Little Sir Nicholas: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Based on the novel by CA Jones, Little Sir Nicholas is a story set in the Victorian era about heritage, identity and family rivalries.

The Tremaine family have, for many generations, bred proud-serving Royal Navy officers. When the Tremaine heir, along with his wife and their four-year-old son, go missing at sea during a storm, Lady Tremaine seeks a new heir to her family's estate. When she discovers a distant relative in the shape of ten-year-old Gerald Tremaine, she invites him and his mother to inherit the family fortune. While the new heir settles into his new life however, presumed dead Nicholas, now nine and the rightful heir, is found alive and well and brought home to be reinstated in his position as head of the Tremaine family. Just how will Gerald cope with being replaced?

Series details

• Title: Little Sir Nicholas
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1990-01-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 1990-02-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 28900
• IMDb ID: tt0190189

Cast and credited roles

• Rachel Gurney — Lady Tremaine
• Louisa Millwood-Haigh — Margaret Tremaine
• Jonathan Norris — Gerald Tremaine
• Bernice Stegers — Mrs. Tremaine
• Christopher Villiers — William Randle
• Jack Watson — Robinson

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1990-01-03; final listed air date 1990-02-07; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Little Sir Nicholas on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.