Film Reviews by AR

There's 3 episodes of a sort of UK version of the Twilight Zone, there were more made but as with a lot of programs they were sadly thought of no value by the beeb and wiped or dumped. All 3 episodes are very watchable and give you an eery kind of feeling rather than any actual scares. They're definitely a product of the time and it's rather wonderful to see early 70s depicted. How there weren't more fires in the 70s I'll never know as there's a very relaxed attitude to naked flames and lit cigarettes. There's a lot of jobbing actors here, the most famous of which seems to be Clive Swift who went on to start in Keeping up Appearances. The acting quality is really quite good. There's some slightly sexist attitudes on display, again we've come a long way in 50 years (I'd prefer we didn't try and airbrush old attitudes and language out, we need to see how things have evolved, not censor it). I'm very glad to have rented this and seen what's left of the series. There's another feature length episode of the series that's on a separate DVD which I think is called The Stone Tapes, I've added that to my rental list as well. Highly recommended if you're a fan of the "old but in colour" era of television. We don't seem to make television plays anymore, maybe they've had their day.