Escape Into Night

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Escape Into Night
Genre Fantasy
Horror
Children's
Created by Catherine Storr
Developed byRuth Boswell
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Producer Alan Coleman
Running time25 minutes
Production company ATV Midlands
Original release
Network ITV
Release19 April (1972-04-19) 
24 May 1972 (1972-05-24)

Escape Into Night is a six-part British children's cult television serial made by ATV for ITV that was broadcast from 19 April to 24 May 1972. It was directed by Richard Bramall.

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The serial was an adaptation of Catherine Storr's 1958 novel Marianne Dreams , and deals with a young girl, Marianne, whose drawings become the basis for dreams, and how the dividing line between dreams and reality blurs. The novel was later adapted into a 1988 film, Paperhouse .

The series was made in colour, but the original colour masters are missing; only black-and-white telerecordings of the series exists. These surviving recordings were released in the UK on Region 2 by Network Distributing Ltd Home Entertainment in May 2009.

For its theme music, Escape Into Night used a segment of the third movement of the Symphony No.6 in E minor by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

It was filmed at Barr Beacon, Aldridge.

Cast

CharacterActor
MarianneVikki Chambers
Mrs Austen Sonia Graham
MarkSteven Jones
Miss Chesterfield Patricia Maynard
Dr Burton Edmund Pegge

Episodes

No.TitleFirst broadcast
1"Episode One"19 April 1972 (1972-04-19)
2"Episode Two"26 April 1972 (1972-04-26)
3"Episode Three"3 May 1972 (1972-05-03)
4"Episode Four"10 May 1972 (1972-05-10)
5"Episode Five"17 May 1972 (1972-05-17)
6"Episode Six"24 May 1972 (1972-05-24)