Network TV premiere for this story of first love adapted by Jonathan Falla from Ian McDonald 's semiautobiographical novel, set in Trinidad in the 1940s and starring Patrick Bergin Susan Wooldridge
Alan, a 12-year-old white boy, is facing disapproval from his parents over his friendship with Jaillin, their Indian kitchen girl. But their concern turns to alarm when the relationship threatens to become more than a childhood crush. With the island's first free elections looming, the children find themselves trapped in a conflict of class, caste and prejudice.
Producer Gub Neal ; Director Noella Smith 0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888
● DRAMA: page 14; FILMS: pages 41-65