Tales of Unease: The Complete Series [DVD]

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There are a number of candidates for best episode of the series, with The Old Banger being my personal favourite. Automotive horror is a rare beast, but it's wonderfully played out here as a vengeful motorcar surreptitiously snakes its way across London to settle a score with its previous owners. It's a curious tale, one which finds central characters John (Terence Rigby) and Sue Partridge (Pinkie Johnstone) making their way through a comedy of inconveniences before sliding into the absurd and tumbling headfirst towards a horrific ending. It's unlike anything I've seen and writer Richardson Morgan is to be praised for his contribution here. This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. Hathaway is about to go into tax exile but decides to entertain a couple of fans. The two fans like to dress up as the characters and act out their fantasies. Hathaway is their next victim. Adapted from John Rowe Townsend’s award-winning novel and produced by BAFTA winner Peter Plummer, whose credits include the highly acclaimed adaptation of Alan Garner’s The Owl Service, this unsettling and atmospheric mystery series won the prestigious Harlequin award at 1973’s BAFTAs. Starring James Bate as an isolated teenage boy who undergoes a disturbing loss of identity and Milton Johns as his unlikely nemesis, The Intruderis featured here as a brand-new high definition remaster from original film elements in its original fullscreen aspect ratio.

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Bad Bad Jo Jo written by Midnight Cowboy scribe James Leo Herlihy centres on a retiring comic book writer meeting a couple of over enthusiastic fans. Roy Dotrice has huge fun as the louche Hathaway, whose careless creations have made him famous. The pen is apparently mightier than the sword, and if you live by the pen, well then… Roy Dotrice in Bad Bad Jo Jo.Tales of Unease’ is on DVD exclusively from networkonair.com from 17 October: https://new.networkonair.com/tales-of-unease/ A young art student takes a beautiful girl home after a dance but discovers that she is no longer on the pillion of his motorcycle. Hmmm, another thought. Now I know you're miles away from Bradford but the National Media Museum have a "TV Heaven" section where you can watch old programmes, so long as they have copies. Now, I'm wondering if their "sister" museum, the Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI), has the same kind of set-up? If so, if you're going to London some time, that might help?

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These unanswered questions are all the more frustrating given that precious screen time is wasted early in the episode, with David and another student jumping about on a giant inflatable art installation. Solid image gallery of promotional and behind the scenes photos. 56 images in all from every episode bar #4 "It's Too Late Now". The final episode, The Old Banger, written by Richardson Morgan (Rogin in The Ark in Space, Doctor Who fans) may be the best remembered of the series. A couple (Terence Rigby and Pinky Johnstone) abandon their old, unwanted car on the other side of London, but the car has other ideas…and if you’ve ever wondered how a car can enter a suburban living room without damaging either the house or itself, then wonder no more. A highly effective central concept, with the message that you have to have to take responsibility for your possessions (John is training homing pigeons in case subtext isn’t your strong suit), including when you dispose of them. But this episode is played with a lightness of touch that undercuts much of the menace. Possibly it was more effective in prose. Pinky Johnstone in The Old Banger. The DVD from Network includes extensive viewing notes from veteran Andrew Pixley, and they are certainly very informative although it’s a pity that Johnny Mains wasn’t involved. The world’s biggest authority on John Burke would have added much to this highly anticipated release. Special FeaturesThe British dramatic anthology Tales of Unease was based on a trio of horror-story anthologies, edited by John Burke and published between 1960 and 1969. The series' seven half-hour installments used the cream of Burke's crop, inducing goose-bumps by using mood, atmosphere, and insinuation rather than outright "scare" tactics. Tales of Unease aired over London Weekend Television from October 30 to December 11, 1970. Have you tried IMDB, Johnny? I'm going to pop over there now as you've got me curious about it too ... If like me you really love supernatural stories then drama series Tales of Unease from 1970 is going to be a must have this month. Network are set to release Tales of Unease The Complete Series on DVD in the UK.

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The series was also strongly cast with appearances from the likes of Susan George, James Hazledine, Michael Culver, Talfryn Thomas, Tessa Wyatt, Roy Dotrice and Terence Rigby.The main objective of Tales of Unease was, as the Evening Standard determined at the time, "to impart a sense of unease rather than out-and-out horror" and it's one which the series achieves relatively easy. In terms of "out-and-out horror", very little, if any, surfaces throughout the series and, in fact, it feels very quaint compared to the more infamous horrors of the early 1970s. However, the sense of unease is certainly palpable, and it begins with a nightmarish title sequence which feels remarkable for 1970. As a disembodied and crudely sculpted head spins into the centre of the screen, a series of haunting synths play out before the spinning head, with one eye now open, melts into the title screen.