''The Queen's Nose'' is a 1995 BBC children's television series. It was adapted by Steve Attridge from the novel '' The Queen's Nose'' written by Dick King-Smith. It ran for seven series.

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, although in the book Harmony is granted only seven wishes compared to the ten wishes being granted upon rubbing the coin in the TV series. The first series by Steve Attridge, directed by Carol Wiseman and edited by Sue Robinson, won the

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1996 award for best Children's Drama, and the third series also by Steve Attridge winning the Indie Awards 1999 prize for Digital Cinematography. According to a podtail interview with Victoria Shalet in February 2021, the director Carol Wiseman was responsible for her being cast in the role of Harmony Parker after she had been impressed with the actress after working with her on the TV series Goggle-Eyes in 1993. 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 Shalet, diminished the series. 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

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

Cast

*Harmony Parker– Victoria Shalet (series 1–4) *Melody Parker– Heather-Jay Jones (series 1–6)List of cast *Mr Arthur Parker– Stephen Moore (series 1–2, 4–5) *Mrs Audrey Parker– Paula Wilcox (series 1–2, 4–5) *Uncle Ginger–

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(series 1–3) *Gregory– Callum Dixon (series 1–3, 6) *Tom– Anthony Hamblin (series 1, 2) *Granny– Liz Smith (series 2) *Aunt Glenda– Nerys Hughes (series 3) *Dino–

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(series 3) *Grobler– Ian Reddington (series 3) *Himself– Gary Mabbutt (series 1) *Himself –

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(series 2) *Paul– Joe Cadden (series 2, 7) *Sam– Ella Jones (series 4–6, 7) *Sophie– Dominique Moore (series 4–6, 7) *Mrs Dooley– Annette Badland (series 4, 5) *Aaron– Darryl Hutton (series 4) *Pansy– Grace Atherton (series 4–6) *Emily– Montanna Thompson (series 4) *Melody's Agent– Paul Danan (series 6) *Jake–

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(series 7) *Gemma– Lucinda Dryzek (series 7) *Chief– David Sterne (series 7) *Wesley–

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(series 7) *Duncan– Nicholas Gleaves (series 7) *Nick–

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(series 7) *Carla– Juliet Cowan (series 7) *Ben–

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(series 6, 7) *Mr Marsh–Bill Bingham (series 7) *Darren–

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(series 7) *Frank– Martin Jarvis (series 7) *Frank Puppeteer– William Todd-Jones (series 7) *Judge– Bob Goody (series 4–one episode)

Owners of ''The Queen's Nose''

* Harmony Parker (series 1 to 3) * 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

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and the hour-long drama was broadcast on Radio 4 Extra on Sunday 26 June 2011. The programme was produced by

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.List of cast 2011

Radio dramatisation cast

*Harmony Parker -

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*Uncle Ginger - Rupert Graves *Mr Parker - Richard Lumsden *Mrs Parker - Matilda Ziegler *Melody Parker - Holly Bodimeade

Ratings (CBBC Channel)

References

External links

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British Film Institute database entry
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