Children of the Stones

Children of the Stones
GenreFantasy
Drama
Children's
Created byJeremy Burnham
Trevor Ray
Directed byPeter Graham Scott
StarringIain Cuthbertson
Veronica Strong
Gareth Thomas
Freddie Jones
John Woodnutt
ComposerSidney Sager
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producerPatrick Dromgoole
ProducerPeter Graham Scott
Production locationAvebury, Wiltshire
Running time30 minutes
Production companyHTV West
Original release
NetworkITV
Release10 January (1977-01-10) –
21 February 1977 (1977-02-21)
Related
The Third Eye
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Children of the Stones is a British television fantasy drama serial for children, produced by HTV in 1976 and broadcast on the United Kingdom's ITV network in January and February 1977. The serial was produced by Peter Graham Scott, with Patrick Dromgoole as executive producer. A novelisation by the serial's writers, Jeremy Burnham and Trevor Ray, also appeared in 1977. In the United States, it was broadcast on the Nickelodeon television channel in the early 1980s as part of the series, The Third Eye.[1][2]

The series is today considered a landmark in quality children's drama.[3]

  1. ^ Tripod - The Third Eye
  2. ^ Scovell, Adam (26 July 2018). "Where to begin with folk horror". British Film Institute.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Radio4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).