User:Whouk/sandbox
| Whouk/sandbox | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Brian Clemens |
| Starring | Various |
| Country of origin | UK |
| No. of episodes | 43 |
| Production | |
| Running time | Various |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 14 April, 1973 – 22 May, 1976 |
Thriller was a British television series which ran from 1973 to 1976. It was an anthology series and each episode had a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story was a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunnits.
Background
The series was created by Brian Clemens, who also wrote many of the episodes, and produced by Associated TeleVision. It evolved from Clemens' previous work, in particular two films of a similar style, And Soon The Darkness (1970) and Blind Terror (1971). The latter shared plot similarities with the Thriller episode "The Eyes Have It". Original music, including the theme tune, was by Clemens' regular collaborator Laurie Johnson.
The stories were often set in the English countryside, but most episodes featured at least one American character, to appeal to the American market. Some episodes were retitled for US broadcast under the ABC Mystery Movie series, and all had additional opening sequences shot, with new titles and credits. The original UK title sequence featured shots through a fisheye lens, bordered in bright red.
Not all of the episodes survive in their original PAL format.
Episodes
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 |
| Possession | 21 April 1973 | John Carson, James Cossins |
| Someone at the Top of the Stairs | 28 April 1973 | Donna Mills, Peter Cellier |
| An Echo of Theresa (US title: Anatomy of Terror) |
5 May 1973 | Dinsdale Landen |
| The Colour of Blood (US title: The Carnation Killer) |
12 May 1973 | Norman Eshley |
| Murder in Mind | 19 May 1973 | Donald Gee |
| A Place to Die | 26 May 1973 | Arnold Ridley, Harold Bennett |
| File It Under Fear | 2 June 1973 | Jan Francis, James Grout, John Le Mesurier, Maureen Lipman |
| The Eyes Have It | 9 June 1973 | Sinéad Cusack, Dennis Waterman, Alun Armstrong, David Jackson, Leslie Schofield, Peter Vaughan |
| Spell of Evil | 16 June 1973 | Diane Cilento, Edward de Souza |
Season 2 (1974)
| Episode title | Original transmission | Notable cast |
|---|---|---|
| Only a Scream Away | 26 January 1974 | Hayley Mills, Jeremy Bulloch |
| Once the Killing Starts | 2 February 1974 | Angharad Rees, Patrick O'Neal, Gerald Sim |
| 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 |
| K is for Killing (US title: Color Him Dead) |
2 March 1974 | Stephen Rea, Arthur White, Derek Francis |
| Sign it Death | 9 March 1974 | Patrick Allen, John Arnatt |
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 |
| 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 |
| In the Steps of a Dead Man | 22 June 1974 | Skye Aubrey, Richard Vernon, Christopher Benjamin |
| Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are | 29 June 1974 | Lynda Day George, John Carson, Colette O'Neil, Peter Jeffrey, Molly Weir |
| The Next Scream You Hear (US title: Not Guilty) |
6 July 1974 | Richard Todd, Edward Hardwicke |
Season 4 (1975)
| Episode title | Original transmission | Notable cast |
|---|---|---|
| Screamer | 4 January 1975 | Pamela Franklin, Jim Norton |
| 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 |
| Night is the Time for Killing (US title: Murder on the Midnight Express) |
18 January 1975 | Judy Geeson, Charles Gray, Duncan Preston |
| Killer with Two Faces | 25 January 1975 | Donna Mills, Ian Hendry |
| A Killer in Every Corner | 1 February 1975 | Patrick Magee, Don Henderson, Petra Markham |
| Where the Action Is (US title: The Killing Game) |
8 February 1975 | Ingrid Pitt, Trevor Baxter |
Season 5 (1975)
| Episode title | Original transmission | Notable cast |
|---|---|---|
| If It's a Man, Hang Up | 12 April 1975 | Tom Conti, Gerald Harper |
| The Double Kill/Take | 19 April 1975 | Peter Bowles |
| Won't Write Home Mom - I'm Dead (US title: Terror from Within) |
26 April 1975 | Ian Bannen |
| The Crazy Kill (US title: Fear is Spreading) |
3 May 1975 | Denholm Elliott, Anthony Valentine, Mark Wing-Davey, Dennis Chinnery |
| Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin (US title: Mirror of Deception) |
10 May 1975 | Julian Glover, Keith Barron, John Abineri |
| The Next Voice You See (US title: Look Back in Darkness) |
17 May 1975 | Nigel Havers, Catherine Schell |
| Murder Motel | 24 May 1975 | Ralph Bates, John Hallam, Adrian Shergold, Derek Francis |
Season 6 (1976)
| Episode title | Original transmission | Notable cast |
|---|---|---|
| Sleepwalker | 10 April 1976 | Michael Kitchen, John Challis |
| The Next Victim | 17 April 1976 | T. P. McKenna, Ronald Lacey, Harold Bennett |
| Nightmare for a Nightingale (US title: Melody of Hate) |
24 April 1976 | Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Stephen Greif |
| Dial a Deadly Number | 1 May 1976 | Denholm Elliott, Anthony Valentine, Mark Wing-Davey, Dennis Chinnery |
| Kill Two Birds (US title: Cry Terror!) |
8 May 1976 | Bob Hoskins, Susan Hampshire, David Daker, Stephen Yardley, Dudley Sutton |
| A Midsummer Nightmare (US title: Appointment with a Killer) |
15 May 1976 | Brian Blessed, Tony Anholt, Freddie Jones |
| Death in Deep Water | 22 May 1976 | Ian Bannen |