Joan Aiken (Writer)

Shadows

Shadows is a British Supernatural television anthology series produced by Thames Television for ITV between 1975 and 1978. Extending over three seasons, it featured ghost and horror dramas for children. Guest actors included John Nettleton, Gareth Thomas, Jenny Agutter, Pauline Quirke, Brian Glover, June Brown, Rachel Herbert, Jacqueline Pearce and Gwyneth Strong. The series was also notable for reviving the character of Mr. Stabs. Notable writers for the series included J. B. Priestley, Fay Weldon and PJ Hammond.

Release Date1975-09-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count4

Rainy Story

A beautiful Russian animated short about a baker and her cat and some extraordinary events which take place on a rainy day, all told without words.

Release Date1988-04-22

DepartmentWriting

JobBook

Apple Pie

Based on a fairy tale by J. Aiken, the film tells the story of a journey on an apple pie, into which the hostess accidentally baked a piece of sky. The hospitable hosts of the flying pie gather a motley crew that embodies friendship and mutual understanding.

Release Date1991-04-24

DepartmentWriting

JobBook

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

A Dickensian mock-Gothic tale of resourceful children, evil governesses, forged wills, cruel orphanages, and goodness triumphant set against an isolated country house, in an alternate 19th century where savage packs of wolves roam the snowbound countryside.

Release Date1989-12-15

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count16

Black Hearts in Battersea

In an alternate early nineteenth century London, the rightful Duke finds himself cheated out of his inheritance. A 6x25' TV adaptation of Joan Aiken's 1964 children's novel, Black Hearts in Battersea.

Release Date1995-12-31

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Death on a Rainy Sunday

Thriller about a psycho looking for revenge. Bronsky is a paraplegic because of an accident at a construction site that was partly due to the head architect, David Briand. Many years after the accident, Bronsky shows up at Briand's residence with his family and his trailer looking for assistance. He and his wife insinuate themselves into the household without revealing their true identity. They start to work for Briand and his wife Elaine as a gardener and a babysitter with the sole objective of wreaking havoc on their lives and avenging Bronsky's disabilities.

Release Date1986-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count17

The last slice of rainbow

A boy is given a rainbow and rolls it up in his pocket, but soon learns that he cannot hold on to it forever.

Release Date2023-09-23

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Concept