Thriller UK (Series 3 and 4)

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Thriller (UK TV series)

UK opening titles
Format Anthology, Thriller
Created by Brian Clemens
Starring Various
Country of origin UK
No. of episodes 43
Production
Running time Various
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Original run 14 April 1973 – 22 May 1976

Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.
Contents
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* 1 Background
* 2 Episodes
o 2.1 Season 1 (1973)
o 2.2 Season 2 (1974)
o 2.3 Season 3 (1974)
o 2.4 Season 4 (1975)
o 2.5 Season 5 (1975)
o 2.6 Season 6 (1976)
* 3 DVD and Video release
* 4 External links

[edit] Background

The series was created by Brian Clemens, who also scripted the majority of the episodes and storylined every installment, and produced by John Sichel (the first 3 series), John Cooper (series 4) and Ian Fordyce (the final two series) for Associated TeleVision (ATV) at their Elstree studios north of London. It evolved from Clemens' previous work, in particular two films of a similar style, And Soon the Darkness (EMI-ABP 1970) and Blind Terror (aka See No Evil (Columbia 1971). The latter shared plot similarities with the Thriller episodes "The Eyes Have It" and "The Next Voice Your See". Original music, including the theme tune, was by Clemens' regular collaborator Laurie Johnson.

The stories are often set in the English home counties "stockbroker belt", but most episodes, especially from the second season onwards, feature at least one American character, mostly portrayed by an imported US guest star, to appeal to the American market. After originally being screened late night in the US under the ABC Mystery Movie billing from 1973, in 1978 some episodes were retitled for US syndication and all had additional opening sequences shot, with new titles and credits. Since these were made without the original cast they often feature menacing figures seen only from the neck down. These replaced original UK and US title sequence that featured a sequence of shots through a fisheye lens, bordered in bright red.

Following a worldwide audit in 2003/4, by the then licence holders Carlton, all the original UK PAL fisheye titled original 2" videotapes of "Thriller" were located and remastered onto modern digital tape by the British Film Institute. (One exception was the story "Nurse Will Make It Better" .. however this too exists in PAL/original format as a 1" dub from the original master tape. This version was repeat broadcast on the satellite channel Bravo in 1996).

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1 (1973)
Episode title Original transmission Notable cast
Lady Killer
(US title: The Death Policy) 14 April 1973 Barbara Feldon, T. P. McKenna, Robert Powell, Linda Thorson, Mary Wimbush, Ivor Roberts
Possession 21 April 1973 John Carson, James Cossins, Joanna Dunham, Jack Galloway
Someone at the Top of the Stairs 28 April 1973 Donna Mills, Peter Cellier, Judy Carne, David de Keyser, Alethea Charlton, Rhoda Lewis
An Echo of Theresa
(US title: Anatomy of Terror) 5 May 1973 Dinsdale Landen, Polly Bergen, Vernon Dobtcheff, John Caesar
The Colour of Blood
(US title: The Carnation Killer) 12 May 1973 Norman Eshley, Katherine Schofield, Derek Smith, Garrick Hagon, Geoffrey Chater, Malcolm Terris, Eric Mason, Barry Ashton
Murder in Mind 19 May 1973 Donald Gee, Richard Johnson, Zena Walker
A Place to Die 26 May 1973 Arnold Ridley, Harold Bennett, Georgine Anderson, Bryan Marshall, Lila Kaye, Sydney Bromley, Jenny Laird, Graham Weston, Bill Ward, John Flint
File It Under Fear 2 June 1973 Jan Francis, James Grout, John Le Mesurier, Maureen Lipman, Richard O'Callaghan
The Eyes Have It 9 June 1973 Sinéad Cusack, Dennis Waterman, Alun Armstrong, David Jackson, Leslie Schofield, Peter Vaughan, William Marlowe, Colin McCormack
Spell of Evil 16 June 1973 Diane Cilento, Edward de Souza, Jennifer Daniel, Martin Wyldeck

[edit] Season 2 (1974)
Episode title Original transmission Notable cast
Only a Scream Away 26 January 1974 Hayley Mills, Jeremy Bulloch, David Warbeck
Once the Killing Starts 2 February 1974 Angharad Rees, Patrick O'Neal, Gerald Sim, Patricia Donahue, Michael Kitchen
Kiss Me and Die
(US title: The Savage Curse) 9 February 1974 Jenny Agutter, Russell Hunter, Anton Diffring, George Chakiris, Stephen Greif
One Deadly Owner 16 February 1974 Donna Mills, Jeremy Brett, Laurence Payne
Ring Once for Death
(US title: Death in Small Doses) 23 February 1974 Nyree Dawn Porter, Michael Jayston, Barry Nelson, Janet Key, Thorley Walters, Richard Oldfield
K is for Killing
(US title: Color Him Dead) 2 March 1974 Stephen Rea, Arthur White, Derek Francis, Gayle Hunnicutt, Christopher Cazenove, Peter Dyneley, Oliver Smith, Gilly Flower
Sign it Death 9 March 1974 Patrick Allen, John Arnatt, Francesca Annis, Moira Redmond, Edward Judd, Barry Stanton, James Bate, Leon Eagles, Alan Bennion

[edit] Season 3 (1974)
Episode title Original transmission Notable cast
A Coffin for the Bride
(US title: Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill) 1 June 1974 Michael Jayston, Helen Mirren, Tony Steedman, Josephine Tewson, Arthur English, Hugh Morton, Richard Hampton
I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill 8 June 1974 Geoffrey Whitehead, Anthony Steel, Robert Lang, Tony Selby, Julie Sommars
Death to Sister Mary
(US title: Murder is a One-Act Play) 15 June 1974 Jennie Linden, Robert Powell, Derek Fowlds, Windsor Davies, Leigh Lawson, Anthony Newlands, Norman Mitchell
In the Steps of a Dead Man 22 June 1974 John Nolan, Skye Aubrey, Richard Vernon, Christopher Benjamin, Faith Brook
Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are 29 June 1974 Lynda Day George, John Carson, Colette O'Neil, Peter Jeffrey, Molly Weir, Bernard Holley, John Line
The Next Scream You Hear
(US title: Not Guilty) 6 July 1974 Richard Todd, Edward Hardwicke, Dinsdale Landen, Suzanne Neve, Frank Wylie, Belinda Mayne

[edit] Season 4 (1975)
Episode title Original transmission Notable cast
Screamer 4 January 1975 Pamela Franklin, Jim Norton, Peter Howell, Derek Smith, Wolfe Morris
Nurse Will Make It Better
(US title: The Devil's Web, US video title: Night Nurse) 11 January 1975 Diana Dors, Michael Culver, Patrick Troughton, Ed Bishop, Cec Linder, Andrea Marcovicci, Wendy Williams
Night is the Time for Killing
(US title: Murder on the Midnight Express) 18 January 1975 Judy Geeson, Charles Gray, Duncan Preston, Milos Kirek, Robert MacLeod, Aimée Delamain, Edward Burnham, Reg Pritchard
Killer with Two Faces 25 January 1975 Donna Mills, Ian Hendry, Hazel McBride, Roddy McMillan, Robin Parkinson, Ralph Ball
A Killer in Every Corner 1 February 1975 Patrick Magee, Don Henderson, Petra Markham, Eric Flynn, Joanna Pettet, Max Wall, Peter Settelen
Where the Action Is
(US title: The Killing Game) 8 February 1975 Edd Byrnes, Ingrid Pitt, Trevor Baxter, Patrick Magee, George Innes, Frank Coda

[edit] Season 5 (1975)
Episode title Original transmission Notable cast
If It's a Man, Hang Up 12 April 1975 Tom Conti, Gerald Harper, Carol Lynley, Michael Byrne, Sue Holderness, John Cater, Paul Angelis, David Gwillim
The Double Kill/Take 19 April 1975 Peter Bowles, Gary Collins, James Villiers, John Flanagan, Griffith Davies, Gordon Salkilld, Norman Mitchell, Paul Nicholson
Won't Write Home Mom - I'm Dead
(US title: Terror from Within) 26 April 1975 Ian Bannen, Dallas Adams, Oliver Tobias, Suzanne Neve
The Crazy Kill
(US title: Fear is Spreading) 3 May 1975 Denholm Elliott, Anthony Valentine, Mark Wing-Davey, Dennis Chinnery, David Horovitch, Alan Browning, Juan Moreno
Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin
(US title: Mirror of Deception) 10 May 1975 James Maxwell, Julian Glover, Keith Barron, John Abineri, Karl Held, Kim Darby, Bruce Boa, Martin Read, Reg Lye, Peter Hill, Annette Woollett
The Next Voice You See
(US title: Look Back in Darkness) 17 May 1975 Nigel Havers, Catherine Schell, Ian Redford, Ray Smith, Bradford Dillman, Geoffrey Chater, Rachel Davies, Neil Hallett, Holly Palance, John Forbes-Robertson, Robert Lankesheer, William Wilde
Murder Motel 24 May 1975 Ralph Bates, John Hallam, Adrian Shergold, Derek Francis, Gillian McCutcheon, Edward Judd, Patrick Tull, Keith Anderson

[edit] Season 6 (1976)
Episode title Original transmission Notable cast
Sleepwalker 10 April 1976 Michael Kitchen, John Challis, Robert Beatty, Ian Redford
The Next Victim 17 April 1976 T. P. McKenna, Ronald Lacey, Harold Bennett, Carroll Baker, Maurice Kaufmann, Martin Benson, Martin Fisk, Alan Gerrard
Nightmare for a Nightingale
(US title: Melody of Hate) 24 April 1976 Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Stephen Greif, Stuart Damon, Sydney Tafler, Peter Hill
Dial a Deadly Number 1 May 1976 Denholm Elliott, Anthony Valentine, Mark Wing-Davey, Dennis Chinnery, Gemma Jones, Beth Morris, Cavan Kendall
Kill Two Birds
(US title: Cry Terror!) 8 May 1976 Bob Hoskins, Susan Hampshire, David Daker, Stephen Yardley, Dudley Sutton, Gabrielle Drake, Bunny May, John Flanagan, Donald Morley, Christopher Ellison, Dawn Perllman, John Bailey
A Midsummer Nightmare
(US title: Appointment with a Killer) 15 May 1976 Brian Blessed, Tony Anholt, Freddie Jones, Joanna Pettet
Death in Deep Water 22 May 1976 Ian Bannen, Bradford Dillman, Suzan Farmer, Philip Stone

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