Tales of Unease: The Complete Series [DVD]

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Starring James Bate as an isolated teenage boy who undergoes a disturbing loss of identity and Milton Johns as his unlikely nemesis, The Intruderis featured here as a brand-new high definition remaster from original film elements in its original fullscreen aspect ratio. The DVD from Network includes extensive viewing notes from veteran Andrew Pixley, and they are certainly very informative although it’s a pity that Johnny Mains wasn’t involved.

Tales of Unease (1970) DVD review - The Geek Show Tales of Unease (1970) DVD review - The Geek Show

A highly effective central concept, with the message that you have to have to take responsibility for your possessions (John is training homing pigeons in case subtext isn’t your strong suit), including when you dispose of them. The episodes "It's too late now" and "Bad Bad Jo Jo" were probably my favourite, with "The Black Goddess" and "Ride, Ride" at the other end of the scale. Filmed almost entirely on location during the spring of 1969 and broadcast during the winter of 1969-1970, this remarkable adaptation of Alan Garner’s award-winning novel was a radical production that raised the bar for what viewers could expect from a teenage drama – and which was a significant influence on children’s television throughout the 1970s. Capitalism comes under the microscope in Calculated Nightmareas two business executives are trapped in their office by an employee with an axe to grind.It's a claustrophobic tale and, as with many of the series' offerings, it focuses on characters who are trapped. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Screen violence, extremist politics, mining disasters, frustrated housewives and class conflict – perhaps the only remaining Heath-era anxiety that hasn’t been ticked off the list is mechanisation, which is duly addressed in Calculated Nightmare. It’s Too Late Now, by Andrea Newman is essentially a one hander from Rachel Kempson (wife of Michael Redgrave) playing an abused wife who’s locked her husband in a windowless room. We don’t come close to knowing anything about Sarah other than the fact she was killed in a car crash three weeks ago.

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This means that, in line with standard television policy of the 1970s, it’s shot on film rather than videotape, and it looks gorgeous as a result. Seven tales of horror, all worth seeing will no doubt be viewed by plenty of fans this coming Halloween in their home cinemas. All powerful entities demand sacrifices, to your time, your hopes and eventually your life, be they mythical deities or the NCB. The producers of Tales of Unease– including Peter Wildebloode, whose primary fame now stems from his campaign for the legalisation of homosexuality – seemed to jump at chances to get out on location, lending a cinematic atmosphere to stories which might seem tame and cosy under studio lights.Of course, the businessmen aren’t really characters in their own right, it’s what they represent, not who they are, that is the focus. The world’s biggest authority on John Burke would have added much to this highly anticipated release. Essentially what I would expect from an off the shelf master presented with no restoration having been done. Two business executives – Harker (John Stratton) and Johnson (Michael Culver) – are trapped for the night on a deserted office floor by a disgruntled employee who has hacked the building management system. Starring James Bate as an isolated teenage boy who undergoes a disturbing loss of identity and Milton Johns as his unlikely nemesis, The Intruder is featured here as a brand-new high definition remaster from original film elements in its original fullscreen aspect ratio.