Children’s television
The Honey Siege
The story
The Honey Siege is a British children's adventure television series based on a 1958 novel of the same name by Gil Buhet and adapted for television by Dave Martin and directed by John Jacobs. It was made by HTV West for the ITV network and aired for one series and seven episodes between 7 June and 19 July 1987.
Cast
Nigel Harman as George Green
Lyndon Davies as Pete Rainbow
Barbara Ewing as Feen Rainbow
Belinda Sinclair as Phoebe Belham
Kenny Ireland as William Mutch
Kevin Lloyd as Phil Gattrell
Stephan Chase as Godfrey Green
Brian Miller as Ben Rainbow
Martin Eales as Henry Mardilow
Jim Dunk as Albert Mardilow
Lee Ormsby as Victor Mutch
Natalie Morse as Jenny
Stephen Bateman as Febbo
John Stilwell as Frank Gattrell
Dominic Arnold as Charles Durrant
Episode list
All seven episodes were written by Dave Martin and directed by John Jacobs and were broadcast on ITV on Sundays at 16:30.
The series survives complete on 1" videotape as part of the HTV collection which is now held by ITV plc.
Production
The series set in 1953, and they were both filmed in Crewkerne, Somerset, England, UK and Brouckerque, France.