Special effects were not generally a strength of Thames' 1970 science fiction series The Tomorrow People but it did make some good use of optical effects such as in this colourful, psychedelic image from the 1974 serial "The Blue and the Green".

John Le Mesurier, Carol Lynley and Francesca Annis in "Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl", an episode of Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (Anglia). All three also had starring roles in ATV's Thriller but unlike Thriller OWGM wasn't networked & this episode appeared at various points in 1975 & 1976.

'Tis here, the once-a-year 30% discount on both 'A THRILLER in Every Corner' and 'In Conversation with Brian Clemens', perfect timing for a winter reading treat or a Christmas gift for any fan of vintage and cult British TV. Apply code BOOKGIFT30 at these links bit.ly/41XFE0Y and bit.ly/4a1gsIO

'Tis here, the once-a-year 30% discount on both 'A THRILLER in Every Corner' and 'In Conversation with Brian Clemens', perfect timing for a winter reading treat or a Christmas gift for any fan of vintage and cult British TV. Apply code BOOKGIFT30 at these links bit.ly/41XFE0Y and bit.ly/4a1gsIO

Listing for the episode "Nowhere for the Kids" from Series 2 of LWT's prison drama "Within These Walls", 24th January 1975. Curiously this episode is missing and it's uncertain how it happened with all other episodes of the show's five series in existence, possibly a case of accidental wiping.

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Before he hosted 'The Television Programme' from #WestwardTelevision, the Guardian TV critic Peter Fiddick wrote and presented 'Looking at Television' for ITV Schools, by #YorkshireTelevision www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVXw... Kaleidoscope have uploaded to YT this episode, examining television drama

Just popped up on YouTube, the #ThamesTelevision tribute show to Eammon Andrews upon his passing in 1987, hosted by Terry Wogan with many guests, and featuring the full 'This is Your Life' programme when Eammon himself was 'caught' by David Nixon www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JOk...

One to get you in that #Halloween season mood: Over at #SpookyIsles, I look at what just might be the creepiest of #Sapphire&Steel assignments: The Railway Station (1979) #SpookyIsles @spookyisles.bsky.social www.spookyisles.com/sapphire-ste...

Philip Elsmore gave the first announcement on Thames Television on 30 July 1968. He also gave the final announcement on 31 December 1992. It was announced in the last hour that he had passed in August 2025 at the age of 87. Philip Elsmore 1937-2025 tvark.org/philip-elsmore

A great watch tonight. 'Where the Action Is', with Edd Byrnes playing a suave, almost Bond-like character, Eddie Vallance. A completely different feel to last week's episode. #BrianClemensThriller rings the changes once again & delivers another fresh & thoroughly entertaining 65-minutes.

Reading the chapter in @martinmauthor1.bsky.social's book on how 'The Thrillers' package netted ITC $20-million in the first 8 months, selling to US stations. I bet many of them didn't realise it was the same series that some of them had finished repeating only a year earlier. #BrianClemensThriller.

My rewatch of #BrianClemensThriller this evening is all about gambling, & with very high stakes. Here's the London area TV Times billing from Saturday 8th February 1975, with viewers in the captial (including me) getting to see the episode at least an hour ahead of the rest of the UK.

Where does 'Killer with Two Faces' fall on my radar? Well, it was among the first of LWT's in 1981 & I didn't video-record it, something I later regretted. I then had to make an extra effort to try to get it recorded from another region. Success came with the Anglia broadcast. #BrianClemensThriller.

It’s the heavenly birthday of Donald Gee on Sunday. He starred as the hapless Tom Patterson in one of my favourite episodes of #BrianClemensThriller Murder in Mind. I’ll be watching it Sunday evening. George Drew,s book appeared in assignment 5 of Sapphire and Steel 8 years later

5 episodes of ATV's 'General Hospital' just made available on ITVX ... including 4 of the peak-time hour-slot episodes not released on DVD! Hooray. @alanbriscoe.bsky.social www.itv.com/watch/genera...

1970, in Studio 3 at #YorkshireTelevision for 'Joker's Wild' ... the solo spot is a Lance Percival impromptu Calypso

Part of the 'Screenplay strand, 'Waxwork' (1979) proved successful and was later spun-off into two series of 'Cribb' (1980/81) from #GranadaTelevision (based on the novels of Peter Lovesey) www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ5I...

"Who Killed Lamb?" from the same producers was included as an extra on the Thriller box set and maybe ideally this would have joined it. Gerald Sim was also in this and just two days later appeared in "Once the Killing Starts".

Robert Shaw, Tony Selby and Jack Hedley in publicity shots for the tense #YorkshireTelevision play 'The Break' (1974), made in conjunction with David Paradine Productions

Trail for the programme menu on #GranadaTelevision for Sat 10 July 1981

From the early-1970s, an extended interview with Alfred Hitchcock conducted by Dick Cavett on his ABC-TV late-night talk show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHek...

A rewatch tonight of another classic #BrianClemensThriller. This week 'The Next Scream You Hear' originally broadcast on ITV on Sat 6th July 1974. The US publicity promotes Christopher George as the star. However it is Dinsdale Landen as the very witty but likeable Matthew Earp who steals the show.

#BrianClemensThriller was very much part of my Saturday evening viewing as a child in the mid-70s. No matter what was on the Beeb, THRILLER on ITV was something special for me & I would never miss it. Tonight at 9pm a rewatch of 'Come out, Come out, Wherever You Are' from Sat 29th June 1974.

Poster art for the Robert Aldrich wartime-action movie 'Too Late the Hero' (1970) which, apart from the stars, featured many excellent British character actors

VT Countdown clock slate for #SouthernTelevision 'Freewheelers' series, a long running action-adventure series of serials for kids that ran 1968-73

'Into the 80s' ITV trail from December 1979

A rewatch this evening of another favourite #BrianClemensThriller. 'In the Steps of a Dead Man'. Originally broadcast on Saturday 22nd June 1974. One of the things I remember about this, & it seemed wondrous at the time, was the curious TV stop-motion device invented by George Cornfield. 🙂

Pamela Franklin and Michele Dotrice cycle along Boulevard Carnot in Jargeau, Loiret 'And Soon the Darkness' will fall. www.reelstreets.com/...

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'Death to Sister Mary' is my #BrianClemensThriller rewatch this evening. Originally broadcast on ITV on Sat 15th June 1974 at 9pm, it is an episode I remember very well from that evening, particularly the final scene.

Final farewell to 'The Carnation Killer' @alanbriscoe.bsky.social @rozzyc.bsky.social @jabberwocky65.bsky.social www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

#BrianClemensThriller broadcast on ITV on 08/06/74 at 9pm, 'I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill'. One of Brian's favourites, & one of mine too. The plot perhaps wouldn't work in this age of mobile phone devices, computers, & CCTV, but truly gripping stuff in its day. I'll be rewatching it tonight at 9pm.

CHILDREN OF THE STONES (1977): HTV's folk horror masterpiece for children, and one of the cornerstones of the entire genre. Here's the opening moments of episode one, complete with a spooky villager and some frankly orgasmic wailing...

To think we've just passed the 20th anniversary of the release of this DVD box set of #BrianClemensThriller. I still remember the excitement of finally owning a) decent copies of ALL episodes, & b) all in the original UK broadcast format -well, very nearly. 🙂

Just finished a rewatch of another classic #BrianClemensThriller tonight, & one of the best me thinks. 'A Coffin for the Bride' from Sat 01/06/74 (9pm across the whole ITV network for this new series?) No matter how many times I've seen it before, it holds one's attention all the way through.

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 42 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 24 July 1983 1. #CoronationStreet 12.85m 2. The A-Team 10.85 3. #Crossroads 10.60 4. Candid Camera 10.10 5. The Krypton Factor 9.75 6. News At Ten 9.45 7. Winner Takes All 9.30 8. The Mad Death 8.10

For no reason whatsoever, let's remind ourselves of Anglia Television 1970s hoax "documentary" Alternative 3 (1977) which suggests that the world is coming to an end while 400 scientists have been spirited away to a secret base on the moon. eofftvreview.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/a...

Yes, I am well aware about #Space1999 series 2 on HTV. It has been much talked about over the years among fans of the show. If you follow this link you can read the reason why it wasn't on originally. 🙂https://catacombs.space1999.net/press/wrefpbpost.html

The 'FAB Annual 2025' from @fanderson1981.bsky.social, & an article on #Thunderbirds I penned for the series 60th anniversary. Explores how the first 26 episodes were expanded from half-hour to one-hour, & is illustrated with pages from original scripts, music timing notes, & #ITC publicity.

It's here! Our 180-page book all about ITV children's programmes (£10) or the book with the Plus Pack of ITV ephemera facsimiles (£20)! Buy now, get it delivered in SEPTEMBER.

1980s continuity for #Space1999 from the ITV regions. In 1982 London Weekend Television repurchased the rights to all 48-episodes on behalf of the network, & further screenings began appearing around the UK. (clockwise) LWT, TVS, HTV, Granada. Can you share a bespoke slide from your ITV region?

More #ITC TV series continuity from around the ITV regions. #HammerHouseOfHorror.

55 years ago today, Robert Fuest's And Soon the Darkness (1970) was released in London cinemas, a slow burning but never less than gripping thriller with just enough horror notes here and there. eofftvreview.wordpress.com/2021/10/18/a...

Sad to hear that Gerald Harper has died. Most famous as Squire James Hadleigh in Yorkshire TV's drama. As part of YTV's 21st Birthday celebrations. Gerald talked about Hadleigh.

Elisabeth Sladen and John Carson face up to heartbreak in both their lives in a poignant two-hander scene from the #GranadaTelevision 'Send in the Girls' 1978 anthology, the episode titled 'Beware the Gentle People'

The 1980 Autumn season, and some highlights coming up on #ThamesTelevision

#LWT In-vision continuity with Peter Lewis from December 1981 featuring a trail for the #YorkshireTelevision drama series 'Airline' starring Roy Marsden

In the very first 'Crown Court' story not released on Network DVD - 'Midnight With No Pain' (1974) - the Jury Foreman that week turned out to be a very familiar #GranadaTelevision face - that of legendary in-vision continuity announcer Charles Foster