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The Haunted School

Produced by

Executive Producer: Ray Alchin
Director: Frank Arnold
Writer: Helen Cresswell

Aired: 1986 (ABC)

Fanny Crowe, a young English teacher, struggles to establish a new school in the wilds of nineteenth century Australia as the superstitious local residents, particularly twelve-year-old Richard Blackburn, wonder about her willingness to live in a haunted house. Based on the novel by Carol Drinkwater (8 x 30min)

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