5282 Season 3: Ep. 6
19th December 2024
Hauntology PtI
Published: Monday, December 16, 2024
Did you grow up in Britain in the 1970's? Were you exposed to highly inappropriate programmes and books, which have left you scarred for life? No this is not another look at video nasties, but the phenomenon of Hauntology. We discuss it's origin, possible meaning and look at just a very small number of extraordinarily weird TV and books adults thought would improve young minds.
https://shows.acast.com/5282/episodes/hauntology-pti
Referenced in the programme
Rob Fishers original article
https://hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2019/04/22/thehauntedgeneration/
Public Information films inc. Charlie Says
The Singing Ringing Tree
Captain Scarlet
Chocky
The Guardians
Timeslip
Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World
Pendas Fen
Picture Box
Children of the Stones
General TV Examples
For anyone sensitive enough, virtually any children's program, and quite a few adult shows, from 1965 to 1985 seem to trigger the wistful angst of the haunted generation.
Key contenders are obviously:
Bagpuss (it all starts with Bagpuss)
The Woodentops. In fact the full list of Watch With Mother
Every single Public Information Film
The Singing Ringing Tree
Escape Into The Night
Near and Far
The Changes
The Magic Fountain
Pipkins
Sapphire and Steel
UFO
The Tomorrow People
Jigsaw (Noseybonk)
Anything featuring Uri Geller, Erich Von Daniken or The Harlem Globetrotters (just joking about the Globetrotters, they were fantastic).
Books
Part of the list on Haunted Generation plus our own obvious suggestions.
The Old Powder Line by Richard Parker (1971)
The Night-Watchmen by Helen Cresswell (1969)
The Giant Under The Snow by John Gordon (1968)
Children of Winter by Berlie Doherty (1985)
Stig of the Dump by Clive King (1963)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (1971)
The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams (1977)
Jill Graham and the Riddle of the Dwarf’s Shadow by Lesley Chase (1975)
Saucers Over The Moor by Malcolm Saville (1955)
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner (1960) see also The Moon of Gomrath; The Owl Service
The Ghost On The Hill by John Gordon (1976)
Mr McFadden’s Hallowe’en by Rumer Godden (1975)
C. S Lewis's Narnia series, esp. The Silver Chair and The Last Battle
Raven by Jeremy Burnham & Trevor Ray (1977)
Grinny by Nicholas Fisk (1973)
Come Back, Lucy by Pamela Sykes (1973)
John Christopher’s Tripods trilogy
Anything John Wyndham (Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris), wrote or even jotted down, even his shopping lists
The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall (1975)
Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden (1973)
The Weathermonger by Peter Dickinson (1968)
Fish by Alison Morgan (1971)
Nobody’s House by Martin Hall (1976)
The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden (1972)
Ghost in the Water by Edward Chitham (1973)
Astercote by Penelope Lively (1970)
Rebecca’s World by Terry Nation (1975)
The Third Class Genie by Robert Leeson (1975)
Mandog by Lois Lamplugh & Peter Dickinson (1972)
The Nargun and The Stars by Patricia Wrightson (1973)
Films
We are still looking to find references beyond The Wicker Man…. people do not seem to connect so much with movie strangeness. Any suggestions you have will be welcomed.
Published: Monday, December 16, 2024
Did you grow up in Britain in the 1970's? Were you exposed to highly inappropriate programmes and books, which have left you scarred for life? No this is not another look at video nasties, but the phenomenon of Hauntology. We discuss it's origin, possible meaning and look at just a very small number of extraordinarily weird TV and books adults thought would improve young minds.
https://shows.acast.com/5282/episodes/hauntology-pti
Referenced in the programme
Rob Fishers original article
https://hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2019/04/22/thehauntedgeneration/
Public Information films inc. Charlie Says
The Singing Ringing Tree
Captain Scarlet
Chocky
The Guardians
Timeslip
Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World
Pendas Fen
Picture Box
Children of the Stones
General TV Examples
For anyone sensitive enough, virtually any children's program, and quite a few adult shows, from 1965 to 1985 seem to trigger the wistful angst of the haunted generation.
Key contenders are obviously:
Bagpuss (it all starts with Bagpuss)
The Woodentops. In fact the full list of Watch With Mother
Every single Public Information Film
The Singing Ringing Tree
Escape Into The Night
Near and Far
The Changes
The Magic Fountain
Pipkins
Sapphire and Steel
UFO
The Tomorrow People
Jigsaw (Noseybonk)
Anything featuring Uri Geller, Erich Von Daniken or The Harlem Globetrotters (just joking about the Globetrotters, they were fantastic).
Books
Part of the list on Haunted Generation plus our own obvious suggestions.
The Old Powder Line by Richard Parker (1971)
The Night-Watchmen by Helen Cresswell (1969)
The Giant Under The Snow by John Gordon (1968)
Children of Winter by Berlie Doherty (1985)
Stig of the Dump by Clive King (1963)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (1971)
The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams (1977)
Jill Graham and the Riddle of the Dwarf’s Shadow by Lesley Chase (1975)
Saucers Over The Moor by Malcolm Saville (1955)
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner (1960) see also The Moon of Gomrath; The Owl Service
The Ghost On The Hill by John Gordon (1976)
Mr McFadden’s Hallowe’en by Rumer Godden (1975)
C. S Lewis's Narnia series, esp. The Silver Chair and The Last Battle
Raven by Jeremy Burnham & Trevor Ray (1977)
Grinny by Nicholas Fisk (1973)
Come Back, Lucy by Pamela Sykes (1973)
John Christopher’s Tripods trilogy
Anything John Wyndham (Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris), wrote or even jotted down, even his shopping lists
The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall (1975)
Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden (1973)
The Weathermonger by Peter Dickinson (1968)
Fish by Alison Morgan (1971)
Nobody’s House by Martin Hall (1976)
The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden (1972)
Ghost in the Water by Edward Chitham (1973)
Astercote by Penelope Lively (1970)
Rebecca’s World by Terry Nation (1975)
The Third Class Genie by Robert Leeson (1975)
Mandog by Lois Lamplugh & Peter Dickinson (1972)
The Nargun and The Stars by Patricia Wrightson (1973)
Films
We are still looking to find references beyond The Wicker Man…. people do not seem to connect so much with movie strangeness. Any suggestions you have will be welcomed.