| The Box of Delights | |
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| Based on | The Box of Delights by John Masefield |
| Screenplay by | Alan Seymour |
| Directed by | Renny Rye |
| Starring | Devin Stanfield Patrick Troughton Robert Stephens |
| Theme music composer | Victor Hely-Hutchinson |
| Opening theme | Andante quasi lento e contabile from Carol Symphony |
| Composer | Roger Limb |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Producer | Paul Stone |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 21 November – 24 December 1984 |
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The Box of Delights is a BBC Television adaptation of John Masefield's 1935 children's fantasy novel The Box of Delights starring Devin Stanfield, Patrick Troughton and Robert Stephens. It was broadcast on BBC1 between 21 November and 24 December 1984. The series was adapted from Masefield's novel by Alan Seymour, directed by Renny Rye and produced by Paul Stone.
The series is a fantasy adventure about a schoolboy who is entrusted with a magical box which allows him to time travel and shapeshift to protect the box from an evil magician.[1] An innovative mixture of live action and animation, the production made extensive use of the Quantel Paintbox and chroma key effects. The series cost £1 million to make in 1984 (£3.23 million in 2023), the most expensive children's series the BBC had made to that date, but it was widely acclaimed and won a number of BAFTA and RTS awards, in particular for its special effects.
- ^ "The Box of Delights". BBC Cult. Retrieved 14 October 2017.