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Appointment With Fear (BBC) – Episode Review

Appointment with Fear

 

Appointment With Fear

1943

In 1944, the BBC introduced The Man in Black,

Sources:
     Digital Deli
     Wikipedia

 


Clock Strikes Eight, The  

A woman awakes from amnesia to find herself in a jail cell… about to be executed in the morning! Doctor Gideon Fell hears the details of Helen Barton’s case in the chambers of Colonel Andrews, her judge. Herbert, the brother of Helen’s fiancee bore witness against her, claiming she shot Phillip Gale in cold blood after making him put up his hands. The hangman arrives. An effective blood-curdling scream. Fell, like Sherlock Holmes, claims he can prove her innocence! [Adapted from John Dickson Carr. Also: Suspense: “The Hangman Won’t Wait”]

 

And The Deep Shuddered  

The story of a woman who has lived many years in a mental hospital, recounting her trip on board the ship Lucitanic, where she separated from her husband after discovering his mistress was also on the cruise. Before she leaves, Adela confronts the mistress. The alarm sounds. The band keeps playing as the ship sinks… and the husband has taken too many sleeping pills. Will the wife leave him behind in their cabin? Where is the mistress?

 


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