Based on the book by Marjorie Wallace and Michael Robson, dramatised by William Humble and Anthony Simons
with Judi Dench as Hazel Wiles, Bryan Pringle as Len Wiles and Terry Wiles as himself
Based on a true life story - the struggle of a thalidomide boy and the couple who adopt him to achieve some sort of life together - On Giant's
Shoulders is one of the most moving dramas ever produced on television. This extraordinary play won an International Emmy Award.
(Shown in March 1979)
