The Railway Child

'I wasn't a Railway Child to begin with...' 2023 marks 60 years since Jenny Agutter was given her first part aged just 12. From child star to sex symbol to mother and later grandmother roles, Jenny has done and seen it all, whether in Pinewood or Hollywood. Few have survived and triumphed in the industry for so long, especially as a woman. You might think of Jenny as Bobbie in The Railway Children or Sister Julienne in Call the Midwife or one of the many iconic roles she's played in between. But Jenny is much more than the sum of those parts. Her life story is a winding, exciting and bumpy journey that travels through a far-flung childhood spent overseas, to an English boarding school, sets full of kind and sometimes not-so-kind men, the glamour of LA in the 80s and beyond, featuring a cast that includes Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, Miriam Margolyes and Keeley Hawes. There has been tragedy and frustration along the way, but also luck and plenty of magic. Who did the young woman on that train station platform grow up to be? Readers will be surprised and moved to find out.