The Scarf

It was an intriguing serial for me - aged 11 and's still recovering from the previous programme in this timeslot: Quatermass And The Pit! Both were absolute thrillers. The theme music has stayed with me to this day. Can't forget the contrast between the drama of the series and the serene beauty of The Girl From Corsica!

What led me to talk about this series now? chilling! but I have just read the review, and would 100% agree. Allowed to watch it at my Nan's, we had no telly until one year later. The 50 yards journey home after was scary!!!! When they got a new one and let us have their old one, in September 1960, aged 11, raced home from school to see Ivanhoe, or was it William Tell. It cannot be there is no recording of The Scarf now. The whole thing of the killer being unknown until the very end, and then being caught. I remember thinking he would be still out there if not!! I suppose the most chilling and hence most memorable, part was the way the scarf was wrapped around his hands, and the brought tight!!!!

I remember being spellbound by this series. I was eighteen and watched it with my mother - we both adored Patrick Troughton! To this day I can, without reference, hum the theme tune - and for those who would like to hear it again, it is called The Girl From Corsica, by Trevor Duncan - I'm sure it must be on YouTube or somewhere.

It was so haunting, and the image of the blowing scarf, so graceful, it has stayed in my mind all these years, although I have forgotten the intricacies of the plot. I can't think of 'The Scarf' without thinking of my ma. I would love to see the series again, wish someone would revive it.

Another beautiful, evocative theme is the one from 'Foyles War' by the talented Jim Parker.