Into the Labyrinth (TV series)

Into the Labyrinth
Genre	Fantasy
Written by	Bob Baker Peter Graham Scott Ivan Benbrook Robert Holmes Ray Jenkins John Lucarotti Andrew Payne Anthony Read Gary Hopkins
Directed by	Peter Graham Scott
Starring	Pamela Salem Simon Beal (aka Charlie Caine) Ron Moody Lisa Turner Simon Henderson Chris Harris
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	21
Production
Location(s)	Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	HTV West
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	13 May 1981 – 8 September 1982

Into the Labyrinth is a British children's television series. It was produced by HTV for the ITV network between 1980 and 1982, the first series was not broadcast until May 1981. Three series, each consisting of seven 25-minute episodes, were produced and directed by Peter Graham Scott. The series was created by Scott along with Bob Baker, who had previously written several stories for Doctor Who. The first series only was later shown in the United States as part of "The Third Eye" science fiction series on Nickelodeon.

The series was based around a struggle between two timeless, feuding sorcerers - the noble Rothgo (Ron Moody) and the evil Belor (Pamela Salem). Each aimed to obtain possession of the Nidus, a magical object of limitless power. The Nidus actually belonged to Rothgo, but it was stolen by Belor who used her own magic to send it through time and space so that Rothgo would not be able to find it. Without the power of the Nidus, Rothgo would ultimately die. The first series followed a group of modern-day children (Phil, Helen and Terry) who find Rothgo, almost lifeless, in a labyrinthine cave. Rothgo sends the children through different periods of time to search for the Nidus, which is disguised as a different object in each time period and can only be seen in reflection. The children arrive at various points of history (the French Revolution, Ancient Greece, English Civil War, etc.), in which they find an earlier version of Rothgo himself, playing a character from each period. Together they search for the Nidus, but their attempts are constantly thwarted by Belor who also appears in each time period disguised as a character herself. Just as the children are about to retrieve the Nidus, Belor uses her magic to hurl it further through time (using her magical incantation "I deny you the Nidus!" as a bolt of lightning emanates from her fingertips). Belor cannot actually touch the Nidus whilst Rothgo still lives, and so she can only hope to deny him possession of the artefact until he eventually dies. At the end of the first series, the children locate the Nidus (now in the shape of a sword) and finally manage to outwit Belor and return the Nidus to Rothgo, who offered to share its power with Belor. She refused and was reduced to a lifeless skull.

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