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Overview
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Writer:
Ken Taylor (screenplay)
TV Series:
Original Air Date:
24 June 1983
(Season 1, Episode 5)
Plot:
A couple moves into a country estate that turns out to be haunted. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Cast
(Episode Cast) (in credits order) | Francesca Annis | ... | Catherine Frode |
 | James Bolam | ... | Arthur Frode |
 | Sky Macaskill | ... | Daisy Frode |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Amanda Boxer | ... | Mrs. Levett |
| Nellie Hanham | ... | Mrs. Wright |
| Duncan Preston | ... | Fred Harston |
| Philip Sayer | ... | Mervyn Barbet |
 | Daniel Selby | ||
| Episode Crew |
Directed by | |||
| Peter Hammond | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Ken Taylor | screenplay | |
Produced by | |||
| Michael Cox | .... | executive producer | |
| June Wyndham-Davies | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Paul Lewis | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Ken Morgan | (lighting cameraman) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| David Rees | |||
Casting by | |||
| Priscilla John | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Anne Salisbury | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Lois Richardson | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Joyce Fowler | .... | assistant production manager | |
| Chris Gormley | .... | production manager | |
Art Department | |||
| Graham Adshead | .... | graphics | |
| Chris Wilkinson | .... | set designer (as Christopher Wilkinson) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Nick Steer | .... | sound recordist | |
| John Whitworth | .... | sound mixer: dubbing | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Andy Stephen | .... | camera operator | |
Other crew | |||
| Nicky Cooney | .... | researcher | |
| Terry Reeve | .... | location manager | |
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60 min
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A great adaptation of C. H. B. Kitchin's little-known 1953 short story of the same name. "The Maze" was shown originally on PBS' Mystery! series in 1984, under the Shades of Darkness series name (which is still owned by Granada Television), this neglected gem and the six other shows in the series have not been shown since, which is truly a shame. They are excellent adaptations of high quality ghost stories and deserve to be shown again. Update May 2007: This is now available on DVD under the Shades of Darkness title.
In "The Maze," Francesca Annis is marvelous as a slightly-repressed housewife during the post-war years in England, with a secret; a secret that has held her love for her only daughter in check. Despite many misgivings she returns to the house she grew up in, after her mother's death, with her husband and the daughter. The house, a large old Victorian place with rambling gardens, has a hedge maze on the grounds that has fallen into rather sad shape. The daughter is drawn to the maze, and we slowly see what secret the mother is hiding.
Atmospheric and genuinely touching, "The Maze" is one of those shows that you can watch again and again. While not strictly a ghost story it has a ghost in it, but not the kind you'd expect.