About this title

Storyline

This series is about two children who are the wards of a cantankerously un-loving uncle. That uncle owns a rug factory that has the typically brutal working conditions of the time that both poor adult and child labourers have to survive. Life is hardly perfect, but things take a turn for the worst when the Uncle, maddened by the fear of bill and tax collectors, sets fire to his own home to prevent its seizure and dies in the process. This leaves the children with no home or guardian. Now the two must struggle to survive on the streets of London, where they learn that there difficult ways of making a living and help is where they least expect it.

Country: United Kingdom

Type: scripted

Status: Ended

Release Date: October 12, 1977

Also Known As: Midnight Is a Place

Genres

Company Credits

Production Co: Southern Television

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

1977 | 13 Episodes

Awards

Awards & Nominations

BAFTA TV Award 1978

Nominee

BAFTA TV Award

'Harlequin' (Drama/Light Entertainment)

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