, and the cinematic adaptation of Five Children & It.


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