Just William

 JUST WILLIAM

Just William is the first book of children's short stories about the young school boy William Brown, written by Richmal Crompton, and published in 1922. The book was the first in the series of William Brown books which was the basis for numerous television series, films and radio adaptations. Just William is also sometimes used as a title for the series of books as a whole, and is also the name of various television, film and radio adaptations of the books. The William stories first appeared in Home magazine and Happy Mag.

"Just William" is set during the 1930s, about a naughty school boy, William, with his own gang. The annoying Bonnie Langford played the annoying, lisping, spoiled brat Elizabeth Violet Rose Bott who always wanted to kiss William (yuk!), and threatening to "Scwme and scwme and scwme" and hold her breath until she turned blue if she didn't get her own way. The great Diana Dors played her stuck-up mother Mrs Bott. This is a great children's series, and I remember looking forward to it every Sunday afternoon on ITV. The BBC remade it several years ago but it didn't recapture the magic of of the '76 version. It would be great to see this version released on video or DVD.

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Just William [1940]

Just William  2

Just William - 1994 - Series 1 3/6 - William and the Great Actor 

Just William (1970s TV series)

Series One

1. William and the Begging Letter
2. William the Great Actor
3. The Outlaws and the Tramp
4. The Sweetest Little Girl in White
5. William and the Badminton Racket
6. A Little Interlude
7. William and the Prize Pig
8. William and the Wonderful Present
9. William the Matchmaker
10. Waste Paper Wanted
11. Only Just in Time
12. William and the Sleeping Major
13. William clears the Slums

Series Two

1. William's Lucky Day
2. The Great Detective
3. Violet Elizabeth Wins
4. William Holds the Stage
5. William the Philanthropist
6. It All Began with a Typewriter
7. A Rescue Party
8. William Finds a Job
9. Parrots for Ethel
10. William at the Garden Party
11. Two Good Turns
12. Finding a School for William
13. William and the Tramp

Special

1. William's Worst Christma