About this season
Shadows is a British Supernatural television anthology series produced by Thames Television for ITV between 1975 and 1978. Extending over three seasons, it featured ghost and horror dramas for children. Guest actors included John Nettleton, Gareth Thomas, Jenny Agutter, Pauline Quirke, Brian Glover, June Brown, Rachel Herbert, Jacqueline Pearce and Gwyneth Strong. The series was also notable for reviving the character of Mr. Stabs. Notable writers for the series included J. B. Priestley, Fay Weldon and PJ Hammond.
Episodes (6)
1. The Dark Streets Of Kimball's Green
Aired 28 July 1976 • 30 min
A foster child escapes her abusive foster mother by befriending an old man and a stray cat. She tries to save them from a vicious street gang by calling up help from an ancient Celtic King.
2. Time Out Of Mind
Aired 4 August 1976 • 30 min
Teenager Liz, unhappy at home, finds herself living in the past when she is magically transformed into a doll in an old Victorian doll house.
3. The Inheritance
Aired 11 August 1976 • 30 min
A dying gamekeeper teaches his teenage grandson about an ancient pagan dance involving men wearing deer antlers. The grandson begins to see the dancers in his dreams.
4. Dark Encounter
Aired 18 August 1976 • 30 min
A middle-aged Londoner returns to the remote village that sheltered him as a child from the London blitz. He realizes that he's afraid of the woods around the village, but can't remember why.
5. Peronik
Aired 25 August 1976 • 30 min
Teenager Tom draws a poster illustrating an old legend for use as a decoration at a school costume dance. Then he finds that events from the legend seem to be following him around.
6. The Eye
Aired 1 September 1976 • 30 min
A teenage girl falls under the spell of a mysterious Greek urn. Strange things happen when she creates a larger version of a portrait on the urn.