with Dutch subtitles. Plot differences in the TV series In the TV series their mother has died and it is only their father who is abroad. The year is specifically said to be 1925. The boys' nicknames are not used and Christmas is not specifically referred to. A recurring subplot only in the TV series involves the brazenly cynical journalist Monica Hurling from a fictional newspaper called The London Planet (clearly based on the more populist papers of the 1920s, such as the Daily Express), who has written a number of stories stirring up public interest in the Hensman boys, while the paper has offered a £50 reward to whoever can find them. She represents an amoral, sophisticated London, and the conflict between her and the conservative rural community where she is reporting has wider resonance in terms of social history. This character, however, does not appear in the book. See also My Side of the Mountain References External links (relating to the TV series) Brief review of the series Episode guide - note that this link contains some inaccuracies: certain events are placed in the wrong episode and the boys' surname has been misremembered. 1944 British novels 20th-century British children's literature 1980 British television series debuts 1981 British television series endings 1980s British children's television series ITV children's television shows British children's novels Period television series Novels set in Northamptonshire Television shows produced by Southern Television Fiction set in 1922 1944 children's books British novels adapted into television shows Works published under a pseudonym