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The series is of particular note as four of the show's writers would go on to | The series is of particular note as four of the show's writers would go on to work on the 2005 reboot of ''Doctor Who'', these being Russell T. Davies, Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts and Frank Cottrell Boyce. Given that Russell T. Davies was the first head writer of the ''Doctor Who'' reboot (in which he famously merged the show's sci-fi imagery with soap opera plotting), it has been theorised that ''Springhill'' is in many ways a rough prototype for many of the ideas and techniques that his era of ''Doctor Who'' would go on to use.<ref>http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/pop-between-realities-home-in-time-for-tea-47-touching-evil-the-grand-springhill/ Retrieved 22 May '20</ref> | ||
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Title card for Springhill.
Status: Partially Lost
Springhill is a British TV series broadcast on Sky One and Channel Four between 1996 and 1997, co-created by Paul Abbott and Frank Cottrell Boyce.
The show had two series. The first series was released on DVD in 2013 by Acorn Entertainment.[1] The second series has never been released in any medium and is now considered lost.
Premise
Springhill was a soap opera with supernatural elements, combining story lines about family feuds, homosexuality and infidelity with ones featuring angels, time travel, witch craft and the second coming of Christ. In it, a woman called Eva Morrigan arrives at a Liverpool council estate and disrupts the life of the Freeman family by revealing she's the actual mother of three of the Freeman's children. This develops into a battle between Good and Evil over a baby who's the second coming of Christ which is fought between Eva, Liz Freeman (the mother of the Freeman family) and Marian (the Freeman's new housekeeper who's secretly an angel).[2]
Historical Significance / Connection to Doctor Who
The series is of particular note as four of the show's writers would go on to work on the 2005 reboot of Doctor Who, these being Russell T. Davies, Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts and Frank Cottrell Boyce. Given that Russell T. Davies was the first head writer of the Doctor Who reboot (in which he famously merged the show's sci-fi imagery with soap opera plotting), it has been theorised that Springhill is in many ways a rough prototype for many of the ideas and techniques that his era of Doctor Who would go on to use.[3]
Release / Availability
The first series was released on DVD in 2013 by Acorn Entertainment.[4] The second series has not received a release in any medium and is now considered lost.
On September 24th 2020, scholar Elizabeth Sandifer confirmed that she'd been able to acquire a copy of the second series from a collector, confirming that copies of the show are in circulation (albeit not publicly).[5] She also confirmed that she couldn't reveal the name of collector she got it from, nor could she share or upload the series herself. [6]
Gallery
External Links
- Springhill's IMDb page. Retrieved 22 May '20
References
- ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Springhill-DVD-Region-US-NTSC/dp/B004117SFE Retrieved 22 May '20
- ↑ Aldridge, M. and Murray, A. 2008. T is for Television: The Small Screen Adventures of Russell T. Davies. UK: Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. Available at: https://www.amazon.com/Television-Screen-Adventures-Russell-Davies/dp/1905287844 Retrieved 22 May '20
- ↑ http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/pop-between-realities-home-in-time-for-tea-47-touching-evil-the-grand-springhill/ Retrieved 22 May '20
- ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Springhill-DVD-Region-US-NTSC/dp/B004117SFE Retrieved 22 May '20
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ElSandifer/status/1309184113518284801 Retrieved 30 September '20
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ElSandifer/status/1309198226000695300 Retrieve 30 September '20