The Changes TV series was first shown in 1975. It starts with everyone turning against technology - they smash their TV sets, cars, etc. The main character is a girl called Nicky, who gets separated from her parents during an attempt to get to France where it is apparently still safe. For a while she travels with a group of Sikhs. During the course of the series she is accused of witchcraft, and eventually finds out what caused the changes, and helps to put an end to them.
I only remember the first half of the series, while Nicky is with the Sikhs, but I have since read the trilogy of books that the series was based on - "The Devil's Children", "Heartsease" and "The Weathermonger". Nicky is only in the first one, but I imagine that it was felt it would be easier for kids to follow if the same character was in the entire series.
The series had a very sinister feel to it, I particularly remember how scary the electricity pylons were made to seem. The idea of everything familiar changing, and ordinary everyday objects becoming terrifying, made quite an impression on me as a nine year old. I wonder if that's what started my taste for apocalyptic fiction...
Do You Remember Changes?
Do You Remember Changes?