The Flame Trees of Thika

  • : 1981
  • : 7
  • : 1
  • BBC One
  • 20
  • Action Adventure Drama Mini-series

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1x1
The Promised Land
Episode overview
01, 1981
Robin Grant, his wife Tilley and 10 year-old daughter Elspeth arrive in East Africa in the early years of the 20th century with the intention of establishing a coffee plantation. When .. show full overview
1x2
Hyenas Will Eat Anything
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08, 1981
The Grants get new neighbors when Hereward and Lettice Palmer arrive. He was an officer in the British Indian Army and neither seem prepared for the hardship they must face. Lettice .. show full overview
1x3
Happy New Year
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15, 1981
At the end of 1913, Tilly and Robin travel to Nairobi with the Palmers to ring in the new year. They leave Eslpeth in the care of Mrs. Nimmo, whose husband is still away. On New Year's .. show full overview
1x4
Friends in High Places
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22, 1981
Elspeth and Sammy are in put in danger when they face a herd of rampaging elephants. Mrs. Nimmo attends to Sammy's wife who has had a miscarriage, but her recommendation that the woman .. show full overview
1x5
A Real Sportsman
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29, 1981
The Palmers receive their new piano and face a challenge in getting it moved to the farm. Hereward is worried about Lettice and whether she has the stamina to bear living in Africa. He .. show full overview
1x6
Safari
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08, 1981
With Robin and Elspeth staying behind at the farm, Tilly joins the Palmers and Ian Crawford on safari. Lettice finally admits to Ian that she loves him. Things come to a boil between Ian .. show full overview
1x7
The Drums of War
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13, 1981
With Robin away, Tilly decides to go to Nairobi to do what she can for he war effort. As a result, Elspeth must go lives with the Robinsons, a wealthy merchant family who have a resident .. show full overview

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