$11.95 Mary Lennox (Sarah Hollis Andrews) is orphaned when her parents die of cholera in India, and she is sent to live with her aloof, wealthy uncle at his large and ominous mansion. This version was produced for television by the BBC as seven thirty-minute episodes in 1975. Based on the classic young adult novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, THE SECRET GARDEN has been adapted for film and television a number of times.