The Owl Service (1969)

SERIES

19691 Season25m episodes7.8

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Family

TMDB7.8

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Runtime: 25m episodes
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Origin: GB

About

The strangest children’s TV show ever made!

Three teenagers discover a mysterious set of owl and flower-patterned dinner plates in the attic and the magical ancient legend of the "Mabinogion" comes to life once again in their Welsh valley.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Details

Director: Peter Plummer
Writing: Alan Garner
Status: Ended
First aired: Dec 21, 1969
Network: ITV Granada
Studio: Granada Television

Time to finish

3 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Edwin Richfield

Clive Bradley

Raymond Llewellyn

Huw

Gillian Hills

Alison Bradley

Michael Holden

Gwyn

Francis Wallis

Roger Bradley

Dorothy Edwards

Nancy

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SERIES

19691 Season25m episodes7.8

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Family

TMDB7.8

Votes4

Your rating

Runtime: 25m episodes
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Origin: GB

About

The strangest children’s TV show ever made!

Three teenagers discover a mysterious set of owl and flower-patterned dinner plates in the attic and the magical ancient legend of the "Mabinogion" comes to life once again in their Welsh valley.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Dec 21, 1969 · 25m
Episode 1
Alison and Roger are step-brother and sister - their parents have recently married and they are on a family holiday in Wales. Nancy, her son Gwyn and Huw Halfbacon, the gardener, are keeping house for them. One evening Alison hears a curious scratching coming from the loft; Gwyn investigates and finds an old dinner service - with which Alison becomes increasingly obsessed.
E2 · Airs Dec 28, 1969 · 25m
Episode 2
At night Roger hears noises coming from Alison's bedroom and investigates. Moaning in her sleep, Alison suddenly reaches out and scratches Roger's face. Something is going on and nobody knows quite what it is. One thing is certain: it isn't just their imagination.
E3 · Airs Jan 4, 1970 · 25m
Episode 3
Gwyn and Alison read The Mabinogion and Gwyn explains the ancient legend of Blodeuwedd and the Stone of Gronw; Blodeuwedd was created out of flowers as a wife for the hero, Lleu, but was turned into an owl after she had been unfaithful with a man called Gronw. Huw thinks there might be a connection between the plates and the legend.
E4 · Airs Jan 11, 1970 · 25m
Episode 4
Alison has hidden the plates but Gwyn follows her to her 'special little house' in the garden and discovers the hiding place. She tells Gwyn she cannot stop making paper owls - Huw believes the power of the valley is now possessing Alison, Roger and Gwyn.
E5 · Airs Jan 18, 1970 · 25m
Episode 5
Roger thinks he might have photographed a ghost from an old legend connected with the house. Nancy is bitter about the injustices that prevented her from marrying Bertram, a former owner of the house. Huw feels that Gwyn, Alison and Roger may be re-enacting the tragedy of the old legend and that all three are becoming possessed.
E6 · Airs Jan 25, 1970 · 25m
Episode 6
Alison and Gwyn discover that just before Bertram was killed, he gave Nancy the dinner service they found in the loft. Alison and Gwyn have arranged to meet secretly in the stables, but Roger attempts to persuade Clive to cut the holiday short. Alison hears strange noises coming from a locked outhouse.
E7 · Airs Feb 1, 1970 · 25m
Episode 7
Gwyn thinks the mysterious Huw knows much more about the accident than he admits. When Clive asks Nancy about the key to the locked outhouse, she turns on him and says she is leaving. Panic-stricken, Gwyn storms blindly through the house, stealing food, clothes and money, determined to lave the valley behind him for good.
E8 · Airs Feb 8, 1970 · 25m
Episode 8
Gwyn now knows who killed Bertram. Huw tells Gwyn that he is really his father, and that years before he and Bertram were in love with Nancy. Roger is determined he will break into the locked outhouse where he believes the mystery will finally be solved.

Details

Director: Peter Plummer
Writing: Alan Garner
Status: Ended
First aired: Dec 21, 1969
Network: ITV Granada
Studio: Granada Television

Time to finish

3 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Edwin Richfield

Clive Bradley

Raymond Llewellyn

Huw

Gillian Hills

Alison Bradley

Michael Holden

Gwyn

Francis Wallis

Roger Bradley

Dorothy Edwards

Nancy

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