Follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home.
Acting
Jenny Agutter's full-circle performance — she WAS the child evacuee in 1970.
Production
Yorkshire railway magic, lovingly preserved like jam in a war cupboard.
Director
Morgan Matthews
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jenny Agutter filmed the 1970 original at age 17; she returns here at 69 as the same character, now a grandmother. The Oakworth Station used in both films is still operational on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.
The original 1970 film became unexpected Soviet propaganda — it was one of the few Western films approved for Soviet cinemas, seen as proof capitalist children also suffered. This 2022 sequel quietly inverts that, showing British children now dependent on American military rescue.
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