Armchair Thriller - Rachel In Danger [1978]

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Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Binding: DVD EAN: 5027626269340 Format: PAL Label: Network Manufacturer: Network Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Network Region Code: 2 Release Date: 2008-01-21 Running Time: 94 Studio: Network Theatrical Release Date: 1978
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Interesting for the Thames testcard sequence. Comment: I remembered these mainly for the Thames tv trademark picture, made specially into a moonlit view of the Thames scene for this series, whereas the picture of the Thames was shown in bright daylight for all other programmes made by Thames tv. What is interesting especially about this story in the series is that watching now on dvd I find that the Thames picture is only shown in moonlight at the beginning of each episode and that at the end of each episode it reverts back to the usual daylight view. This is strange, as I didn't remember the first story having the daylit view of the Thames at all. And I see in the second story in the series, A Dog's Ransom, that the end view of the Thames tv testcard (or whatever they call it) is in fact in moonlight, so this must have been a decision made at the time to change the end Thames scene, which after all, makes sense, as it is more in keeping with the series anyway, and certainly more so at the end of each story than at the beginning. I only mention this as I always loved the moonlit view of the Thames and thought it was a nice original touch on the part of the makers to think to do this. And nice to see from a historical point of view too, of television from that time period. That said, the spooky moonlit Thames view gave the impression that the series would have a mystical or haunted storyline, involving ghosts or hauntings or something otherwise supernatural, and this wasn't so, as each story was more along the crime lines of story telling, even the eerier-in-tone, and very effective, Quiet as a Nun, was, as I recall, explained away as being some criminal intent rather than supernatural, but then I guess they _are_ called Thrillers, and a lot of crime related stories are classed as thrillers. Interesting too, that they are actually called Armchair Thrillers, when for some reason, I always thought they were called _Thames_ Thrillers and have always referred to them as such whenever mentioning them to anyone, but I guess it was because I had focused so much on the moonlight Thames view that I thought of them as being entitled 'Thames Thrillers'! LOL. Anyway, well worth seeing again and a welcome release. I remember Saphire and Steel replacing them and I have recently acquired the whole series of that too on region one, and I loved seeing that again too, though marginally preferred the Thames Thrillers, mainly for the Thames scene at moonlight, and mainly because I am sad enough to care about things like that, LOL. I have given four stars instead of five, only because I really would have preferred a supernatural theme to the stories rather than something which was always explained away, but all in all, an extremely good series. Customer Rating: Summary: I am death come before you as a black nun Comment: BLACK NUN! BLACK NUN! BLACK NUN! Come on, the rest were good, but GET TO THE POINT!! When's "Quiet as a nun" coming out? Customer Rating: Summary: Not just a nostalgic purchase... Comment: This was shown on ITV via Thames in early 1978. It is interesting to see, as it is clearly a product of the times (nice to see Euston Station in 1977/78), but it is a wonderfully chilling story, as indeed all the AArmchair Thrillers were. The one with the Nun will casue late 30 somethings to still shudder! This story involves terrorists, but, as the title of the programmes suggest, the idea is to thrill and it does this in spades! One could wax lyrical about how they don't make them like this anymore (which, ideed they don't), but it is a great tale and something to see is possible in winter months, as it is creepier to see it when it is dark outside. Either that or stay up late in Summer! Customer Rating: Summary: Eerie and Gripping 1970s Drama Comment: Armchair Thriller ran for two series from 1978 to 1980, with each of its 11 stories consisting of between 4 to 6 episodes. I remember being unsettled by it as a child so its great to finally be able to watch it again on DVD. This is the first story of Season 1 and involves a young girl (Rachel) travelling to London to meet her father who she has not seen for many years. Meanwhile her father is being bumped off and his identity stolen by the murderer. While the story is rooted in a late-70s world of far-left terrorists obsessed with 'deviationists' and bumping people off on the sly in parks, this still manages to chill. Hopefully Network will release the whole series, especially "Quiet as a Nun". Customer Rating: Summary: At last......they are released!!!!!!!! Comment: Brilliant!!!! These were Thames thrillers from the late seventies. Right, where's the one with the NUN!!!!!!!!!! More Reviews