It's about time for us to get to another episode that's been on our to-do list since the show first started, so in Episode 120 of Adapt or Perish we're looking at the children's classic The Secret Garden!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Frances Hodgson Burnett's original 1911 novel
• The 1949 theatrical movie, directed by Fred M. Wilcox, written by Robert Ardrey, and starring Margaret O'Brien, Brian Roper, Dean Stockwell, Elsa Lanchester, and Reginald Owen
• The 1975 series, written and directed by Dorothea Brooking, starring Sarah Hollis Andrews, Andrew Harrison, David Patterson, and John Woodnutt
• The 1987 TV movie, directed by Alan Grint, written by Blanche Hanalis, and starring Gennie James, Barret Oliver, Jadrien Steele, Billie Whitelaw, Michael Hordern, Pat Heywood, and Derek Jacobi
• The 1991 musical, music by Lucy Simon, book and lyrics by Marsha Norman
• The 1991–1992 anime series, directed by Tameo Kohanawa, and written by Kaoru Umeno
• The 1993 theatrical movie, directed by Agnieszka Holland, written by Caroline Thompson, and starring Kate Maberly, Andrew Knott, Heydon Prowse, Laura Crossley, John Lynch, and Maggie Smith
• The 1994 animated special, directed by Dave Edwards, written by Libby Hinson, and starring Honor Blackman, Derek Jacobi, and Glynis Johns
• The 2020 theatrical movie, directed by Marc Munden, written by Jack Thorne, and starring Dixie Egerickx, Amir Wilson, Edan Hayhurst, Colin Firth, Isis Davis, and Julie Walters

Footnotes:

• Adapt or Perish Episode 89: A Little Princess
• The Secret Garden (1975) on YouTube
• Hallmark's "Home for the Holidays"
• The Steampunk Secret Garden (2017)

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