A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
December 26, 1983
Original Title:
A Swarm in May
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Children's Film Unit
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
GB: U
Runtime: 77
John Owen returns to the Choir School at the start of term to find that he is the youngest Singing Boy in the school. This means he must also be Beekeeper - a traditional role. One of the traditional duties of the Beekeeper is to sing a solo in the Cathedral. Owen hates and dreads the prospect, so he persuades the smallest boy in the school, Iddingley, to take his place. Then, while exploring one of the Cathedral towers without permission, Owen finds something which makes him change his mind, and solves a mystery which has been baffling people for hundreds of years...
Assistant Camera:
Nicholas Bartman
Camera Operator:
Titus Bicknell
Amos Richardson
Costume Designer:
Griselda Wallace
Director:
Colin Finbow
Director of Photography:
Andrew Fleury
First Assistant Director:
Don Weeks
Location Sound Mixer:
Robert Farr
Music Director:
Gordon Rowland Adams
Music Producer:
Colin Myles
Novel:
William Mayne
Producer:
Brianne Perkins
Second Assistant Director:
Chris Chescoe
Set Designer:
Bec Knight
Don Stinson
Writer:
Colin Finbow
William Mayne
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