Vice Versa

Vice Versa

Limited Series 1981 · 7 eps · ★ 7.0 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family

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Vice Versa is a seven-part series produced by ATV and based on a story published in 1882 by F. Anstey, the pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie. In contemporary Victorian London, a father and son switch places by means of a magic talisman from India, thus live each other's lives, and gain a better understanding for each other before they switch back.

Created by Jeremy Burnham, Thomas Anstey Guthrie

Network: Associated Television

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