Robin Redbreast
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Robin Redbreast is a British television drama written by John Bowen, best known as a folk-horror-inflected psychological thriller originally broadcast in the early 1970s.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television drama
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folk horror work ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ television film ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | British folk horror cycle ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium | colour television ⓘ |
| countryOfBroadcast | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | James MacTaggart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | television broadcast ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastBy | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | television play ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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folk horror ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasAntagonisticForce | pagan village community ⓘ |
| hasCultStatus | true ⓘ |
| hasSettingPeriod | contemporary to time of production ⓘ |
| hasType | single-episode drama ⓘ |
| laterReleasedOn |
DVD
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home video ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Norah Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | psychological disintegration of protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of British folk horror on television
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psychological approach to horror ⓘ |
| originalBroadcastDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| originalChannel | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| partOf | Play for Today NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Graeme MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | television script editor ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | approximately 90 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | John Bowen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Bowen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | rural English village ⓘ |
| theme |
fertility rites
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isolation ⓘ manipulation ⓘ paganism ⓘ urban versus rural tension ⓘ |
| writer | John Bowen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
John Bowen (novelist)