Alice in Wonderland (1966)
Date: 1966
Director: Jonathan Miller
Production Company: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Stars: Anne-Marie Mallik, Freda Dowie, Jo Maxwell-Muller, Wilfrid Brambell, Alan Bennett, Finlay Currie, Geoffrey Dunn, Mark Allington Nicholas Evans, Julian Jebb, Sir Michael Redgrave, John Bird, Anthony Trent, Leo McKern, Avril Elgar, Peter Cook, Michael Gough, Wilfred Lawson, Gordon Gostelow, Peter Eyre, Alison Leggatt, Peter Sellers, Sir John Gielgud, Malcolm Muggeridge, David Battley, Charles Lewson
Location(s): Hampshire, Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Sussex
Region(s): Midlands, South East A-D
Storyline:
Following a mysterious white rabbit, a girl enters a strange world.
Additional Information:
Page compiled by Phil Wilkinson
A BBC television play based on ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ written in 1865 by Lewis Carroll
Alan Bourke came across an article containing behind the scenes photographs here.
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After getting them ready for the outdoors, their Nurse (Freda Dowie) follows Alice (Anne-Marie Mallik) and her sister Emma (Jo Maxwell-Muller) from the house.
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The camera tracks the pair as they walk through the garden.
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Alice and Emma leave the garden before walking alongside a stream and into the sunny fields beyond.
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A passing White Rabbit (Wilfrid Brambell) pauses when Alice sits up after waking from her slumber.
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Following the mysterious character, Alice peers into a tunnel before entering. Scott Wylie explains that is the entrance to an ice house located between the Walled Garden and the river at Rousham Gardens in Oxfordshire.
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Finding a strange world beyond the tunnel, Alice runs through a long corridor behind the White Rabbit. Netley Hospital in Netley near Southampton, Hampshire.
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Alice reaches a stairwell before following the Rabbit into a panelled room. Netley Hospital had fallen into disuse by the late 1950s and a fire damaged much of the building in 1963. Demolition took place soon after filming.
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Drawing back a curtain, Alice finds a small door and opens it to look onto the garden beyond.
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Explaining what a Caucus Race is, the Dodo (Finlay Curry) leads Alice away from the Mouse who is describing the best way to get dry. The Chapel at Donington Hall on Park Lane, Castle Donnington in Leicestershire.
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The Caucus Race re-enters a courtyard where one of the Participants has been overcome. Donington Hall on Park Lane, Castle Donnington.
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A squabble breaks out amongst the Racers. Donington Hall in Leicestershire.
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The Dodo declares that the race is over and that everyone has won. Donington Hall near Castle Donnington.
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Alice follows the White Rabbit to a cottage inside which she grows to an enormous size after drinking the contents of a bottle labelled "drink me".
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Making her way through a dilapidated greenhouse on returning to her usual size, Alice finds herself in the company of the Caterpillar.
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After dropping the Duchess's Baby and watching it run away as a pig, Alice decides on the next direction to take. The gateway from the Walled Garden at Rousham House, Rousham in Oxfordshire.
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Passing through the gate, Alice looks back to see her reflection. The entrance to the Walled Garden at Rousham House.
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The Mad Hatter (Peter Cook), the Dormouse (Wilfrid Lawson) and the March Hare (Michael Gough) entertain Alice at their tea party.
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Leaving the stupid party, Alice comes across a Gardener (Gordon Gostelow) painting roses while a second Gardener (Anthony Trent) watches.
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Alice asks why he's doing it as the Gardener paints another petal before the Queen approaches accompanied by a Marching Band. Possibly the gardens at Rousham House, Rousham near Bicester.
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The Queen and her entourage settle down to watch a game of croquet.
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As the game continues, Maids attend to Alice's hair before a Cheshire Cat appears in the sky.
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While the Queen gets ready for the executions she has ordered, the Gryphon (Malcolm Muggeridge) takes Alice to meet that Mock Turtle. Pett Level in Sussex as identified on IMDb and Wikipedia.
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The two find the Mock Turtle (John Gielgud) sitting beneath a cliff. Pett Level near Hastings.
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After telling his life history, the Mock Turtle leads Alice and the Gryphon across the shore to dance the Lobster Quadrille. Pett Level beach in Sussex.
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Alice spends a moment alone before the trial begins.