Shadows of Fear

As is usual with anthologies, very much a mixed bag. Half of them I scored 6 or under. Less usually, those currently most highly rated are the ones I most enjoyed, rating a good 9.

The Death Watcher. Professor Emmy Erikson (Judy Parfitt) falls into the hands of Dr Pickering (John Neville) who is researching life after death. Beneath a polite, gentlemanly veneer Pickering is a single minded solipsist for whom other people have no value, his theories are all that matters. The final fifteen minutes will have you on the edge of your seat.

Did You Lock Up? Peter and Moira Astle (Michael Craig and Gwen Watford) suffer a burglary and Peter is determined on revenge. Less tense but more fun to watch than The Death Watcher, as here those imprisoned richly deserve their fate.

While watching I felt a flicker of recognition which I didn't experience with the other nine. Being lodged in the back of your mind for fifty years suggests they must be first rate drama.