TV series

Late Night Story

1978–1979 · 2 seasons

A quiet, unsettling half-hour of storytelling, like being read a ghost story in a dim room.

Overview: Late night bedtime stories. Tom Baker reads a series of macabre stories about childhood (season 1), and John Mills reads war stories (season 2).
How it feels: Eerie, dark, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Memory, death, war, isolation
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Full breakdown

Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
death
war
isolation
fate
Places: None
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none