UK, 10 January 1977-21 February 1977
1 series, 7 episodes, average 25m
videotape, colour, 4:3
mono, English
A British fantasy television series.
Plot Summary
Matthew Brake and his scientist father move to the remote English village of Milbury where Matthew finds that the locals have fallen into the grip of Hendrick, the sinister village squire who may not be quite as human as he appears…
Credits
Crew
Director: Peter Graham Scott
HTV
Executive Producer: Patrick Dromgoole
Producer: Peter Graham Scott
Scripts: Jeremy Burnham, Trevor Ray
Film Cameras: Bob Edwards, Brian Morgan
Film Editor: Adrian Brenard
Music: Sidney Sager
Film Sound: Mike Davey, John Cross
Designer: Ken Jones
Technical Advisor: Dr Peter Williams
Cast
Iain Cuthbertson (Hendrick)
Gareth Thomas (Adam Brake)
Freddie Jones (Dai)
Veronica Strong (Margaret)
Ruth Dunning (Mrs Crabtree)
Peter Demin (Matthew)
Katharine Levy (Sandra)
Ian Donnolly (Bob)
Darren Hatch (Kevin)
Gary Lock (Jimmo)
June Barrie (Miss Clegg)
Peggy Ann Wood (Mrs Warner)
Hubert Tucker (Browning)
Episodes
Into the Circle (10 January 1977)
Circle of Fear (17 January 1977)
Serpent in the Circle (24 January 1977)
The Narrowing Circle (31 January 1977)
Charmed Circle (7 February 1977)
Squaring the Circle (14 February 1977)
Full Circle (21 February 1977)
Links
Extracts included in
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
References
Books
- The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction by Roger Fulton p.101 – credits, episode guide, review
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.360
- A Green and Pagan Land: Myth, Magic and Landscape in British Film and Television by David Huckvale pp.1, 183
- The Hill and Beyond: Children’s Television Drama – an Encyclopedia by Alistair D. McGown & Mark J. Docherty pp.102-103
- The Routledge Companion to Folk Horror by Robert Edgar and Wayne Johnson (eds.) pp.2, 209, 213-214, 216, 218, 227, 233, 236
