Definitely ahead of its time, Dark Season is split into two three part stories. The adventures at school of three children, Marcie, Reet and Thomas.
This is the pinnacle of children's drama from the BBC... They wetted our 80's child appetites with 'Moondial' (actualy..
DARK SEASON is a Children's BBC science fiction serial of 1991, consisting of six half hour episodes centred around a school and the trio of pupils there. This was the brainchild of Russell T.
I wanted to watch this because I like science fiction, writer Russell T. Davies is the best (the new "Doctor Who" series and the English "Queer As Folk"), and I was curious about the young Kate Winslet.
After having seen Dark Season for the first time now in mid-1999, it's amazing just how relevant it seems. Made for children's TV, it looks more like story from "Doctor Who" without the eponymous hero, and deals with neo-Nazis, mind control and millennial angst in quite a humourous way.
I've wanted to see this series for years and finally a kind friend provided me a copy. Written by Russell T Davies before everyone knew his name thanks to "Queer As Folk".