SPINE CHILLERS
During the 1980s, a series of five 'Spine Chillers', similar in style to 'Fear on Four' was broadcast. The titles:
Origami, by Jill Hyem
Dracula in White, by Peter Redgrove
Figures, by Colin Haydn Evans
Mrs. M, by David Campton
Witch Water Green, by Don Webb
These were all 45 minutes long, except the Don Webb, which lasted an hour.
NOTES
15 Feb 84 Figures
By COLIN HAYDN EVANS. As soon as Ann saw the house she knew it had to be hers. Its past turns out to be part of her future. So all she has to do is sit in the upstairs room that had been kept locked for so long and wait.
Ann .......... Anna Massey,
Ralph Symons .......... Blain Fairman,
Rebecca Symons .......... Jill Udstone,
Peter Fuller .......... Jon Strickland,
Alex Slade .......... Michael Bilton,
Producer:... Ian Cotterell.
22 Feb 84 15:00 Mrs M
By DAVID CAMPTON.
Mrs Meadowsweet offers visitors to her country guesthouse a truly carefree holiday.
Everybody is so happy. A little vague perhaps, but certainly happy.
Newcomers Madge and Arthur are suspicious, but Mrs M is able to convert them.
Mrs Meadowsweet .......... Rosemary Leach,
Madge .......... Anne Jameson,
Arthur .......... Roger Hume,
Simon .......... Terry Molloy,
Miss Brazenose .......... Joyce Gibbs,
Inga .......... Patricia Gallimore,
Producer: .......... Peter Windows.
29 Feb 84 Origami
By JILL HYEM. When Mr Shimojo takes a room in Helen Bestall 's house neither he nor Mrs Bestall are prepared for the sequence of horrifying events which his presence seems to generate.
Mr Shimojo .......... Sean Barrett,
Helen Bestall .......... Carole Boyd,
Lucy Bestall .......... Helen Worth,
Peter Trent .......... Christopher Scoular,
Enid Shelley/Young woman .......... Kate Lee.
Pronunciation adviser: MASATOSHI TOBITA.
Producer: .......... Kay Patrick.
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...The story focuses on a widowed woman with an 11-year-old daughter who takes in a Japanese lodger to help make ends meet. Unfortunately, the recently deceased previous owner had a better hatred of the Japanese and cannot rest without revenge. Listen for Helen Worth (Gail from Coronation Street) as the young girl. (summary of Jane Anderson's remarks from RT for the R4X repeat, Jan 2017)
7 Mar 84 Dracula in White
By PETER REDGROVE. Prisoners up and down the country seem to be disappearing mysteriously from Her Majesty's prisons. Joanna, a television journalist, suspects that they have been used as guinea-pigs in some unspeakable experiments, and sets out on a perilous course to verify her suspicions....
Joanna: Maggie McCarthy,
Dr Exeter-White: Benjamin Whitrow,
Sam Mellish: Jerold Wells,
Toby/Cooper: Tim Meats,
Ron/Governor: John Linstrum,
Judge: Paul Nicholson,
Mrs Petit/Wardress: June Barrie.
Other parts played by RICHARD CURNOW and JOHN LINSTRUM.
Producer:: Brian Miller.
15 Mar 84 Witch Water Green
By DON WEBB. Barbara Tate and her baby girl are on their own in their new home, a converted mill, deep in the country. The move has been a strain, she's lonely, the baby is unsettled, but there's another reason for the disquiet she feels.... somewhere.
Barbara Tate: Pam Ferris,
Dr Jane Rayner: Jenny Lee,
The Rev Roy Brown: Nigel Anthony,
Johnny Goad: Brian Southwood,
Wendy Williams: Kate Lee.
Producer: TONY CLIFF, BBC Manchester.
