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OT: Children of the stones

posted 8 years ago by mindbait
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I stumbled upon this one after a friend of mine raved about the soundtrack and I decided to give it a look. In great English style it's only a little over 6 episodes long. The score is indeed quite arresting, consisting as it does of avant, atonal choral pieces.
Kind of reminds me of creepy small town englishness such as the original (good) 'Wicker Man'. When it relies on mood and story it does alright, being a children's programme, some of the child actors could be better and when they opt to rely on special effects they do seem a bit wonky.

The main adult lead is played by Gareth (blakes 7) Thomas but also features a few familiar faces from classic Who, chiefly Iain Cuthbertson who played Garron in Ribos Operation... still suitably charismatic.
The village looked familiar too, not sure if it was maybe used as a location for an ep of Who

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[–] old-georgieboy 8 years ago

a great story.

have you tried Escape into Night (based on Marianne Dreams)?

Balotelli...Aguerooooo! I swear you will never see anything like this ever again!

[–] mindbait 8 years ago

have you tried Escape into Night (based on Marianne Dreams)?

No, the store where I get my 'less known' shows and films does not have that one 

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[–] old-georgieboy 8 years ago

sadly it was filmed in colour, and the masters were destroyed. But the B&W version is on youTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSOviQqXpRA

<i>Balotelli...Aguerooooo! I swear you will never see anything like this ever again!</I>

[–] michaellevenson1 8 years ago

Yep , pretty good stuff, it does try to be too many genres at once.Horror ,occult, Sci fi,and the ending is quite weird.
Another children's show made about the same time is THE FEATHERED SERPENT, 12 episodes and starring Patrick Troughton.
Set in ancient Mexico and is worth looking out for, Troughton plays a sort of Hepesh figure, an evil priest with Machiavellian schemes.
I can also recommend Catweazle. Don't get put off by the fact it's a children's show, this series is special and brilliantly written with lots of great actors of the 70's, some with Who connections. We have ;
Tony Selby, Kenneth Cope, Peter Butterworth, Neil McCarthy, Graham Crowden, Paul Eddington, Peter Sallis, Hattie Jacques, and others.
It's about a 1066 magician trapped in 1970 England.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLF6085C063662F262&v=8cgIHS7am9g

[–] mindbait 8 years ago

hmm the store doesn't have the feathered serpent either

Yep , pretty good stuff, it does try to be too many genres at once.Horror ,occult, Sci fi,and the ending is quite weird.

Yeah it seemed strangely upbeat considering they seemed to essentially be leaving all those people trapped 

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[–] mindbait 8 years ago

both of those marked for future ref. cheers

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