The Frighteners (1972) Coming to DVD

[The Lurker In The Shadows]

I've just spotted that the 13 part anthology series 'The Frighteners', made by London Weekend Television in 1972, on which John Burke acted as Script Editor, is getting a DVD release in April thanks to Network. The one episode I've seen, a virtual two-hander with Clive swift and Patience Collier, was agreeably creepy, so I'm certainly looking forward to seeing the rest of the series.

networkonair.com/shop/2613-frighteners-the-the-complete-series-5027626457648.html

[helrunar]

That's exciting news, Lurker!  Thanks!

cheers, H.

[rawlinson]

This is finally out. I'd say anyone grabbing it is probably best going through Network themselves. £13 from them, saw it £22 in HMV.

[The Lurker In The Shadows]

This DVD release is part of an ongoing programme of releases under the Forgotten TV Drama banner;

"Broadcast only once (or at most twice) in a time before on-demand, catch-up or the video recorder, most of the drama made for British television up until the early 1980s has lain unseen for generations. Since 2013, The 'History of Forgotten Television Drama in the UK' research project at Royal Holloway, University of London, has existed to investigate and celebrate the tremendous wealth of neglected dramas made for British TV, unearthing forgotten treasures and presenting them again to new audiences.

‘Forgotten TV Drama’ is a new range of DVDs presented by Network Distributing Ltd in association with the project. Selected and curated by TV experts Lez Cooke, John Hill and Billy Smart, the collection will make a wide selection of unseen titles from the ITV archive available once again. The range aims to encompass a broad spectrum of plays, series and serials; comic and tragic, realistic and fantastical, film and videotape, lavish and intimate."


As a future release from the Forgotten TV Drama range, three Nigel Kneale plays are coming to DVD from Network in September;

"Best known for his pioneering Quatermass stories and harrowing adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four, as well as later TV triumphs like The Stone Tape and The Woman in Black, Nigel Kneale is widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest scriptwriters. Making his name at the BBC in the 1950s, he subsequently wrote acclaimed dramas for ITV over the following decades of which three are presented here.
The plays on this set showcase some of Kneale's most enduring themes: a deep sympathy for the plight of the individual facing an unimaginable threat; the unease and paranoia of the Cold War era, and fears of an uncertain near-future; and the volatility and potential menace of the crowd.
THE CRUNCH stars Harry Andrews as a prime minister attempting to avert a nuclear catastrophe in London; Maxwell Shaw, Anthony Bushell and Peter Bowles are among his co-stars.
LADIES' NIGHT is a chilling story of misogyny as members of a gentlemen's club turn on a woman who ridicules them; a strong cast includes Alfred Burke, Ronald Pickup and Bryan Pringle.
GENTRY stars Roger Daltrey in a blackly comic suspense drama in which a couple buy a shabby house in an up-and-coming area but find themselves drawn into the aftermath of an armed robbery."

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071HWYNFS/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1495569665&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Crunch

[mauricebendrix]

I've just started watching the DVDs. Episodes two and three are absolute masterpieces of tension and unease and sublimely acted and directed.
They have a quite unique look as they're all shot on film, from what I can tell, and they're all filmed on location, including the interiors. No studio sets in sight.

[rawlinson]

May 24, 2017 17:51:25 GMT The Lurker In The Shadows said:

This DVD release is part of an ongoing programme of releases under the Forgotten TV Drama banner;

"Broadcast only once (or at most twice) in a time before on-demand, catch-up or the video recorder, most of the drama made for British television up until the early 1980s has lain unseen for generations. Since 2013, The 'History of Forgotten Television Drama in the UK' research project at Royal Holloway, University of London, has existed to investigate and celebrate the tremendous wealth of neglected dramas made for British TV, unearthing forgotten treasures and presenting them again to new audiences.

‘Forgotten TV Drama’ is a new range of DVDs presented by Network Distributing Ltd in association with the project. Selected and curated by TV experts Lez Cooke, John Hill and Billy Smart, the collection will make a wide selection of unseen titles from the ITV archive available once again. The range aims to encompass a broad spectrum of plays, series and serials; comic and tragic, realistic and fantastical, film and videotape, lavish and intimate."


As a future release from the Forgotten TV Drama range, three Nigel Kneale plays are coming to DVD from Network in September;

"Best known for his pioneering Quatermass stories and harrowing adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four, as well as later TV triumphs like The Stone Tape and The Woman in Black, Nigel Kneale is widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest scriptwriters. Making his name at the BBC in the 1950s, he subsequently wrote acclaimed dramas for ITV over the following decades of which three are presented here.
The plays on this set showcase some of Kneale's most enduring themes: a deep sympathy for the plight of the individual facing an unimaginable threat; the unease and paranoia of the Cold War era, and fears of an uncertain near-future; and the volatility and potential menace of the crowd.
THE CRUNCH stars Harry Andrews as a prime minister attempting to avert a nuclear catastrophe in London; Maxwell Shaw, Anthony Bushell and Peter Bowles are among his co-stars.
LADIES' NIGHT is a chilling story of misogyny as members of a gentlemen's club turn on a woman who ridicules them; a strong cast includes Alfred Burke, Ronald Pickup and Bryan Pringle.
GENTRY stars Roger Daltrey in a blackly comic suspense drama in which a couple buy a shabby house in an up-and-coming area but find themselves drawn into the aftermath of an armed robbery."

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071HWYNFS/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1495569665&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Crunch

Oh that's good news. The only one I've seen of those three is Ladies' Night, which was part of a series called Unnatural Causes. Very good it is too.