The Owl Service

The Owl Service was an eight-part television series based on the fantasy novel of the same name by Alan Garner. Produced in 1969 and televised over the winter of 1969-1970, the series was remarkably bold in terms of production. It was the first fully scripted colour production by Granada Television and was filmed almost entirely on location at a time when almost all TV drama was studio-bound. It used editing techniques such as jump cuts to create a sense of disorientation and also to suggest that two time periods overlapped. For the series, the book was adapted in seven scripts (later stretched to eight) by Garner and was produced and directed by Peter Plummer. The direction was quite radical and seemed to be influenced by the avant-garde, a noted contrast to what might be expected of a children's serial.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 81442
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired December 21, 1969
  • Recent February 8, 1970
  • Airs Sunday,
  • Network ITV1
  • Average Runtime 25 minutes
  • Genres Drama Family Fantasy Mystery
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
  • On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com
  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
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  • Created February 4, 2008 by
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  • Modified March 28, 2024 by
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