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Shadows of Fear

  • TV Series
  • 1970–1973
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Edward Fox, George Cole, Victor Maddern, and Suzanne Neve in Shadows of Fear (1970)
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Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people.Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people.Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people.

  • Stars
    • Ray Smith
    • Michael Craig
    • John Neville
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    7.2/10
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    • Stars
      • Ray Smith
      • Michael Craig
      • John Neville
    • 2User reviews
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    Ray Smith
    Ray Smith
    • German…
    • 1970–1971
    Michael Craig
    Michael Craig
    • Peter Astle
    • 1970
    John Neville
    John Neville
    • Pickering
    • 1971
    Ian Bannen
    Ian Bannen
    • Robert
    • 1971
    Sheila Hancock
    Sheila Hancock
    • Anne Brand
    • 1971
    George Cole
    George Cole
    • Gordon
    • 1971
    Peter Barkworth
    Peter Barkworth
    • John Dolby
    • 1971
    Anthony Bate
    Anthony Bate
    • Darbon
    • 1971
    Isabel Dean
    Isabel Dean
    • Gwen
    • 1971
    Godfrey Quigley
    Godfrey Quigley
    • Harry
    • 1971
    Elizabeth Sellars
    Elizabeth Sellars
    • Isabel
    • 1971
    Suzanne Neve
    Suzanne Neve
    • Ethel Parker
    • 1973
    Gwen Watford
    Gwen Watford
    • Moira Astle
    • 1970
    Judy Parfitt
    Judy Parfitt
    • Emmy Erikson
    • 1971
    Caroline Blakiston
    Caroline Blakiston
    • Maureen
    • 1971
    Annette Crosbie
    Annette Crosbie
    • Mrs. Darbon
    • 1971
    Margery Mason
    • Margaret
    • 1971
    Daniel Massey
    Daniel Massey
    • Michael
    • 1971
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    10butiamthedoctor

    A great anthology series.

    The title sequence for this series stuck in my mind from when it was originally broadcast. This is a very creepy series, with the main theme being human paranoia and all the stories have been extremely well written. It's just a shame that current British television no longer sees anthology series as financially viable, even though they're a good training ground to find new writing talent. New television writers are now 'trained' by writing for the soaps. The story lines are varied and covered various forms of paranoia, with psychological threats, rather than the supernatural, though it does have the feel of Rod Serling's Night Gallery to it. Thankfully, as it was made in 1971-3, it's not destroyed by extremely loud and constant incidental music, most have none and only a couple have a few moments with it, with library pieces. Unusually though, a single episode was broadcast in 1970, then there was a run of 9 episodes in 1971, followed by another single episode in 1973. The complete series is now on DVD, but as was common back then, there is no copyright/production date at the end of the closing credits on any of them, so it's hard to know if they were all made in 1970 and just spread out, or if they were made in the year of broadcast. There is very little information online about this series' production, or why there was a 1 year gap between the first episode's broadcast and the run of 9 and the 2 year gap between the 10th and 11th episodes.
    8midbrowcontrarian

    Mixed Bag

    As is usual with anthologies, very much a mixed bag. Half of them I scored 6 or under. Less usually, those currently most highly rated are the ones I most enjoyed, rating a good 9.

    The Death Watcher. Professor Emmy Erikson (Judy Parfitt) falls into the hands of Dr Pickering (John Neville) who is researching life after death. Beneath a polite, gentlemanly veneer Pickering is a single minded solipsist for whom other people have no value, his theories are all that matters. The final fifteen minutes will have you on the edge of your seat.

    Did You Lock Up? Peter and Moira Astle (Michael Craig and Gwen Watford) suffer a burglary and Peter is determined on revenge. Less tense but more fun to watch than The Death Watcher, as here those imprisoned richly deserve their fate.

    While watching I felt a flicker of recognition which I didn't experience with the other nine. Being lodged in the back of your mind for fifty years suggests they must be first rate drama.

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      The last show was only 30 minutes long compared to the rest and was shown sometime after the original series in a later slot, leading to some controversy about what had happened to the rest of the show.

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    • Release date
      • June 17, 1970 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Thames Television
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      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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