''Harry and the Wrinklies'' is a children's novel written by British author Alan Temperley. The book was published in paperback in February 1998 by
Scholastic. It was Temperley's second published novel, after ''
Murdo's War'' in 1988. A sequel, ''
Harry and the Treasure of Eddie Carver
Harry may refer to:
TV shows
*Harry (American TV series), ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin
*Harry (British TV series), ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons
*Harry ...
'', was released in hardback in March 2004.
Plot
When Harry's parents die in an unexplained accident, Harry has to go and live with his seemingly eccentric Great-Aunts. He's anxious about living with elderly relatives, but relieved to escape his cruel nanny, whom he nicknamed Gestapo Lil. He soon realises that the ancient aunts aren't as doddering as he first thought. When he finds out their secret, he likens them to Robin Hood and his Merry Men. However beastly Priestly, their next door neighbour is sneaking round Lagg Hall, making trouble. When he turns up with his new fiancée, Gestapo Lil, it is time for the Wrinklies to take action, along with their newest recruit, Harry.
TV Adaptation
The book was adapted into a TV series of the
same name which ran from 1999 until 2002 on
CITV
CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which ...
. The TV series was rerun in 2009 on STV's weekend kids' TV block ''
wknd@stv
''wknd@stv'' was a short-lived children's programming strand on Scottish television channel, STV (TV channel), STV. The block aired on Saturdays and Sundays, usually starting at 9:25am (the first ever edition began at 9:55am). It began on Satur ...
''.
Film adaptation
In April 2020, it was announced that
Stephen Mangan
Stephen James Mangan (born 16 May 1968) is an English actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He has played Guy Secretan in ''Green Wing'', Dan Moody in '' I'm Alan Partridge'', Seán Lincoln in ''Episodes'', Bigwig in ''Watership Down'', Postma ...
, who had previously voiced an audiobook of ''Harry and the Wrinklies'', had been signed up to write a live action feature film adaptation of the book.
The film will be produced by Lizzie Brown and Emily Precious.
References
External links
Book details on Amazon
1998 British novels
1998 children's books
British children's novels
Novels by Alan Temperley
Scholastic Corporation books
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