stuart burroughs

Hello,

Whilst being aware that the legendary status that some programmes or series possess is often up for question once you see them I am keen to track down all manner of programmes from the early 1970s between the questionable output of ITC and the Thatcher government.

Stuart Burroughs

batman

Hi Stuart

Did you have any particular programmes in mind? Why do you feel ITC programmes are 'questionable'?

Bats.

Rob Compton

...and the Thatcher government commenced in 1979! Edward Heath's government presided over the Three Day Week.

More info on what you are after would be helpful...

rgds
Rob

Harleybloke

I get all nostalgic for ITC stuff now..............and Century 21......and oh heck, it's happing again....................

.....You couldn't hear it, if they were shooting at me with howitzers!

batman

I think most of us have at least one ITC show that we really like and probably have one that we hate.

I love Man In A Suitcase but really do not like Jason King, although Department S was OK. I expect it's because the 'King' character was not always the focus of events in 'S' and it was before he became, for me, too camp to be credible.

Bats.

stuart burroughs

I think it would be fair to say that a proportion of the output from the ITC was a bit tatty and I suppose I'm interested particularly the BBCm productions in the early to mid 70s which have a certain gritty charm - Play for Today, Survivors, etc.
I am interested in productions by Alan Garner too.

batman

They are a mixed bag for sure, but I like their particularly style of 'tatty'. The best ones were classic TV while some of the others I can take or leave.

Moving on ... are you after info about or copies of these programmes?

Bats.

cletus awreetus

The ITC output, for me, marks a highpoint in television.
If only the Avengers were part of that stable, then perfection would be realised!

stuart burroughs

Dear all,

Thank you for all who have replied. As someone who has always been slightly sceptical about forums its nice to find how friendly they can be.

In particular I am trying to track down a copy of a series from 1977, Its called Supernatural and made by BBC. As a small boy I seem to remember it being stuffed with what we would now call 'British character actors' and 'reasonably' scary and although by today's standards it probably looks bit ropey I'd really like to see it again.

The other thing is a more general enquiry. There's a post war British writer of what he called 'strange stories' Robert Aickman and I'd be interested to know if any of his 60 or so short stories were ever made for television. His most famous tale is probably 'Ringing the Changes' but there were many others.
As regards what I might have to offer I'm afriad there's not much but I do have a copy of the 1970 dramatisation of 'The Owl Service' by Alan Garner.

Best wishes

jasonww

I do know that there was a TV adaptation of "Ringing the Changes" retitled "The Bells of Hell" made around 1968, but I think the BBC wiped the tape. As far as I know the only other Aickman TV adaptations were for a HTV series in the late 1980s called "Night Voices" - a story called "Hand in Glove" was one of them, and starred Trevor Howard in one of his last roles; I think there were about 2 others too. Much more recently, there was a short film adaptation made of "The Cicerones" that has been shown on late night TV a couple of times.