Alex Westthorp Sep 19, 2016
We revisit Tom's Midnight Garden, Moondial, The Chronicles Of Narnia and a few lesser-known UK children's TV series...
Read our look-back at UK kids' fantasy dramas 1980 - 1984 here.
By 1985 British TV's children's drama had really hit its stride, achieving "a balanced diet of programmes" as Edward Barnes, the head of the BBC children's department observed. The late 80s, arguably, saw a new golden age for spooky and magical kids drama. Excellent production values, improved significantly by well-honed special effects work using Quantel, Paintbox and Harry, and moreover some interesting casting - often of very talented newcomers - produced some of the most memorable dramas of the era.
The second half of the decade saw the BBC riding high on the back of the success of their state-of-the-art adaptation of John Masefield's Box Of Delights. Meanwhile, anthology series Dramarama was going from strength to strength on ITV.
We revisit Tom's Midnight Garden, Moondial, The Chronicles Of Narnia and a few lesser-known UK children's TV series...
Read our look-back at UK kids' fantasy dramas 1980 - 1984 here.
By 1985 British TV's children's drama had really hit its stride, achieving "a balanced diet of programmes" as Edward Barnes, the head of the BBC children's department observed. The late 80s, arguably, saw a new golden age for spooky and magical kids drama. Excellent production values, improved significantly by well-honed special effects work using Quantel, Paintbox and Harry, and moreover some interesting casting - often of very talented newcomers - produced some of the most memorable dramas of the era.
The second half of the decade saw the BBC riding high on the back of the success of their state-of-the-art adaptation of John Masefield's Box Of Delights. Meanwhile, anthology series Dramarama was going from strength to strength on ITV.
- 8/16/2016
- Den of Geek
AMC and Hulu have agreed on a multi-year deal that will allow the latter to exclusively stream the upcoming Fear The Walking Dead and other AMC programs following their TV debuts. Also featured in our latest round-up is a trailer for the Goners Volume 1: We All Fall Down trade paperback, as well as details on Melbourne-based theatre company The Laudanum Project's new show, The Grand Guignol Automaton.
Fear The Walking Dead: Press Release -- "New York, NY (April 29, 2015) – Hulu has closed a landmark, multi-year deal with AMC Networks Inc. for the exclusive subscription video on demand (Svod) rights to new and upcoming primetime scripted drama and comedy series from AMC, IFC, BBC America, SundanceTV and We tv. The new agreement will make Hulu the exclusive streaming home to the highly anticipated The Walking Dead companion series, Fear the Walking Dead, and future scripted series from across all five networks.
Fear The Walking Dead: Press Release -- "New York, NY (April 29, 2015) – Hulu has closed a landmark, multi-year deal with AMC Networks Inc. for the exclusive subscription video on demand (Svod) rights to new and upcoming primetime scripted drama and comedy series from AMC, IFC, BBC America, SundanceTV and We tv. The new agreement will make Hulu the exclusive streaming home to the highly anticipated The Walking Dead companion series, Fear the Walking Dead, and future scripted series from across all five networks.
- 4/29/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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