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Escape Into Night

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1972
  • 25m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Escape Into Night (1972)
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This serial is an adaptation of Catherine Storr's novel "Marianne Dreams", which is about a young girl, Marianne, whose drawings become her dreams.This serial is an adaptation of Catherine Storr's novel "Marianne Dreams", which is about a young girl, Marianne, whose drawings become her dreams.This serial is an adaptation of Catherine Storr's novel "Marianne Dreams", which is about a young girl, Marianne, whose drawings become her dreams.

  • Stars
    • Sonia Graham
    • Patricia Maynard
    • Edmund Pegge
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    175
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    • Stars
      • Sonia Graham
      • Patricia Maynard
      • Edmund Pegge
    • 19User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Sonia Graham
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    • Trivia
      The series' exteriors were filmed at Barr Beacon, Aldridge in Walsall. Don Davidson's timber and scaffolding house was constructed at the top of the Beacon using the tree enclosure, close to the war memorial where Marianne is seen sitting in the closing scenes.
    • Crazy credits
      The end credits took the form of a child's sketch of each character, with a handwritten name; this then morphed into a photograph of the character, accompanied by the actor's name.
    • Connections
      Featured in Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      Symphony No.6 in E minor: Scherzo: Allegro vivace
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      Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
      [series theme tune]

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    Superb, gripping stuff...

    Yes, I too saw this excellent series I was only about 11 at the time, but it stayed vividly in my memory - utterly disturbing and very scary.

    In response to 'geffers' - the series was originally aired in the UK on the ITV network, produced by ATV (later to become Central TV) in 1972 - so nothing to do with the infamous BBC purge.

    It is known that Thames TV (another ITV programme provider of the time) had a similar 'cull' of some of their children's TV - but this goes back to about 1970-71 - this itself shouldn't have affected the ATV-produced Escape Into Night production.

    Let's hope its out there in the VT archives somewhere - maybe we'll get a DVD release one day...

    Peace,

    PG.
    • pagangod
    • Feb 10, 2007
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    • Release date
      • April 19, 1972 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Associated Television (ATV)
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      25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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