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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
10 January 1977 (UK) more
Genre:
Family | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
Scientist Adam Brake and his son Matthew arrive in the sleepy English village of Milbury to find it... more
User Comments:
Teatime viewing that sent me running out to play..... more

Cast

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Gareth Thomas ... Adam Brake (7 episodes, 1977)
Veronica Strong ... Margaret (7 episodes, 1977)
Ruth Dunning ... Mrs. Crabtree (7 episodes, 1977)
Peter Demin ... Matthew Brake (7 episodes, 1977)
Freddie Jones ... Dai (6 episodes, 1977)
Iain Cuthbertson ... Rafael Hendrick (6 episodes, 1977)
Katharine Levy ... Sandra (6 episodes, 1977)
John Woodnutt ... Link (3 episodes, 1977)
Darren Hatch ... Kevin (3 episodes, 1977)
Peggy Ann Wood ... Mrs. Warner (3 episodes, 1977)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (7 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Rebroadcast in the United States as part of "The Third Eye" mini-series, first aired 1983 on the children's televison network Nickelodeon more
Goofs:
Plot holes: When Adam is shocked into unconsciousness by one of the stones at the end of the first episode, Margaret is the only one with him, and they're a good distance from his cottage. But at the beginning of episode 2, Adam has somehow been carried to the cottage and deposited on the sofa, which is where he wakes up. Peter's similar transport in a later episode is explained away by the presence of the doctor who examines him for concussion, but no such explanation is given here. more
Quotes:
Hendrick: Anger of fire, fire of speech. Breath of knowledge, render us free from harm. Return to us the innocence that once we knew. Complete us the Circle! Make us at one with nature and the elements... It is time! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV) more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Teatime viewing that sent me running out to play....., 7 July 2003

Before HALLOWEEN scared the living hell out of me as a teenager, I was scared out of my wits by this classic 1977 TV series. To this day, I haven't sat down and watched it in any shape or form and I know that it has just been released on DVD in the UK.

I was eight years old at the time and I can safely say that this was what THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT purported to be, but wasn't.

The music was sheer terror in my view and after about three to four episodes of the show and one night in which I woke up with nightmares, my parents withdrew me and sent me out to play in the street for half an hour (the show was screened between 4.45pm - 5.15pm on a weekday as I remember). The symbolism of the stones and also the opening shot of sunbeams shining between the stones was also another factor, as well as the image of Stonehenge in a picture framed on the wall. As I was also fascinated by astronomy at the time, the image of a telescope was another memory that made it terrifying.

I can't really give you anything about the plot, as it was sheer terror at the time....

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