Enid is a 2009 British biographical television film first broadcast on 16 November on BBC Four. Directed by James Hawes it is based on the life of children's writer Enid Blyton, portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter. The film introduced the two main lovers of Blyton's life. Her first husband Hugh Pollock, who was also her publisher, was played by Matthew Macfadyen. Kenneth Darrell Waters, a London surgeon who became Blyton's second husband, was portrayed by Denis Lawson. The film explored how the orderly, reassuringly clear worlds Blyton created within her stories contrasted with the complexity of her own personal life.
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Cast
Helena Bonham Carter as Enid Blyton
Matthew Macfadyen as Hugh Pollock, Blyton's publisher, first husband, and father of her two daughters Gillian and Imogen.
Denis Lawson as Kenneth Darrell Waters: A London surgeon who becomes Blyton's second husband following her divorce from Pollock.
Travis Oliver as Corporal Alexander Morris
Ramona Marquez as Imogen Pollock
Sinead Michael as Gillian Pollock
Claire Rushbrook as Dorothy Richards
Joseph Millson as Hanly Blyton
Pooky Quesnel as Theresa Blyton
Philip Wright as Thomas Blyton
Lisa Diveney as Enid Blyton (aged 19)
Alexandra Brain as Enid Blyton (aged 12)
Samuel Hilton as Hanly Blyton (aged 8)
James Warner as Carey Blyton (aged 4)
Eileen O'Higgins as Maid Maggie
Gabrielle Reidy as Mrs Waters
Sion Davies as Boy at party
Isabella Blake-Thomas as Girl at party
Production
The film was filmed in London and Surrey in Britain. The film is a "major one-off" drama for Carnival Film & Television for BBC Four.