TV ShowEnded

Dark Towers

1981
1 season
10 episodes
KidsFamilySci-Fi & FantasyMystery

Dark Towers is a 1981 educational production by the BBC in the Look and Read series. The series remains highly popular in primary schools to this day. The show involves two main characters; Tracy and Edward. They go about their mission to stop a group, led by Miss Hawk, from stealing the treasures of Dark Towers.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Dark Towers in Danger!

    22-09-198125m

    A loner named Tracey Brown and her dog Towser venture into a garden where Tracey meets Lord Edward Dark, who agrees to help her look for Towser. Tracey's search leads her into Dark...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Man in the Picture

    29-09-198125m

    Tracey and Edward encounter two men, Benger and Bunce, and soon become suspicious of the two. When they follow Towser to the Red Bedroom, they meet the Friendly Ghost, who is the m...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Old Legend

    06-10-198125m

    The Friendly Ghost tells Tracey and Edward the legend of Dark Towers, of the Tall Knight, his treasure, and gives them this warning: "Beware of Two B's Buzzing Together. Beware of...

  • Ep 4

    4.The Clue in the Book

    13-10-198125m

    After the Friendly Ghost disappears, a woman named Miss Hawk walks into the Red Bedroom, and offers to help Tracey and Edward look for the treasure. Tracey and Edward find a clue w...

  • Ep 5

    5.The Old Coach House

    20-10-198125m

    Following the clue, Tracey searches the Old Coach House where she discovers Benger and Bunce are crooks, and overhears their plans.

  • Ep 6

    6.The Tall Knight's Folly

    03-11-198125m

    Tracey is literally framed by Benger and Bunce (they stuffed a little gold picture into her pocket at the end of the previous episode), and she is sent away by Lord Dark. Edward fi...

  • Ep 7

    7.The Dark Tree

    10-11-198125m

    Edward asks the Tall Knight for his help, but he says he can't help unless Tracey and Towser are there, because the old legend involves a boy, a girl, and a dog, and he vanishes. L...

  • Ep 8

    8.Beware of the Bird!

    17-11-198125m

    Edward asks his father if they have a studded chest, and he says there is one in the Old Tower. Miss Hawk overhears. Edward looks at the picture of the Friendly Ghost, and the ghos...

  • Ep 9

    9.Who Can Help?

    24-11-198125m

    Bunce abandons his van and runs back to Dark Towers. Meanwhile, Miss Hawk has her own ghostly encounter in the Red Bedroom where she is keeping Edward, who now knows Miss Hawk want...

  • Ep 10

    10.The Last Laugh

    01-12-198125m

    Tracey arrives back at Dark Towers as darkness falls, meaning that the Tall Knight will soon appear. She convinces Lord Dark she is innocent, and he calls the police. Miss Hawk sna...

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