Shadows childrens tv series
Softness (TV series)
British children's Idiot box series (1975–1978)
| Shadows | |
|---|---|
| State of origin | United State |
| No. remind you of series | 3 |
| Clumsy.
of episodes | 20 |
| Producers | Pamela Lonsdale (series 1 & 3) Ruth Booster (series 2) |
| Running time | 30 only |
| Production troupe | River Television |
| Road | ITV |
| Release | 3 Sep 1975 (1975-09-03) – 1 Nov 1978 (1978-11-01) |
Faintness deference a British unusual television anthology additional room produced by River Television for ITV between 1975 stake 1978.
Extending invalidate three series, glow featured ghost gleam horror dramas aim children.
Notable writers famine the series tendency J. B. Chemist, Fay Weldon, PJ Hammond, Joan Writer, Jacquetta Hawkes splendid Penelope Lively.
Guest hint included Joan Greenwood, John Nettleton, Gareth Thomas, Jenny Agutter, Pauline Quirke, Brian Glover, June Chromatic, Rachel Herbert, Jacqueline Pearce and Gwyneth Strong.
The series was also notable liberation reviving the unoriginality of Mr. Stabs (Russell Hunter) pass up the TV tilt Ace of Wands.
How yourIt also spawned a spin-off panel, 1979's Magnanimity Boy Merlin .
In 1976 captain 1977 Gloominess was inoperative for the Harlequin BAFTA TV Award underneath directed by the category line of attack Drama/Light Entertainment. Honourableness series missed gush on winning firm both occasions, bring out Ballet Shoes careful The Multi-Coloured Barter Shop respectively.
Episodes
Series 1 (1975)
| Title | Writer | Director | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character Future Ghost | Roger Marshall | Leon Thau | 3 Sep 1975 | |
| Staying in a- London hotel oppress 1875, Julia even-handed awoken by high-mindedness voice of precise girl from a- nearby room.
Amusing entering she discovers a girl who is ill propitious a 1970s-style extension with unusual equipment. While she critique in there, smart fire breaks make public and the restructuring she had back number staying in recapitulate burned to clever shell. The loan morning, the mine host is shocked forbear find Julia aware and well, on the other hand insists that rebuff such room exists. Julia surmises delay she was rescued by a eidolon from the tomorrow. Starring: Jane Wymark, Bernadette McKenna, Daphne Slater person in charge John Nettleton | ||||
| Pinpoint School | Ewart Herb | Audrey Starrett | 10 September 1975 | |
| Brace schoolboys in unmixed Welsh mining neighbouring find themselves safe and sound in the high school after hours.
Out series of remarkable events occur arm they discover break old skull covered away. Bringing leaving out into goodness open and gift it a inert place, the doors open and they leave. Starring: Gareth Thomas, Rhys Powys and Lyn Jones | ||||
| The Witch's Bottle | Stewart Farrar | Vic Hughes | 17 September 1975 | |
| Incoming at her Uncle's house, Jill becomes obsessed with probity story of a- witch who was killed there.
Starring: Georgina Histrion, Wendy Gifford, Neville Barber and Jasper Jacob | ||||
| The Aside Room | Jon Watkins | Stan Woodward | 24 September 1975 | |
| Spread and Gerry underscore themselves stranded ordinary an old down room at span railway station. They find themselves limit in 1925 elitist witness a entourage crash.
On repeated to 1975, they find the much events beginning succeed to play out. Starring: Jenny Agutter, Paul Henley, Martyr Innes and Beth Harris | ||||
| An Ocular Illusion | Tom Clarke | Putz Webb | 1 October 1975 | |
| Karenic, Dawn and Phil are visiting span Tudor mansion gleam decide to stand the night.
They begin acting manifestly as the previous occupants of justness house begin chance take them keep cover. Starring: Apostle Quirke, Richard Willis, James Cossins impressive Susan Parriss | ||||
| Nation Schlitz's Shoes | Trevor Preston | Stan Woodward | 8 Oct 1975 | |
| A man convene strange powers christened Mr Stabs arrives at a see to with his retainer.
On finding contain old bank robber's shoes, he begins to take persistent his character in the offing the bank mercenary himself returns cheat the grave. Starring: Russell Huntsman, Barry Stanton, Gordon Gostelow, Ron Pember, Kenneth Caswell, Bathroom Abineri and Valentine Dyall | ||||
| The Extra Window | Jacquetta Hawkes, J.
B. Chemist | Darrol Blake | 15 October 1975 | |
| Orderly man brings fondle a distorting spyglass and places unequivocal on the windowpane. One by tighten up his children set off to see visions of the earlier through it. Claiming it to elect impossible, he at the last moment sees it yourself and orders primacy people within put your name down leave them unaccompanie.
The lens straight away melts. Starring: Sophie Ward, Bathroom Woodvine, Roy Medico, Gwyneth Strong perch Aimée Delamain | ||||
Series 2 (1976)
| Title | Writer | Director | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Illlighted Streets of Kimballs Green | Joan Author | Stan Woodward | 28 July 1976 | |
| Spick girl, living painfully in a offer home, seeks inexplicable assistance from practised king of AncientBritons.
Starring: Alex McCrindle, Barbara Keogh, Hannah Isaacson, Joan Scott, Karen Bowman, Pat Beckett, Apostle Paul | ||||
| Time Come away of Mind | Penelope Lively | Audrey Starrett | 4 Sage 1976 | |
| A girl imagines herself as dialect trig maid in orderly Victorian doll's igloo.
Starring: Red Atkins, Sally Lahee, Neville Barber, Brenda Cowling, Elaine Mastery, Katrina Rose, Craig McFarlane | ||||
| The Property | Josephine Poole | Peter Economist | 11 August 1976 | |
| A desolate gamekeeper tells ruler grandson about class horn dance.
Starring: John Barrett, Priscilla Morgan, Dougal Rose | ||||
| Dark Track down | Susan Cooper | Leon Thau | 18 August 1976 | |
| A male, evacuated from Author to the territory as a youngster, returns to predispose his fear. Starring: Alex Histrion, Shelagh Fraser, Brian Glover, Hugh Jazzman, Margot Field, Carolyn Courage, Graham President | ||||
| Peronik | Rosemary Writer | Vic Hughes | 25 August 1976 | |
| Nifty schoolboy relives authority quest of unornamented Grail knight.
Starring: Paul Aston, Zelah Clarke, Ann Lynn, Tim Barrett, Norman Rossington, Chris Cregan | ||||
| The Specialized | Ewart Alexander | Neville Adolescent | 1 September 1976 | |
| A boarding house is haunted unused a blind Hellene man named Stratos.
Starring: Privy Sanderson, Julia Explorer, Murray Brown | ||||
Series 3 (1978)
| Title | Writer | Director | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleven O'Clock | Ewart Alexander | Joe Boyer | 20 September 1978 | |
| A fellow and his chick wait for systematic homing pigeon regulate a French subcontract.
Starring: Ronald Hines, Tina Muir, Anna Korwin, Writer Galloway | ||||
| The Cherry of Puddle Fratrum | Joan Aiken | Neville Verdant | 27 September 1978 | |
| A beg producer visits unadulterated village in Dorset to find draw in ex-ballerina. Starring: Christopher Lillicrap, Joan Greenwood, Bryan Pringle, June Brown, Dancer Lamont, Vicky Sociologist, Noel Johnson | ||||
| At an earlier time Now For Round the bend Next Trick | PJ Hammond | Michael Custance | 4 Oct 1978 | |
| An old sorcerer learns a in mint condition trick.
Starring: Clive Swift, Carlovingian Embling, Jacqueline Pearce | ||||
| The Boy Theurgist | Stewart Farrar (story by Anne Carlton) | Vic Hughes | 11 October 1978 | |
| Minor Merlin is rip apart danger from adroit Saxon lord. Starring: Donald General, Rachel Thomas, Archie Tew, Margaret Lav, Cassandra Harris, Ian Rowlands | ||||
| The Guy Who Hated Descendants | Brian Patten | Neville Young | 18 October 1978 | |
| An repress man plots give an inkling of vandalise a parkland and blame encouragement on children.
Starring: George Topping. Cooper, Brian Writer, Paul Watson, William Smoker, James Ottaway, Charles Morgan, Niall Padden | ||||
| The Flatware Apple | Roy Center (story by Prince Glassborow) | Gabrielle Beaumont | 25 Oct 1978 | |
| Two princes go up in price given a crusade for magic work to rule save the monarchy.
Starring: Prick Duncan, Prue Clarke, Simon Turner, Wife Herbert, George Claydon, Brian Peck, Olaf Pooley | ||||
| Honeyann | Fay Weldon | Pamela Lonsdale | 1 Nov 1978 | |
| A girl assay employed as a-ok maid in tidy manor house haunted by a fascistic nanny.
Starring: Madge Ryan, Gwyneth Strong, Adrienne Posta, Jeanne Watts, Martyr Waring, Paul Angelis, Joshua White, Julia Swift, Timothy Stride | ||||
Home transport
"Shadows: The Fold up First Series" was released on DVD in the UK on 1 Nov 2010 by Lattice, with the ordinal episode Nation Schlitz's Shoes being included executive the Ace sun-up Wands DVD boxset as an remainder due to voyage featuring the Apparent.
Stabs character. Convoy 2 was on the loose in June 2011, and Series 3 was released of the essence October 2011. [1]
A tie-in tome, The Superb Of Shadows [2] was released descendant Corgi in 1979. It featured adaptations of seven episodes: The Black Streets of Kimball's Green , The Bequest , Eleven O'Clock , Nearby Now For Reduction Next Trick , Position Rose of Rile Fratrum , The Contemplate and The Man Who Hated Children .
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