Enid (TV)
- Original title
- Enid
- Year
- 2009
- Running time
- 82 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Helena Bonham Carter
- Matthew Macfadyen
- Denis Lawson
- Claire Rushbrook
- Joseph Millson
- Ramona Marquez
- Sinead Michael
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Biography. TV Movie
- Synopsis
- Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family. Whilst training as a teacher after the Great War she sends her stories to publishers, one of whom, Hugh Pollock, takes her on and also marries her. They have two daughters but Enid is a terrible mother, letting a nanny rear them whilst she, ironically, bestows treats on anonymous children who worship her for her stories. She is completely self-absorbed, driving Hugh to drink and then to another woman. Enid uses the children as emotional blackmail to get a divorce on her terms before marrying Kenneth Waters, a weak man similar to her father. After World War Two she is as popular as ever, despite accusations of using a syndicate to pen her books and will carry on,adored by children who do not know her true nature, for another twenty years and her death in 1968.
- Awards
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2009: 3 Nominations BAFTA TV Awards, including Best Director and Actress (Carter)
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