Robin Redbreast (BBC television play)
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Robin Redbreast is a 1970 BBC television play, written by John Bowen, that blends psychological drama with folk horror elements in a rural English setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robin Redbreast (BBC television play) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13409294 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robin Redbreast (BBC television play) Context triple: [John Bowen (novelist), notableWork, Robin Redbreast (BBC television play)]
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The Barchester Chronicles (BBC television serial)
The Barchester Chronicles is a BBC television drama serial that adapts Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, depicting the social and clerical intrigues of a 19th-century English cathedral town.
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B.
Besses o’ th’ Barn
Besses o’ th’ Barn is a suburban area in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England, historically known as a small settlement that grew around a coaching inn on the main road between Manchester and Bury.
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C.
In This House of Brede
In This House of Brede is a contemplative novel by Rumer Godden that follows an accomplished professional woman who enters a Benedictine monastery in England, exploring themes of faith, community, and personal transformation.
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D.
Albert Herring
Albert Herring is a comic opera by Benjamin Britten that satirically portrays the moral rigidity and social pretensions of a small English village.
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E.
Robin of Loxley
Robin of Loxley is the legendary English nobleman better known as Robin Hood, a master archer and outlaw who steals from the rich to give to the poor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robin Redbreast (BBC television play) Target entity description: Robin Redbreast is a 1970 BBC television play, written by John Bowen, that blends psychological drama with folk horror elements in a rural English setting.
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A.
The Barchester Chronicles (BBC television serial)
The Barchester Chronicles is a BBC television drama serial that adapts Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, depicting the social and clerical intrigues of a 19th-century English cathedral town.
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B.
Besses o’ th’ Barn
Besses o’ th’ Barn is a suburban area in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England, historically known as a small settlement that grew around a coaching inn on the main road between Manchester and Bury.
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C.
In This House of Brede
In This House of Brede is a contemplative novel by Rumer Godden that follows an accomplished professional woman who enters a Benedictine monastery in England, exploring themes of faith, community, and personal transformation.
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D.
Albert Herring
Albert Herring is a comic opera by Benjamin Britten that satirically portrays the moral rigidity and social pretensions of a small English village.
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E.
Robin of Loxley
Robin of Loxley is the legendary English nobleman better known as Robin Hood, a master archer and outlaw who steals from the rich to give to the poor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
BBC television drama
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television play ⓘ |
| castMember |
Andrew Bradford
NERFINISHED
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Anna Cropper NERFINISHED ⓘ Arthur Pentelow NERFINISHED ⓘ Bernard Hepton NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyril Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Freda Bamford NERFINISHED ⓘ Irene Prador NERFINISHED ⓘ James Mellor NERFINISHED ⓘ John Franklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Bird NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Heywood NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosamund Greenwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheila Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ Veronica Strong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | James MacTaggart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | television broadcast ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastAs | Play for Today episode ⓘ |
| genre |
folk horror
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psychological drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fertility rites
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isolation ⓘ manipulation ⓘ pagan ritual ⓘ urban–rural tension ⓘ |
| laterReleasedOn |
DVD
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home video ⓘ |
| leadActor | Anna Cropper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Norah Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableFor | early example of British folk horror on television ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 1 ⓘ |
| originalBroadcastDate | 1970-12-10 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| partOf | Play for Today NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Graeme MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 76 ⓘ |
| screenFormat | colour ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | John Bowen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingLocation | rural England ⓘ |
| writer | John Bowen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robin Redbreast (BBC television play) Description of subject: Robin Redbreast is a 1970 BBC television play, written by John Bowen, that blends psychological drama with folk horror elements in a rural English setting.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Bowen (novelist)