TV series

Dark Season

1991 · 1 season

A cosy-creepy after-school serial with a sinister stranger looming over ordinary school life and plucky teens pushing back.

Overview: Dark Season is a British teen science fiction television serial created and written by Russell T Davies, and broadcast on BBC One from 14 November to 19 December 1991. Comprising six 25-minute episodes, the two linked three-part stories follow three teenagers—Marcie, Thomas and Reet—and their battle to save their school and their classmates from the sinister Mr Eldritch.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, earnest and campy. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, friendship, power, coming-of-age
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
friendship
power
coming-of-age
conspiracy
Places: school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none