The Queen's Nose (TV series)

This article is about the Television series . For the Novel, see The Queen's Nose.
The Queen's Nose

The Queen's Nose Title Card
Genre Children's Drama
Created by Dick King-Smith
Developed by BBC
Film and General Productions Ltd
Starring Victoria Shalet
Paula Wilcox
Theme music composer Carl Davis
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 7
No. of episodes 44 (list of episodes)
Production
Location(s) London
Running time 25 minutes
Release
Original network BBC One
Original release 15 November 1995 – 16 December 2003

The Queen's Nose is a 1995 BBC television series, it was originally adapted from the novel The Queen's Nose written by Dick King-Smith and ran for seven series.[1]

The book

Main article: The Queen's Nose

The book by Dick King Smith features the story of Harmony Parker, a 12-year-old girl who wants an animal of her own but is not allowed by her parents who think they are dirty. Harmony has a 15-year-old sister, Melody who spends most of her time looking in a mirror. Harmony's best friend is a toy dog, Rex Ruff Monty.

Harmony believes animals are more interesting than humans and so the people she meets she pictures as animals. Her father is a Sea Lion, her mother is a Pouter Pigeon and her sister is a Siamese cat.

She receives a magic coin from her Uncle Ginger that grants her seven wishes.

The television series

The novels were adapted into three television series by the BBC which were broadcast during the CBBC slot between 1995 and 1998. The stories remained faithful to the book, with the same ten wishes being granted upon rubbing the coin. The first series won the Royal Television Society 1996 award for best Children's Drama,[2] and the third series winning the Indie Awards 1999 prize for Digital Cinematography.[3]

In 2000, the BBC revived the series with new stories, but without the main character Harmony, with a further four series being made between 2000 and 2003. Many viewers felt that the departure from the novels and the loss of the main character, played by Victoria Shalet, diminished the series.[4] The later series did however still feature other members of the Parker family in various roles. Harmony's sister Melody, played by Heather-Jay Jones, stayed on until the penultimate series. As of 2010, The Queen's Nose was no longer repeated on the CBBC Channel.

The Queen's Nose has also been broadcast in Germany, under the name Die Magische Münze (The Magic Coin).[5]

Cast

Owners of The Queen's Nose

Series overview

Seasons Episodes First air date Last air date
1 6 15 November 1995 20 December 1995
2 6 13 November 1996 18 December 1996
3 6 18 November 1998 23 December 1998
Specials 2 30 December 1999 28 August 2000
4 6 13 November 2000 18 December 2000
5 6 24 September 2001 29 October 2001
6 6 23 September 2002 30 October 2002
7 6 11 November 2003 16 December 2003

Home media

Audio books

Book Year Published Cover Photo Notes
The Queen's Nose: Cassette Tape[7]
November 1988
The Queen's Nose: Cavalcade story cassettes[8]
17 June 1996
Various characters standing on a fifty pence.
The Queen's Nose: Audio Download[9]
5 December 2008
Rabbit

Books

Book Year Published Cover Photo Notes
The Queen's Nose[10]
10 February 1983
A Girl with a bear
Hardback
Original 1st Edition.
The Queen's Nose[10]
1983
A Girl with a bear
Hardback
1st American edition.
The Queen's Nose[11]
April 1985
A Girl with a bear.
Library Binding.
The Queen's Nose[12]
28 November 1985
A Picture of a Rabbit.
Paperback Original Book by Dick King-Smith
Re-released a number of times.
The Queen's Nose[13]
1989
Unknown
Hard Cover Re-print.
The Queen's Nose[14]
September 1994
Unknown
Paperback Re-print.
The Queen's Nose[14]
26 October 1995
a picture of the actress from the TV series with a rabbit.
Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition
The Queen's Nose: Harmony's Return[15]
29 October 1996
a picture of the actress from the TV series with a hamster.
Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition
Queen's Nose: Harmony's Holiday[16]
31 October 1998
a picture of the actress from the TV series with a duck.
Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition
The Queen's Nose[14]
1996
Unknown
Paperback TV Paperback Re-print.
The Queen's Nose[17]
1 November 2002
Unknown
Paperback Re-print in Large Print.
The Queen's Nose[14]
17 January 2005
Rabbit
Paperback Re-print.

VHS

Release name
 Release date
 Country
 Classifaction
 Publisher
Format
Language Subtitles Notes
 REF
The Queen's Nose 15 September 1997 United Kingdom U Carlton PAL English None Series 1, Episode 1 & 2 [18]
The Queen's Nose 11 November 2002 United Kingdom U ITC PAL English None Series 1, Episode 1 & 2 [19]
The Queen's Nose - Harmony's Return 11 November 2002 United Kingdom U ITC PAL English None Series 2 [20]
The Queen's Nose - Harmony's Holiday 11 November 2002 United Kingdom U ITC PAL English None Series 3 [21]

Radio Dramatisation

In 2011 The Queen's Nose was adapted for radio by Elizabeth Kuti[22] and the hour-long drama was broadcast on Radio 4 Extra on Sunday 26 June 2011.[23] The programme was produced by Heather Larmour.[22]

Radio Dramatisation cast

Ratings (CBBC Channel)

Week Viewers[24] Notes
Monday 13 May 200250,000 2nd most watched on CBBC that week.
Tuesday 21 May 200250,000 3rd most watched on CBBC that week.
Wednesday 5 June 200270,0002nd most watched on CBBC that week.
Monday 3 June 200250,000 5th most watched on CBBC that week.
Thursday 13 June 200220,000 8th most watched on CBBC that week.
Monday 17 June 200230,000 10th most watched on CBBC that week.

References

  1. ↑ "Babe creator Dick King-Smith dies aged 88". BBC News. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  2. ↑ BFI | Film & TV Database|1996
  3. ↑ BFI | Film & TV Database|1999
  4. ↑ "The Queen's Nose" (1995) - IMDb user comments
  5. ↑ Die magische Münze / The Queen's Nose (TV-Serie) - wunschliste.de
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 List of cast "Full cast and crew for The Queen's Nose (1995)". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  7. ↑ King-Smith, Dick (1988). The Queen's Nose. Chivers Children's Audio Books. ISBN 0-7451-8583-5.
  8. ↑ King-Smith, Dick (1996). The Queen's Nose: Complete & Unabridged (Cavalcade story cassettes)[Audiobook] [Hardcover]. BBC Audiobooks Ltd. ISBN 0-86220-067-9.
  9. ↑ King-Smith, Dick (2008). The Queen's Nose (Unabridged) [Audio Download]. AudioGO Ltd.
  10. 1 2 King-Smith, Dick (1983). The Queen's Nose. Gollancz. ISBN 0-06-023245-5.
  11. ↑ King-Smith, Dick (1985). The Queen's Nose. Harpercollins. ISBN 0-06-023246-3.
  12. ↑ King-Smith, Dick (1985). The Queen's Nose. Puffin Books. ISBN 0-14-031838-0.
  13. ↑ King-Smith, Dick (1989). The Queen's Nose. Gollancz.
  14. 1 2 3 4 King-Smith, Dick (1994). The Queen's Nose. Trophy Pr. ISBN 0-06-440450-1.
  15. ↑ Attridge, Steve (1996). The Queen's Nose: Harmony's Return. Puffin Books. ISBN 0-14-038957-1.
  16. ↑ Attridge, Steve (1998). The Queen's Nose: Harmony's Return. Puffin Books. ISBN 0-14-038498-7.
  17. ↑ King-Smith, Dick (2002). The Queen's Nose. Galaxy. ISBN 0-7540-7832-9.
  18. ↑ "Queens Nose [VHS] [1995]". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  19. ↑ "The Queen's Nose [VHS] [1995]". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  20. ↑ "The Queen's Nose - Harmony's Return [VHS] [1995]". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  21. ↑ "The Queen's Nose - Harmony's Holiday [VHS] [1995]". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 List of cast 2011 "The Queen's Nose". rupert-graves.com. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  23. ↑ "Dick King-Smith - The Queen's Nose". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  24. ↑ http://www.barb.co.uk

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