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Thriller
1973 - 1976 6.6 (11 votes) 6 Seasons
Genres
Drama Crime Mystery
Networks
ITV1
Associated Television
ITV Yorkshire
Created By
Brian Clemens

Thriller

The Spine-Chilling 70s Anthology

Overview

Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.

Key Crew

Producer: Ian Fordyce

Seasons

Season 0 (1975)

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1973)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Lady Killer
1973-04-14

A shy librarian falls in love with and marries a smooth-talker, who is secretly already married and plots the death of his new wife. Barbara Feldon, Robert Powell, Linda Thorson, T. P. McKenna, Mary Wimbush, John Boswall, Ivor Roberts, Howard Rawlinson, Ronald Mayer, David Billa

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 2: Possession
1973-04-21

A couple moves into a sinister old country house, and the husband is taken over by strange forces. John Carson, Joanna Dunham, Hilary Hardiman, Athol Coats, James Cossins, Richard Aylen, Jack Galloway, Mary Ann Severne

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 3: Someone at the Top of the Stairs
1973-04-28

When two young women rent a room in a dark house filled with strange inhabitants, one of them is killed and the other is haunted by a mysterious man who appears at the top of the stairs. Donna Mills, Judy Carne, David de Keyser, Francis Wallis, Alethea Charlton, Brian McGrath, Peter Cellier, Clifford Parrish, Scott Forbes, Rhoda Lewis, Alan Roberto, Laura Collins, Richard Corbet, Charles Hill

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 4: An Echo of Theresa
1973-05-05

While a couple vacations in London, the husband begins to act strangely, calling his wife "Theresa," and they become involved in espionage. Paul Burke, Polly Bergen, Dinsdale Landen, Basil Henson, Vernon Dobtcheff, Meriel Brooke, William Job, Roger Hume, Larry Taylor, Betty Woolfe, Neville Phillips, Ted Richards, John Caesar

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 5: The Colour of Blood
1973-05-12

A serial killer escapes from an asylum and picks a seemingly innocent woman as his next victim, but she is not as innocent as she seems. a.k.a "The Carnation Killer" (US title)

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 6: Murder in Mind
1973-05-19

A woman who has been in a car accident and has amnesia believes that she has committed murder and turns herself into the police. Richard Johnson, Zena Walker, Donald Gee, Ronald Radd, Robert Dorning, Christina Greatrex, Anthony Boden, David Lampson

Runtime: 62 min
Episode 7: A Place to Die
1973-05-26

A newlywed couple moves to a village, where the husband takes over the medical practice, and finds that the villagers are devil worshippers. Bryan Marshall, Alexandra Hay, John Turner, Glynn Edwards, Sally Stephens, Juan Moreno, Georgine Anderson, Lila Kaye, Sydney Bromley, Jenny Laird, Peggy Ann Wood, Graham Weston, Bill Ward, John Flint, Arnold Ridley, Harold Bennett, Elsie Wagstaff, John Gabriel, Lewis Wilson

Runtime: 68 min
Episode 8: File It Under Fear
1973-06-02

When several young women have been strangled in her neighborhood, a neurotic librarian tries to catch the killer. Maureen Lipman, Richard O'Callaghan, Jan Francis, James Grout, John Le Mesurier, Colin Fisher, Rose Hill, Richard Pendrey, John Nightingale, Jenny Quayle, Georgina Melville, Sue Bond

Runtime: 68 min
Episode 9: The Eyes Have It
1973-06-09

When a group of assassins takes over a school for the blind, they are overcome by the resourceful students. Peter Vaughan, Dennis Waterman, William Marlowe, Sinéad Cusack, Leslie Schofield, David Jackson, Michael Lees, Alun Armstrong, Colin McCormack, Angela Walker, Catherine Chase, David Sands

Runtime: 67 min
Episode 10: Spell of Evil
1973-06-16

A businessman consults a marriage bureau after his wife dies, but his beautiful new wife turns out to be a witch. Diane Cilento, Edward de Souza, Jeremy Longhurst, Jennifer Daniel, William Dexter, Iris Russell, Martin Wyldeck, Philip Anthony, Linda Cunningham, David Belcher, Reg Lye, Patricia Kneale

Runtime: 67 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1974)

No overview available.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Only a Scream Away
1974-01-26

The life of a newlywed couple is interrrupted by a strange neighbor. Hayley Mills, Gary Collins, Joyce Carey, David Warbeck, Jeremy Bulloch, Jonathan Elsom, Ronald Mayer, Barrie Fletcher, Richard Beaumont, Candida Brown

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 2: Once the Killing Starts
1974-02-02

A college professor has an affair with a student and kills his wife, but then he receives blackmail letters from someone who claims to know what he did. Patrick O'Neal, Angharad Rees, Michael Kitchen, Gerald Sim, Gary Watson, Patricia Donahue, Terry Wright

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 3: Kiss Me and Die
1974-02-09

A man investigates the disappearance of his brother at a country house. Jenny Agutter, George Chakiris, Anton Diffring, Russell Hunter, John Sharpe, Stephen Greif, Peggy Sinclair, John Atkinson, Barry James, Raymond Mason, Sue Robinson, Peter Casillas, Peter Elliott

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 4: One Deadly Owner
1974-02-16

A fashion model buys a haunted Rolls-Royce. Donna Mills, Jeremy Brett, Robert Morris, Laurence Payne, Eric Lander, Michael Beint, Anthony Dawes, Bob Holness, Ray Marioni

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 5: Ring Once for Death
1974-02-23

A con man posing as a butler, with the help of his girlfriend posing as a maid and a disreputable doctor, poisons his employer, a wealthy widow. Michael Jayston, Nyree Dawn Porter, Barry Nelson, Thorley Walters, Janet Key, Victor Winding, Clare Sutcliffe, Richard Oldfield

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 6: K Is for Killing
1974-03-02

A young playboy hires an eccentric husband and wife team of private detectives to investigate the murder of his tycoon father. Gayle Hunnicutt, Stephen Rea, Jean Kent, Christopher Cazenove, Peter Dyneley, Derek Francis, Frances Bennett, Shirley Cain, Oliver Smith, Arthur White, James Appleby, Sally Miles, Francis Mortimer, Gilly Flower

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 7: Sign It Death
1974-03-09

A young woman schemes to marry a wealthy businessman by becoming his secretary. Francesca Annis, Patrick Allen, Moira Redmond, Edward Judd, Gerald James, Barry Stanton, James Bate, Sheila Fearn, Jackie Tong, John Arnatt, Leon Eagles, Jeremy Pearce, Carmen Blanck, Alan Bennion, Sonia Graham, Lisa Young, Jimmy Gardner, Stuart Nichol

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 8: Who Killed Lamb
1974-03-09

A popular member of the Oxford community is killed, and nobody can think why, so a police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard, and discovers they may be more to the victim than met anyone's eye. 'Who Killed Lamb?' is a one off play from Yorkshire TV which has no connection with Thriller but was transmitted immediately after 'Sign It Death' in the second series schedule and was billed and fully networked as an episode of the classic ATV series. An American actor is featured, along with scripted Americanisms like "janitor" While it bears a similar running time [65 minutes], it uses a standalone title scene and theme music. This was quite a prestigious and well-received production at the time.

Runtime: 65 min

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