Dark Season is a science fiction series for adolescents. It was broadcasted in 1991 and was the first television drama to be written by Russel T. Davies. It was also the television debut for actress Kate Winslet. The series lasted six episodes, with two linked three-part stories.
The first arc focuses on Marcie, a third-year secondary school girl and her fifth-year friends Tom and Reet becoming suspicious of the sinister Mr Eldritch, whose computer company arrives at their school and distributes free computers to all the pupils. With the help of their teacher, Miss Maitland, they appear to defeat Eldritch, but the second arc has him return with his subordinate Miss Pendragon. Eldritch and Pendragon are trying to revive a secret computer, Behemoth, from its hidden location beneath the school.
The series was relatively successful on broadcast, but was elevated in popularity through DVD sales. It continues to be recognised as an imaginative and influential children's series. The success of the series led to Russel T. Davies being commissioned to write another children's series, Century Falls.
Big Finish Audio Adaptation
In 2021, audio drama producers Big Finish adapted the novelization of the serial, read by original star Victoria Lambert.