Watch Series: The Flame Trees of Thika Released in (1981) - Season 1 produced by UK, The TV Series categorized in Drama, and content rating Not Rated with duration 60 min broadcasted as these networks BBC One, Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Roy Ward Baker. Elspeth and her unconventional parents decide to settle down in Kenya and begin a coffee plantation. This is a time of discovery for Elspeth, as she encounters the incredible beauty and cruelty of nature, and new friendships with both Africans and British expatriates. A side plot involves the beautiful and bored British Lettice Palmer who enters into an affair with a handsome safari guide. Eventually, however, the excitement of Elspeth's life is disrupted by the onset of WW I, and the changes it brings. - Season 1