''Secret Orchards'' is a 1979 TV movie directed by

Richard Loncraine Richard Loncraine (born 20 October 1946) is a British film and television director. Loncraine was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Loncraine received early training in the features department of the BBC, including a season directing i ...

. The film is based on the memoirs ''My Father and Myself'' (1968) by J. R. Ackerley and his half-sister Diana Petre's ''Secret Orchard'' (1975). Their father, Roger Ackerley, had had two families for more than 20 years. He married J. R. Ackerley's mother years after their three children were born, as well as after his three daughters with Muriel Perry (including Sally Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster) were born.

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1979 films Films based on biographies British LGBT-related television films Films directed by Richard Loncraine 1970s British films {{LGBT-tv-film-stub