Ballet Shoes (film)

Ballet Shoes
Promotional poster
Based onBallet Shoes
by Noel Streatfeild
Written byHeidi Thomas
Directed bySandra Goldbacher
Starring
Theme music composerKevin Sargent
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersPiers Wenger
Michele Buck
Damien Timmer
Patrick Spence
Heidi Thomas
Running time85 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release26 December 2007 (2007-12-26)
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Ballet Shoes is a 2007 British television film, adapted by Heidi Thomas from Noel Streatfeild's 1936 novel Ballet Shoes.[1] It was produced by Granada Productions (formerly Granada Television) and premiered on BBC One on 26 December 2007. It is directed by Sandra Goldbacher.

A previous adaptation of Ballet Shoes was produced in serial format by the BBC in 1975 and directed by Timothy Combe. The television film stars Emma Watson as Pauline Fossil, Richard Griffiths as Gum, Lucy Boynton as Posy Fossil, Yasmin Paige as Petrova Fossil, Emilia Fox as Sylvia Brown, Victoria Wood as Nana and Gemma Jones as Dr. Jakes.