The Queen's Nose (TV series)

The Queen's Nose
The Queen's Nose Title Card
Genre	Children's Drama
Created by	Dick King-Smith Original Adaption and Second and Third Series by Steve Attridge
Developed by	BBC Film and General Productions Ltd
Starring	Victoria Shalet Paula Wilcox
Theme music composer	Carl Davis
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	44 (list of episodes)
Production
Location(s)	London
Running time	25 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	15 November 1995 – 16 December 2003

The Queen's Nose is a 1995 BBC television series, it was originally adapted by Steve Attridge from the novel The Queen's Nose written by Dick King-Smith and ran for seven series.^[1]

The television series

The novel was adapted into three television series by the BBC which were broadcast during the CBBC slot between 1995 and 1998. The stories remained faithful to the book, with the same ten wishes being granted upon rubbing the coin. The first series by Steve Attridge, directed by Carol Wiseman and edited by Sue Robinson, won the Royal Television Society 1996 award for best Children's Drama,^[2] and the third series also by Steve Attridge winning the Indie Awards 1999 prize for Digital Cinematography.^[3]

In 2000, the BBC revived the series with new stories, but without the main character Harmony, with a further four series being made between 2000 and 2003. Many viewers felt that the departure from the novels and the loss of the main character, played by Victoria Shalet, diminished the series.^[4] The later series did however still feature other members of the Parker family in various roles. Harmony's sister Melody, played by Heather-Jay Jones, stayed on until the penultimate series. As of 2010, The Queen's Nose was no longer repeated on the CBBC Channel.

The Queen's Nose has also been broadcast in Germany, under the name Die Magische Münze (The Magic Coin).^[5]

Cast

• Melody Parker–Heather-Jay Jones (series 1–6)^[6]
• Harmony Parker–Victoria Shalet (series 1–4)^[6]
• Grobler–Ian Reddington (series 3 1-6)^[6]
• Mr Arthur Parker–Stephen Moore (series 1–2, 4–5)^[6]
• Mrs Audrey Parker–Paula Wilcox (series 1, 2, 4, 5)^[6]
• Granny–Liz Smith (series 2)^[6]
• Aunt Glenda–Nerys Hughes (series 3)^[6]
• Uncle Ginger–Donald Sumpter (series 1–3)^[6]
• Himself–Gary Mabbutt (series 1)^[6]
• Gregory–Callum Dixon (series 1, 2, 3, 6)^[6]
• Tom–Anthony Hamblin (series 1, 2)
• Paul–Joe Cadden (series 2, 7)^[6]
• Sam–Ella Jones/Josie Lloyd (series 4–6, 7)^[6]
• Sophie–Dominique Moore (series 4–6, 7)^[6]
• Mrs Dooley–Annette Badland (series 4, 5)^[6]
• Aaron–Darryl Hutton (series 4)^[6]
• Dino–Vicki Lee Taylor (series 3)^[6]
• Melody's Agent–Paul Danan (series 6)^[6]
• Jake–Jordan Metcalfe (series 7)^[6]
• Gemma–Lucinda Dryzek (series 7)^[6]
• Chief–David Sterne (series 7)^[6]
• Wesley–Joshua Garland (series 7)^[6]
• Duncan–Nicholas Gleaves (series 7)^[6]
• Nick–Brock Everitt-Elwick (series 7)^[6]
• Carla–Juliet Cowan (series 7)^[6]
• Ben–Pablo Duarte (series 6, 7)^[6]
• Mr Marsh–Bill Bingham (series 7)^[6]
• Darren–Andrew James Michel (series 7)^[6]
• Frank–Martin Jarvis (series 7)^[6]
• Frank Puppeteer–William Todd-Jones (series 7)^[6]
• Pansy–Grace Atherton (series 4–6)^[6]
• Emily–Montanna Thompson (5 episodes- 2000)^[6]
• Judge–Bob Goody (series 4–one episode)

Owners of The Queen's Nose

• Harmony Parker (series 1 to 2)
• Dino Parker (series 3 alongside Harmony)
• Sam (series 4 to 6)
• Jake (series 7)

Series overview

VHS

Radio Dramatisation

In 2011 The Queen's Nose was adapted for radio by Elizabeth Kuti^[11] and the hour-long drama was broadcast on Radio 4 Extra on Sunday 26 June 2011.^[12] The programme was produced by Heather Larmour.^[11]

Radio Dramatisation cast

• Harmony Parker - Lauren Mote^[11]
• Uncle Ginger - Rupert Graves^[11]
• Mr Parker - Richard Lumsden^[11]
• Mrs Parker - Matilda Ziegler^[11]
• Melody Parker - Holly Bodimeade^[11]

Ratings (CBBC Channel)

References

External links

• The Queen's Nose at BBC Programmes
  
• The Queen's Nose at the Internet Movie Database
• The Queen's Nose at TV.com
• British Film Institute database entry