The Flame Trees of Thika

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The Flame Trees of Thika
Directed by	Roy Ward Baker
Written by	John Hawkesworth Elspeth Huxley (novel)
Produced by	John Hawkesworth Verity Lambert Christopher Neame
Starring	Hayley Mills Holly Aird David Robb Ben Cross Mick Chege Sharon Maughan (credited as Sharon Mughan) Nicholas Jones Steve Mwenesi John Nettleton Carol MacReady
Cinematography	Ian Wilson
Edited by	Ralph Sheldon Ann Chegwidden
Music by	Alan Blaikley Ken Howard Zack Laurence
Distributed by	Euston Films
Release date	1981 (1981) (UK)
Running time	seven 50-min episodes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Flame Trees of Thika^[1] is a British television serial of seven 50-minute episodes made by Euston Films for Thames Television in 1981. It was adapted by John Hawkesworth from the 1959 book of the same title by Elspeth Huxley, and is set in and around the town of Thika in Kenya's Central Province. The story deals with the lives of British settlers in this part of East Africa in 1913, when the country was a British colony, up to the start of World War One.

The series stars Hayley Mills (in her first starring role after a six-year performing hiatus), Holly Aird, David Robb and Ben Cross.