The Little Sweep

About the show

At Iken Hall in 1810, sweep-boy Sammy becomes trapped in a chimney, and the children rescue and hide him from sweep-master Black Bob and his son Clem. Rowan, the nursery-maid, helps the children feed and wash Sammy. They learn his family sold him into apprenticeship because they had no food, and plan to smuggle him away in a trunk. The children get him onto a coach bound for safety and freedom.