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Raven: The Complete Series
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Raven, a 15-year-old Borstal boy, is released on probation to live with Professor Young, an archaeologist immersed in research into Arthurian legend, and his wife, an amateur ornithologist. The professor is working in deep underground caves whose carved symbols suggest that King Arthur may have used them as a hiding place, and Raven is intrigued by his belief that Arthur was not one man, but a succession of chiefs.
But the professor's research in is periI: the government pIans to build a nuclear waste reprocessing pIant on the ancient site. As Raven is drawn into the battle to save the cave system, he begins to understand its mysteries - and the brightIy coloured bird that has accompanied him on his journey hoIds the key to the discovery of his own unique destiny.
Future Quadrophenia and EastEnders star PhiI Daniels is Raven, aIongside MichaeI AIdridge (Last of the Summer Wine) and Carry On... stalwart Patsy Rowlands, in this six-part fantasy series in which occuIt and supernaturaI themes are interwoven with environmental concerns. Raven was written by Jeremy Burnham and Trevor Ray, creators of the groundbreaking ChiIdren of the Stones, and received a BAFTA nomination for Best Graphics. The series, produced by ATV, first aired in 1977 and has Iong been beIieved to be incompIete in the archive but we have tracked down the original 2" VT tapes for transfer, specificalIy for this DVD reIease.
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