| Enid | |
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| Directed by | James Hawes |
| Written by | Lindsay Shapero |
| Produced by | Sally Woodward Gentle Lee Morris Eleanor Moran Jamie Laurenson |
| Starring | Helena Bonham Carter Matthew Macfadyen Denis Lawson |
| Cinematography | Matt Gray |
| Edited by | Richard Cox |
| Music by | Nicholas Hooper |
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| Distributed by | BBC Four |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Enid is a 2009 British biographical television film first broadcast on 16 November on BBC Four. Directed by James Hawes it is based on the life of children's writer Enid Blyton, portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter. The film introduced the two main lovers of Blyton's life. Her first husband Hugh Pollock, who was also her publisher, was played by Matthew Macfadyen. Kenneth Darrell Waters, a London surgeon who became Blyton's second husband, was portrayed by Denis Lawson. The film explored how the orderly, reassuringly clear worlds Blyton created within her stories contrasted with the complexity of her own personal life.