Dramarama: Spooky - The Complete Series [ITV] [Network] [DVD]

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that he’s eventually visited by a ghostly obscurantist who corrects his grammar and then curses him to eternal damnation on behalf of all banal disc jockeys everywhere. Was one of the stories about a young lad, who moves into a house and everytime he sees his reflection (in a mirror or puddle) he goes back in time (Victorian I think) and meets this girl who haunts him.

Don’t Let Me In is a scary text story about a boyfriend who sends text messages to his girlfriend in the middle of the night, warning her not to open the door for him. Black Lightning: Review: Season 3 Episode 9: The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis (Crisis 2. The story is also set in a gloomy cottage in the woods and involves the discovery of a dark, dark trunk in a dark, dark cupboard, and a mystery about what might be inside the dark, dark box that it contains. But only Roberts can hear the voice which remains inaudible to both Alice and security guard Vernon (Godfrey James) who pops into the studio. Dramarama was largely a showcase for new talent to television and offered debuts for Anthony Horowitz, Paul Abbott, Kay Mellor, Janice Hally, Tony Kearney, [3] David Tennant and Ann Marie Di Mambro.Episodes comprise: 'War Games With Caroline', 'The Exorcism of Amy', 'The Danny Roberts Show', 'The Ghostly Earl', 'In a Dark, Dark Box', 'The Restless Ghost' and 'The Keeper'. They’re caught by the sexton (Wilfred Bramble in one of his last appearances) and the boys decide to scare the old man away long enough to carry out their raid, despite their fear of the ghost of a drummer boy (Mathew Peters) who is said to haunt the graveyard.

There’s a noise from outside and the camera pans round to the window and we hear people approaching. Although I found some stories to be better than others, overall this is an entertaining collection, a series intended for children maybe, but with plenty for adults to enjoy as well. A teacher has to interrogate the other kids who witnessed it but who don’t want to grass him up before the police arrive to find out what happened. But I’m even more disturbed that this was broadcast before 5pm in a slot designed for children, because The Keeper was made for children, and watching it now it’s really hard to relate to that.Drawn back in time, Kevin learns that war is no game and confronts the real horrors of the conflict he’s reduced to a seemingly harmless pastime. The first seven episodes all had a supernatural theme and were made by Thames Television under the umbrella title Spooky. i really enjoyed STV's contribution to 'dramarama' 'wayfarers'on 'from the nation' at the royal holloway college on saturday. Note: Our refurbished grades - Pristine, Very Good and Good - are solely based on the cosmetic condition of the phone. The boy’s father was a sailor who may have drowned at sea and his odd Edwardian-looking portrait is on the wall.

As Peter moves into the room, we’re shown something else, there’s not been a fire in that grate for a very long time…Welcome to Beacon Lodge. Spooky aired shortly before the main series was broadcast, exploring the supernatural vein that would appear throughout Dramarama's run. Despite being filmed on video, this looks pretty good here - as good as you are ever likely to see it, and with a sericable mono 2. Born in Cheshire and brought up in Alderley Edge, his work is rooted in the landscape and history of the area. It's a short little tale that uses many well worn tricks to build suspense - eerie acoustic instruments, predominantly a dulcimer, and a restless camera that's constantly circling and hovering just behind Peter and, particularly, Janet - but it must be remembered this is a show made for kids for whom many of these tricks of the trade would be new and also they are well worn because they work.I have recently watched the first instalement of 'Shadows' which is some 7 years older but much more 'spooky' - so it's not my current age! Deaf Angel begins to turn and just as we begin to see something horrible we cut to the kid in his hiding place, looking. All episodes produced by Thames Television have been released on DVD by Network on 13 January 2012, [7] who have also released the 1983 series Spooky which was shown under the Dramarama banner on 15 August 2011. I’m surprised this series never gets mentioned whenever they have any list of Terrifying Childhood TV Moments .

These outstanding screenplays venture into the dark corners of the imagination to create some of the most spine-tingling scenes ever seen on children s television! If you want something a little darker for children I recomend Shadows Series 1 (Series 2 is awful) Children of the Stones and King of the Castle. All in all, even viewing the episodes in a single setting as a fully grown and highly cynical adult, they were wildly entertaining. Nicholas Ball, best known at the time for his leading role in the popular private detective drama Hazell (1978-1979), stars in David Hopkins’ story of the eponymous smug, egotistical radio DJ, the host of a confrontational late-night phone-in show.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. There'll be people in their thirties who will shake and shiver at the very prospects of seeing these superbly chilling 'children's' shows again.