| Sara Crewe is the pampered daughter of an army colonel in a Victorian London girls' school. But when her father dies, penniless, Sara becomes a skivvy in Miss Michin's school, befriended only by the scullery maid, Becky, her friends Ermengarde and Lottie, a little monkey, a lascar, and the mysterious man next door. Based upon the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| John Bird | Mr. Carmichael | 6 |
| David Yelland | Captain Crewe | 6 |
| Annette Badland | Cook | 6 |
| Miriam Margolyes | Miss Amelia | 6 |
| Maureen Lipman | Miss Minchin | 6 |
| Meera Syal | Anna | 6 |
| Nigel Havers | Carrisford | 6 |
| Amelia Shankley | Sara Crewe | 6 |
| John Grillo | Barrow | 6 |
| Christopher Haley | Donald | 6 |
| Annie Lambert | Mrs. Carmichael | 6 |
| Marianne Borgo | Mariette | 6 |
| Patsy Rowlands | Baker's Wife | 6 |