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Airdate: The Real Mary Poppins

The producers of Saving Mr Banks have also put together a one hour doco on Australian author Pamela Travers.

mpoppThe producers of Saving Mr Banks, Essential Media, have also put together a one hour doco on Australian author Pamela Travers, who wrote Mary Poppins.

The Real Mary Poppins sounds like a fascinating watch.

The enigma that was Pamela Travers is finally revealed in this biography of the creator of one of the most popular characters in children’s fiction and film.

The Real Mary Poppins is a one-hour documentary that explores and traces the parallel lives of Travers and Mary Poppins from their origins through to their transformation from servant to seer.

Mary Poppins is a universal and much loved character that has enthralled three generations of children and parents, joining the select company of Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh. But very few people know much about the Australian creator of Mary Poppins and her remarkable but troubled life – which gave rise to the beloved nanny.

The new documentary The Real Mary Poppins draws on extensive archive and interviews to tell the real story of Pamela Travers and the question so many have asked: Where did Mary Poppins come from? It also includes interviews with the cast of Saving Mr Banks to provide insight into Travers and Disney’s relationship.

Sunday, 2 February at 7.30pm on ABC1

2 Responses

  1. It this the same doco that aired on the BBC Nov.30th last year…titled…The Secret Life Of Mary Poppins….which is on YouTube…or is yet another?

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