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mariocki · 10 months

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A Ghost Story for Christmas: A Warning to the Curious (BBC, 1972)

"An Anglo-Saxon crown. No one's ever discovered one before. And I found it."

"Well, you are to be congratulated, Mr. Paxton. And may I ask what you intend to do with it next?"

"I'm going to put it back."

#a warning to the curious #a ghost story for christmas #m. r. james #lawrence gordon clark #single play #horror tv #bbc #1972 #peter vaughan #clive swift #john kearney #david cargill #george benson #julian herington #roger milner #gilly fraser #david pugh #cyril appleton #if you were to catch me on another day or having just watched a different entry in the cycle‚ i dare say my answer #might vary; but right now‚ for my money‚ I think this might be the moat genuinely chilling of the og series of ghost stories #a masterclass in Clark's own particular style: always preferring to show and not tell‚ there are long crucial stretches of this #play without dialogue‚ very little wasted in needless exposition or explanation. we see (or rather we almost see; as ever‚ he keeps the #real horror on the periphery‚ just a little far to see everything we both want and dread to see)#what is to be seen and we draw our own conclusions as viewers. a sterling central performance from Vaughan (and part of the real horror #here is that he truly doesn't deserve this experience; he's not a greedy or foolish or selfish man‚ just a desperate one who dearly wants #to make just one great discovery). im glad Swift was brought back as Dr Black‚ he does provide a good audience surrogate and it would #have been fun to keep him for the later films. as in all the plays‚ sound is key and is developed with just as much care and horrible #attention to detail as anything visual. there's an awful dignified but shaken nobility to Vaughan's Paxton as he realises the weight of #what he's done and the potential cost of trying to repair it. a masterpiece of the form and among the very best of the ghost stories #and still retaining some power to spook more than fifty years on; now there's quality filmmaking

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djohnhopper · 4 years

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FAVOURITE TV:

Title: A Warning to the Curious (1972).

Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark.

Writers: M.R. James (story), Lawrence Gordon Clark.

Cast: Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Julian Herington...

An archaeologist goes treasure hunting along the English coast in search of a lost, fabled crown that supposedly helps protect Great Britain against invasion.

#mrjames #horror #ghost stories #favourite tv #favorite tv

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tntimprov · 8 years

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TNT Wiretapped, Too!

We swear, we never colluded with Russian indie improvisers!

MARCH 7TH

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#POWERCOUPLE - Alyse Michele and Stephen Perlstein.

THE SILVER SHARPIES - Artin Sarkisyan, Daryl Jim Diaz, Nicole Laura, Joseph Sette, James Dean, Jesse Dillon, and Marissa Paiva.

SIDE DISH - PJ McCormick, Alex Lewis, Justin Patterson, Nick Murphy, Kat Hughes, Melissa Heiman, and Heather Higginbotham.

K3WLAZN420 - Chuck Maa, Erich Tamola, Lizz Adams, and Allyn Pintal.

BIG SWISH - Marie Buck, Anna Senn, Heidi Hayward, Ryan Rosenberg, Jake Jabbour, Jacob Womack, Jessica Jardine, and Dickie Copeland.

SQUAD CAR - Nikhil Deshpande, Tracey Kennedy, Jeremy Schmidt, Liz Reicheldt, Joe Fahey, Marieve Herington, and Mick Wannenmacher.

GRANDPA #1 - Josiah Jenkins, Spencer Wider, Lauren Davis, Justine Griffiths, Jaymie Parkkinen, Derek Scully, and Chris Carter.

THUNDERSTRUCK - Harrison Brown, Jonny Svarzbein, Ronnie Adrian, and friends!

DOWNTOWN TAMPA - Monte Montepare, Joel Vernon, and Jody Orrigo.

JUNK - Addison Bennett, Bogart Avila, Chelsea Gue, Ian Slater, Jeff Taylor, Jen Whalen, Julian Vlcan, and Lindsey Robertson.

JAM! - “If you’re not confused then you didn’t JAM!” A long hard improv jam hosted by Harrison Brown, Jonny Svarzbein, and Ronnie Adrian where anyone can hop on stage and improvise!

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mariocki · 5 years

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Special Branch: Reliable Sources (1.9, Thames, 1969)

"The one certain way to make people believe that confidential information is absolutely true is to suppress it."

#special branch #Special branch rewatch #reliable sources #classic tv #1969 #Wensley pithey #derren nesbitt #jennifer wilson #Morris Perry #Keith Washington #Tony britton #David Garth #David collings #Norman claridge #Julian herington #Joan ogden #Dennis vance #Roy bottomley #Tom brennand #Ooh I liked this one. The end of an (admittedly very brief) era: after this episode Eden is gone and the show moves into glaring colour #It's fitting then that this should wrap up the mystery surrounding the troika affair begun in ep 1 (or at least... Appears to wrap it up..)#It gives these first nine episodes their own distinct feel. Like a mini series self contained away from the rest of the show. Of course it #Isn't entirely self contained and just as some things are ending others are beginning: this is the first episode in which Moxon takes a #Really active role rather than passive onlooker and it's here we start to see the political chess games he is capable of. This becomes #(iirc) a defining element of the rest of the Nesbitt years. Moxon's machinations do however expose some slight hairline fractures in the #Plot: if Moxon and Co are fully aware of who leaked material to the press then why does Moxon allow Eden to believe he is the prime suspect #It just makes his job that much harder when Eden obviously refuses to lie down and take it and instead investigate. Moxon admonishes Eden #For his interference at the end of the ep but really it's entirely his own fault.. It's a pretty small gripe in the grand scheme of things #Tho. So. Farewell Supt. Eden. We quite literally hardly knew thee. May your years extension and secondment be fun and one day #Commemorated in extremely niche fanfiction.

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