Season 1

Sara Crewe is the pampered daughter of an army colonel in a Victorian London girls' school. But when her father dies, penniless, Sara becomes a skivvy in Miss Michin's school, befriended only by the scullery maid, Becky, her friends Ermengarde and Lottie, a little monkey, a lascar, and the mysterious man next door.

19876 EpisodesDrama

Cast & Crew

Miriam Margolyes

Miss Amelia Minchin

Annette Badland

Cook

Amelia Shankley

Sara Crewe

Maureen Lipman

Miss Maria Minchin

Natalie Abbott

Becky

Alison Reynolds

Ermengarde St John

Katrina Heath

Lavinia Herbert

Joanna Dukes

Jessie

Episode Guide

Prior to entering the British Army, Captain Ralph Crewe ensures that his daughter Sara is well cared for in a London boarding school. However, when bad news finds Captain Crewe back in India, his life takes a turn for the worse.