Weird kids' TV of my childhood

[cloudsinvenice]

Found a nice new blog, Wyrd Britain, which is full of supernatural stuff and folk horror - specifically I was interested in the latest post, about The Witches and the Grinnygog. I'd thought I knew all of that sort of children's TV series made in Britain in the 80s, but apparently not. Watched it on YouTube and I don't think this one will be getting

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[semyaza]

I've heard of that series but I'm pretty sure I didn't see it. Perhaps it was on at a time of day when I wasn't home (I didn't have a VCR). The 80s were good for children's TV.

[cloudsinvenice]

I remember being riveted by Moondial and Tom's Midnight Garden, and then they started doing The Chronicles of Narnia - all that within a couple of years!

[semyaza]

The Leon Garfield adaptations were excellent, especially Mr Corbett's Ghost.

And thanks for the link to Wyrd Britain. It looks fantastic. I didn't know about the Kim Newman so that goes near the top of my reading list.

[cloudsinvenice]

I've been going through that other post looking for stuff mentioned - the Astercote (nice book) adaptation and most of the Leon Garfieds seem to have fallen into the "never released on VHS or DVD" pit, so I could only find The Ghost in the Water on YouTube. We gave up on it because R in particular found it too slow, but I liked the atmosphere and will return to it on my own.

[davesmusictank]

Here in the UK we had The Tomorrow People on ITV and The Box of Delight on BBC

[cloudsinvenice]

I'm also in the UK! I was too young for The Box of Delights but Mum picked it up on video when I was 11 - still a yearly Christmas tradition!