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Children's drama about ten years ago??

Tryphena Absent

12:24 / 11.02.03

Around ten years ago Children's BBC was going through a phase of making really great drama's, they screened some adaptations - Moondial and Tom's Midnight Garden but some original work as well and yeah I'm thinking of Dark Season and that's where this trail of thought began because I've been watching The Second Coming.

Basically what I'm wondering is what the hell this programme I can remember is? A girl with long brown hair forced to move to this village in the middle of nowhere. It might have been the Lake District or somewhere, I think her mum was pregnant, maybe the dad had died or something? The two old ladies from the local shop were kind of weird and it turned out that they were involved in some strange temple and had this really dark shared history. It involved this gold mask and possibly a waterfall?! Anyway the girl slowly finds out about the troubled history of the village she's living in and it slowly sets itself to rights and at the end I recall her sitting beside a lake with the new baby (or maybe he's gorwn older and it was all something to do with the baby who'd already been born and she learnt to love him through saving him from some frealky ritual sacrifice???).

Please someone save me from the madness, every four months or so this damn show pops back in to my mind, someone must remember it! A friend suggested that it was written by viewers? I only recall being absolutely terrified!

15:06 / 11.02.03

I don't think it was the BBC show 'What's Your Story?' that was written by the viewers, different plot and there was a hero and heroine.
That was a wonderful idea but a complete nightmare to film apparently, they accepted ideas for the next days plot for a few hours after the last one screened, then took the best for the viewers to vote on and that became the plot for the next day. Hosted by Slyvester McCoy I think (or Tony Robinson) and boy did they need the caffine drip they were on.
But no idea about the one you mentioned, sorry

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15:10 / 11.02.03

Fuck yeah! I remember that! Although I only watched the first few episodes because I was scared half to death by the flaming woman who emerges from the lake behind the children's house..

I believe I was going on about it and possibly had it identified in a previous thread about kids TV of yesteryear, if anyone feels like digging that up..

I remember there was an equally scary kids drama on ITV at the same time, which was all about some rum goings on on a Mediterranean island (or so I seem to remember), and I got really pissed off when it had a crappy Scooby-Doo ending where all the stuff previously assumed to be supernatural was revealed as being the work of a gang of criminals or something.. I don't remember many details except for a frightening well in which our heroes got trapped, and prominent references to the 'evil eye' painted on local fishing boats as a connection with some secret religion..

19:41 / 11.02.03

Damnit! All these things I only half remember! I do think I know of the one Rizla's talking about, and I vaguely remember What's Your Story. Sylvester McCoy. How the mighty have fallen.

Kids TV from that era was really good, though; I'm pissed off it's been so bad in recent years.

Brigade du jour

20:59 / 11.02.03

Can't remember the programme, but here have some sympathy because it's a pain in the arse when you can't remember the details of something that pleased you as a child.

Throughout my first year at uni, my personal bugbear was Battle Of The Planets. I could remember what the characters looked like, the man who was a woman sometimes, and even how weird and fucked-up it all was. But the title? Tchoo!

08:16 / 12.02.03

I think it might be a show called Century Falls - Take a look here, it has lots of pictures -

Clicky Click?

Is that the one?

08:42 / 12.02.03

also think its probably century falls - also penned by russel t davis....

08:50 / 12.02.03

Yeah think it must be, there's some pics on other pages of waterfalls...

There's an interview with this Russel guy on the site too.

Kids TV that's the way to go, spose you have to go to Uni and all that though eh - ah well

Has anyone seen the Blair Witch style show on CBBC these days, it's probably going to be the one that the Barbekids of the future talk about in around 10 years time, all about UFO's and government conspiracies.

ONLY NICE THINGS

09:54 / 12.02.03

More importantly, now we have Ghost Watch on DVD, when does the Russell T Davies bandwagon get around to releasing a video of Dark Season? It's the Sapphire and Steel of kid's TV..and is there any fanfic?

14:18 / 12.02.03

I think it was definitely Century Falls.

Haven't clicked Bear's link, but that little picture alone almost made me collapse under a torrent of repressed fear, so, er..

Tryphena Absent

14:28 / 12.02.03

AAARRRGGGHHH- I love you people. Century Falls... I feel content now but it can't have rocked as hard as Dark Season because I recall practically every word that Marcie ever said.

Rizla- the sight of that gold mask made me freak for about ten seconds. I forgot how frightening it was, I wish I could remember why I'm scared.

Tryphena Absent

14:53 / 12.02.03

I know this is really lame but I keep having to come back and check this thread is really here. I'm way over excited!

22:00 / 12.02.03

Right. I remember that even more fleetingly than Dark Season. Damnit! (DS on DVD, that would be nice, if only so I could remember the damn thing).

Tryphena Absent

16:54 / 17.02.03

I can lend you the book, I'm sure that would help jog your memory!