Mystery
Seekers – Wanted
If
you are a lover of all things mystery based – like myself – then may I please recommend, nay urge you, to seek out the highly addictive and
thoroughly entertaining TalkingPictures channel - Sky
343, Freeview & YouView 81. Here you will find an excellent selection of classic
mystery films from the forties, fifties and sixties, along with long forgotten imaginative, inventive and original television serials,
such as H.G Wells “ The Invisible Man” and “ Colonel March of
Scotland Yard – the latter being my personal favourite, it stars
Boris Karloff, and follows his investigations into the more “
queer” and unexplainable cases of Scotland Yard. Personally, I
think his personal performance in this is, is worth the watch alone.
Then there is the crime series Richard Diamond – it's no Peter
Gunn I admit, but it's still a solid half hour mystery series – starring
David Janssen, as the Private Eye with a very interesting answering
service. Plus, a seriously over-looked western series called ' Stagecoach West'.
There
are some very interesting short films and documentaries from the
fifties too ! I confess most content is in black and white, but if
you really like well paced story lines, atmospheric scenes, glamour
and thrilling mysteries, then tune in, but a word of warning your sky
planner may not be able to keep up. The fine films – from a time
before C.G.I - that I have watched and would recommend are: “Dead
of Night”, “ Whistle Down the Wind”,
“ Sapphire”, “ Seance on a Wet Afternoon” and “ Hell Drivers”.
“ Sapphire”, “ Seance on a Wet Afternoon” and “ Hell Drivers”.
This
has been a public information announcement - well in my opinion anyway -
I truly hope you find this channel as unmissable as I do.
Happy
viewing my friends.
