The Flame Trees of Thika

1981 UK miniseries directed by Roy Ward Baker
TVSeries miniseries Q7734348
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Summary

The Flame Trees of Thika is a miniseries[1]. It draws 663 Wikipedia views per month (miniseries category, ranking #309 of 738).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Roy Ward Baker[3]
  • Composer: Alan Blaikley[4]
  • Genre: biographical work[5], drama television series[6]
  • Cast member: Hayley Mills[7]
  • Producer: John Hawkesworth[8], Verity Lambert[9], Christopher Neame[10]
  • Director of photography: Ian Wilson[11]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[12]
  • Color: color[13]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[14]
  • Start time: September 1, 1981[15]
  • End time: October 13, 1981[16]
  • Narrative location: Kenya[17]
  • Film editor: Ralph Sheldon[18]
  • Number of episodes: 7[19]
  • Title: The Flame Trees of Thika[20]
  • Duration: 50 minutes[21]

Why It Matters

The Flame Trees of Thika is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved . fernsehserien.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . awards.bafta.org. Retrieved . awards.bafta.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'ki', 'sv']
    Sitelink count → 3
    Moviemeter series id → 4837
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 24w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+50'}
    Instance of → miniseries
    Number of episodes → {'amount': '+7'}
    Čsfd film id → 81956
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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