Escape Into Night

Escape Into Night
Genre	Fantasy Horror Children's
Created by	Catherine Storr
Developed by	Ruth Boswell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Alan Coleman
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	ATV Midlands
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	19 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. ^[1]

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

Character	Actor
Marianne	Vikki Chambers
Mrs Austen	Sonia Graham
Mark	Steven Jones
Miss Chesterfield	Patricia Maynard
Dr Burton	Edmund Pegge

Episodes

No.	Title	First 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)

External links

• Action TV episode guide for 'Escape Into Night' at the Wayback Machine (archived 2018-05-17)
• Escape Into Night at IMDb

References

1. Porter, Stephen (7 October 2017). "In Dreams: 'Escape Into Night' revisited » We Are Cult". We Are Cult. Retrieved 26 November 2025.