Into the Labyrinth (1981)

Directed by

Peter Graham Scott

Genre

science fiction television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 21 episodes

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of children get lost in a strange underground maze. They encounter magical traps and tricks while trying to find their way out.

mysteriousslow-pacedwhimsicaleeriechildlikesuspensefulfantasticalnostalgic

What happens

Into the Labyrinth is a British children's television series. It was produced by HTV for the ITV network between 1980 and 1982, with the first series being broadcast in May 1981. Three seasons, each consisting of seven 25-minute episodes, were produced by Peter Graham Scott, who also directed all but two episodes, both in the final season. The series was created by Scott along with Bob Baker, who had previously written several stories for Doctor Who. The first series only was later shown in the United States as part of "The Third Eye" science fiction series on Nickelodeon. It was also broadcast on ABC TV in Australia, TVE in Spain, RTÉ One and RTÉ Two as part of The Den in Ireland, ETB 1 and ETB 2 in Basque Country, Arutz HaYeladim in Israel, TV2 in Malaysia and both RTV and ATV in Hong Kong. The series also reran on British satellite television and aired on The Children's Channel as part of one of its wrapper programmes Roustabout. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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