Escape Into Night

6.3 Apr 1972 1 Season 6 Episodes

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Overview

Escape Into Night is a six-part 1972 British children's fantasy horror television serial produced by Associated Television for ITV. Bedridden young Marianne doodles an imaginary house in her notepad — and soon the line between dreams and reality blurs.

Created by Catherine Storr

Associated Television

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · English

Cast

Vikki Chambers

Marianne

Steven Jones

Mark

Sonia Graham

Mrs Austen

Patricia Maynard

Miss Chesterfield

Edmund Pegge

Dr. Burton

Key Crew

Richard Bramall

Director

Catherine Storr

Novel

Ruth Boswell

Teleplay

Alan Coleman

Producer

Geoffrey Pearson

Graphic Designer

Don Davidson

Production Design

Episode 1

Marianne Austin is bored. Stuck in bed after a riding accident, she finds life is dragging - until she discovers a pencil in her great-grandmother's workbox. When she draws, a weird dream invades her waking life...

Apr 19, 1972 25m

Episode 2

The mystery of The House deepend. Its whispering secrets and the unaccountable precense of Mark puzzle and disturb Marianne. It's all a dream and she can make it vanish - or can she?

Apr 26, 1972 25m

Episode 3

Marianne knows that Mark is not just a figure of her dreams. When Miss Chesterfield beings her news that the real-life Mark is in danger, Marianne knows that she must help him, but how? The drawing book is the key, but first Marianne must discover how to control its power.

May 3, 1972 25m

Episode 4

What is the secret of Marianne's strange behaviour? Mrs. Austen blames Miss Chesterfield.

May 10, 1972 25m

Episode 5

The fight is on to get Mark walking again. Caught between the threatening boulders and his own physical weakness, Mark knows he is in a desparate race against time.

May 17, 1972 25m

Episode 6

Marianne and Mark know that time has run out. They must get away, but between them and safety lie the boulders and the threat that the dream will stop before it is resolved.

May 24, 1972 25m

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