A Little Princess (1986)

Drama · Family

Sara Crewe is the pampered daughter of an army colonel in a Victorian London girls' school. But when her father dies, penniless, Sara becomes a skivvy in Miss Michin's school, befriended only by the scullery maid, Becky, her friends Ermengarde and Lottie, a little monkey, a lascar, and the mysterious man next door. Based upon the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

IMDb rating: 8.3 (863 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

8.02 avg 6 episodes 8.2 → 8.6

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #1.1	8.2	23
2	Episode #1.2	8.1	19
3	Episode #1.3	8.0	17
4	Episode #1.4	7.1	18
5	Episode #1.5	8.1	16
6	Episode #1.6	8.6	16