KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949)
A distant poor relative of the Duke of D’Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
THE AVENGERS – ‘Tunnel of Fear’
“Tunnel of Fear” is the 20th episode of the first series of the 1960s British TV series The Avengers, and one of only three known complete series 1 episodes to have survived original broadcast…
DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE (1971)
A Victorian scientist tests a serum that transforms him into a sensuous murderess.
DOCTOR WHO – ‘Twice Upon a Time’
And so we bid farewell to Peter Capaldi and the Twelfth Doctor. A shame really, as Capaldi was not best served by his writers…
OUTLANDER, 3.13 – ‘Eye of the Storm’
And so another season of Outlander comes to a close. The finale, “Eye of the Storm”, is something of a mixed bag. It didn’t…
OUTLANDER, 3.12 – ‘The Bakra’
For Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) to separate once, nay twice, in a season is rather a misfortune, but to be split…
OUTLANDER, 3.11 – ‘Uncharted’
Remember how last week I referred to Marsali’s enforced shipboard conference with Claire in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander novel Voyager? It had seemed like a…
OUTLANDER, 3.9 & 3.10 – ‘The Doldrums’ & ‘Heaven and Earth’
“The Doldrums” and “Heaven and Earth” take the third season of Outlander off in a new direction. We see Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire…
OUTLANDER, 3.8 – ‘First Wife’
By taking young Ian (John Bell) back to Lallybroch, Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) may have assumed their troubles were over for…
BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY’S TOMB (1971)
An archaeological expedition brings back to London the coffin of an Egyptian queen known for her magical powers, only for her spirit to return in the form of a young girl…
OUTLANDER, 3.7 – ‘Crème de Menthe’
Outlander is often a curious beast. After six episodes of well-crafted, character-driven drama, full of resonance and emotion, its makers suddenly realise they’ve got…
SCARS OF DRACULA (1970)
When libertine Paul Carlson disappears one night, his sober brother Simon and girlfriend trace him to Transylvania, discovering a village terrified by the resurrected vampire Count Dracula…