Bring back.... Into the Labyrinth on DVD!!

As some of you know, I like some of the golden oldies telly.

Thanks to our wonderful friends at NetworkDVD, BBC Worldwide and 2|Entertain, we have been able to see again many classic tv shows digitally remastered (and all that stuff). As a Dr Who fan (didn't you know...?) it's been a great pleasure to see again so many classic episodes.

However, some programmes still await their DVD and one such programme which was shown by ITV in 1981 and 1982 was a children's programme called Into the Labyrinth, made by HTV (the Welsh ITV channel - oh for the days of Thames Television, but that's another story and blog...)

The programme ran for three series and starred Ron Moody for the first two series as Rothgo, the lovely Pamela Salem as the evil witch Belor, Simon Beal as Phil and Chris Harris in the third series as Lazlo. Even the tv tie-in magazine "Look-In" did an Into the Labyrinth story or two. The search fot the Nidus went through time and space and was a jolly 30 minutes for each episode. Sadness has to tell you that I have the final four episodes on video from the first series and the book of the first series. However, it has not come out to DVD yet.

A couple of years ago I was fortunate to meet Ron Moody at a function at Alexandra Palace and he bemoaned how he always seemed to play parts of evil or bad men. I reminded him of his time as the kindly Rothgo, and just like the show, his eye twinkled as he said "Rothgo!? Yes, I was Rothgo!" A magical moment.

So may the campaign begin and deny us the Nidus no more. Bring back Into the Labyrinth.