The Owl Service
1969-70 Granada Television
Some rich Brits and working class Welsh, teenage sexual tension, a legend of a flower lady, some dishes, something something.
Not much in the "things happening" department, but creepy atmosphere out the wazoo. Something about even the film grain of 70s British shows seems sleazy and surreal. An avant garde style not seen in children's TV at the time, and enough sexual tension that you google the actress' age to make sure you don't end up on a register. The actress in question, Gillian Hills, was a Roger Vadim discovery and worked with Serge Gainsbourg, so she had full blown Lolita credentials here even though she was 25.
Here she is in a music video with Gainsbourg for "Une Petite Tasse D'Anxiété", which is presumably French for Stranger Danger.
Detracting from the tension are the horrible performances, including the worst teen performances I've seen that actually made it to air, complete with line stumbles.
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