TV series
Earthfasts
1994 · 1 season
A gentle, eerie children's mystery that makes the ordinary moors feel quietly uncanny and strange. Slow and atmospheric, it asks you to settle in and wander.
- Created by
- Marilyn Fox
- Genres
- Mystery, Sci-fi & fantasy, Family
- Starring
- Chris Downs, Paul Nicholls, David Hargreaves
- Overview
- Schoolboys Keith and David hear drumming under the hill on the moor near their homes, and set out to investigate. The hillside unexpectedly opens and Nellie Jack John, a drummer boy from the 18th-century marches into the 20th. Bewildered and lost in a strange world, he enlists Keith and David to help him get home.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Mystery, friendship, isolation
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Marilyn Fox
- Genres
- Mystery, Sci-fi & fantasy, Family
- Starring
- Chris Downs, Paul Nicholls, David Hargreaves






