‘The Virginian’: Series 1 DVD review
A welcome release for one of the western genre’s best loved and most significant TV shows.
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A welcome release for one of the western genre’s best loved and most significant TV shows.
Doctor Who writer Victor Permberton’s take on Britain’s relations with Russia is a light one – this is aimed at kids, after all – and is as much about life in a cosy English village as it is about intrigue and mystery.
The ITC stable produced some of the best remembered programmes of the 1960s and ‘70s, and this sampler collection showcases a remarkable series of restorations.
With a title sequence that no mainstream show would ever dare use today, mid-‘90s British anthology series Chiller gets a long overdue release on DVD.
The ominous words “From The North” announce the Granada production Shadow Squad, a popular private-eye show from the late 1950s.
This, arguably, is what started it all – from the creative mind of Gerry Anderson, Fireball XL5 was the first marionette sci-fi television show.
Now this is what you expect retro TV to be like. Colourful, extravagant and gloriously camp in tone… but that’s enough about star Peter Wyngarde as Jason King.
Originally based on stories by Roald Dahl, few would have predicted the early 1980’s success of Tales Of The Unexpected, which ran to a grand total of 112 stories.