Starting the festive cheese and finishing our latest annual Box of Delights rewatch with episode 6. Such a magical and timeless series, with some superb performances.
#FestiveFood #Cheese #BoxOfDelights #TheBoxOfDelights #PurplePim #ChristmasTV #80sTV #ChildrensTV #BritishTV #PatrickTroughton #RobertStephensLate this week with our should be Sunday Box of Delights rewatch, but now watching episode 4. And thinking just how much one particular scene is similar to the directorial choices in the later Fellowship of the Ring movie.
#BoxOfDelights #PurplePim #LordOfTheRings #FellowshipOfTheRing #ChildrensTV #ChildrensLiterature #1980s #1980sTV #80s #80sTV #ThePurplePimEvery year a lot of people rewatch the 1984 BBC TV series The Box of Delights. There are various approaches, but my husband and I always rewatch it over the 6 Sundays before Christmas. So we start tonight! Very much looking forward to it.
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'The Box of Delights' Episode 1 revisited: ‘When the Wolves Were Running’
In 1984, the BBC produced one of the most memorable and ambitious children’s television programmes of all time. Based on the novel by John Masefield, The Box of Delights was a tick-all-the-boxes psychedelic alchemy that combined captivating story, superb ensemble performance and special effects that transcended the clunky, pre-digital technology of the age to create … >
Vivienne Dunstan