Children of the Stones - Gareth Thomas' Classic '70s Series from the U.K. Comes to DVD in January

The '70s British series Children of the Stones, starring Gareth Thomas (Blake's 7), Freddie Jones (Dune, Krull) and Iain Cuthbertson (Sutherland's Law), is coming to DVD early next year! Acorn Media has announced the January 20th release of all 7 episodes. This disc will run 174 minutes long and include bonus material such as interviews with star Gareth Thomas and producer/director Peter Graham Scott, production notes, series trivia, and a photo gallery. Cost is $24.99 SRP in the USA and CA$29.99 SRP in Canada. Our thanks to reader Frank Farmer for the heads-up about this title. Here's the studio decription of the release, followed by package art:

Spooky turns to sinister, as science and the supernatural collide.

All is not as it should be in Milbury, a sleepy English village surrounded by a megalithic stone circle. Astrophysicist Adam Brake (Gareth Thomas, Blake's 7) and his teenage son, Matthew, arrive to research the standing stones, but end up delving into the past in ways they never expected. What are the secrets of the ancient stones? What power does the druid-inspired Rafael Hendrick (Iain Cuthbertson, Gorillas in the Mist) have over the village's trancelike "happy ones"? And is it true that "nobody ever leaves the circle"?

An air of menace pervades this sci-fi thriller, enhanced by a haunting, chanted vocal score. Filmed on location at the Avebury stone circle-older than nearby Stonehenge-each episode builds relentlessly to a harrowing climax in what becomes, literally, a race against time. Seen on Nickelodeon's paranormal anthology program The Third Eye, this eerie British series will also scare adults.