A Swarm in May

Overview

John Owen returns to the Choir School at the start of term to find that he is the youngest Singing Boy in the school. This means he must also be Beekeeper - a traditional role. One of the traditional duties of the Beekeeper is to sing a solo in the Cathedral. Owen hates and dreads the prospect, so he persuades the smallest boy in the school, Iddingley, to take his place. Then, while exploring one of the Cathedral towers without permission, Owen finds something which makes him change his mind, and solves a mystery which has been baffling people for hundreds of years...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 26, 1983

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

Children's Film Unit

Cast

Jack May,Frank Middlemass,Milo Twomey,Douglas Storm,James Mills,Peter Cosmetatos,Petra Davies,Hugh Hastings,Oswin Baker,Rory Macfarquharand 3 more

Director

Colin Finbow

Writer

Colin Finbow,William Mayne

Producer

Brianne Perkins

Cinematography

Andrew Fleury

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0350178