"She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting."

The 60s are calling on the Alan Garner phone and it's finally the decade of the teenager! It's what we like to call an Els-indulgent episode, and these as you know, tend to be long (sorry).

What you are about to hear is a spirited 2.5 hour long discussion of a landmark piece of children's media.

The Owl Service is a soaringly romantic 1969 drama based on the 1967 book of the same name. It grapples with heady themes such as social class, generational trauma, jealousy, and betrayal. Many felt at the time that this psychosexual retelling of a Welsh folk-tale, playing itself out between three adolescents, was too adult for a child audience. It probably is, and that is one of the many reasons we love it.

CW: brief discussion of sexual assault, and OBVIOUSLY SPOILERS.

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