| The Owl Service | |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Legend |
| Written by | Alan Garner |
| Directed by | Peter Plummer |
| Starring | Gillian Hills Michael Holden Francis Wallis Edwin Richfield Dorothy Edwards Raymond Llewellyn |
| Theme music composer | Trad, (played by Jean Bell) |
| Opening theme | "Ton Alarch" |
| Ending theme | "Ton Alarch" |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Peter Plummer |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | c. 25 minutes per episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV (Granada Television) |
| Release | 21 December 1969 – 8 February 1970 |
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The Owl Service is 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.[1]
- ^ The Mausoleum. "The Making of The Owl Service". Retrieved 4 October 2008.