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The Chinese Puzzle (1974)

The Chinese Puzzle poster
Directed by
Alan J. W. Bell
Genre
children's television series
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A children's television series from 1974. It involves characters trying to solve a Chinese puzzle. The show is set in the United Kingdom.

gentlepuzzlingnostalgiclight-heartedwhimsicalslow-pacedfamily-friendlyquirky

What happens

Brian Finch (25 July 1936 – 27 June 2007) was a British television scriptwriter and dramatist. His longest relationship was with the ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street, for which he wrote 150 scripts between 1970 and 1989. He also helped the development of All Creatures Great and Small, The Tomorrow People, and Heartbeat. He contributed several episodes to the British detective programmes The Gentle Touch, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Bergerac and The Bill. It was for his work as a writer on Goodnight Mr Tom, a bittersweet drama starring John Thaw, for which he received a BAFTA. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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