Monthly Archiv: March, 2023

The Name of the Game S 1-2-3

The Name of the Game S 1-2-3

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062591/

This groundbreaking series had 3 rotating stars, who were featured in independent episodes tied together by a loose common theme; Howard Publications, the publishing empire of Glenn Howard. Episodes featuring Howard focused on his business and political confrontations and his flamboyant lifestyles. Other episodes featured Jeff Dillon, a crusading investigative reporter, Dan Farrell, a retired FBI agent who used his position as the editor of Crime Magazine to wage a literary war against organized crime. The series had several semi-regulars, including editorial assistant Peggy Maxwell, and junior reporters Joe Sample, Andy Hill and Ross Craig.

Note:
I’m missing some episodes….sorry about that.

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Haunted COMPLETE mini-series

Haunted COMPLETE mini-series

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271539/

Featuring the directorial talents of John Irvin and Michael Apted, and adapted by noted screenwriters Michael Chapman and Julian Bond, these two single plays dramatise spine-chilling tales in which unsuspecting characters are plunged into the realm of the supernatural. Originally airing over the Christmas period in 1974.

Kingsley Amis’s The Ferryman stars Jeremy Brett as a young writer who escapes for a weekend in the country, only to find that his hotel increasingly comes to bear a resemblance to the setting of his bestselling novel; bafflement turns to alarm as he realises he may have to face the terrifying climax of his own story.

Elizabeth Taylor’s Poor Girl is the story of an Edwardian governess who leaves home to take up her first post as a governess, but finds herself trapped in a house whose strange forces threaten to engulf her.

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