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The Flame Trees of Thika   1981         TV, 355 min. Genre: Drama / Adventure Director: Roy Ward Baker   Cast: Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird, Nicholas Jones, Sharon Maughan, Ben Cross, William Morgan Sheppard, David Bradley, John Nettleton, Carol MacReady, Paul Onsongo, Tony Osoba   Based on Elspeth Huxley's book, this made-for-TV miniseries relates the joys and struggles of young Elspeth Grant (Holly Aird) and her parents—Tilly and Robin (Hayley Mills and David Robb)—as they begin work on a Kenya coffee plantation in 1913.