Season 3 • Episode 7
LatestA country girl takes a job as nursemaid to a wealthy family, and finds that everyone in the house seems to be suffering under the rule of a strict, authoritarian nanny. She has a few country tricks up her sleeve for dealing with nanny.
Shadows is a British Supernatural television anthology series produced by Thames Television for ITV between 1975 and 1978. Extending over three seasons, it featured ghost and horror dramas for children. Guest actors included John Nettleton, Gareth Thomas, Jenny Agutter, Pauline Quirke, Brian Glover, June Brown, Rachel Herbert, Jacqueline Pearce and Gwyneth Strong. The series was also notable for reviving the character of Mr. Stabs. Notable writers for the series included J. B. Priestley, Fay Weldon and PJ Hammond.
Writing
PJ Hammond and Fay Weldon serving literary prestige to terrified children.
Acting
Future British TV royalty paying their dues in ghost stories.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shadows arrived during a golden age of British children's horror, alongside The Tomorrow People and Children of the Stones, when regulators apparently trusted kids with genuine terror.
Mr. Stabs—played by Russell Hunter—became so beloved that Thames brought him back for two separate sequels, making him perhaps the only children's anthology villain with actual franchise power.
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