Tuesday, November 30, 2021

1980s Repeats of Thriller on Channel TV

Channel TV provides the ITV service for the Channel Islands. Its broadcasts of Thriller (and programming in general aside from local content) were provided by and identical with Westward (which covered the South West of England) and its successor from the start of 1982 TSW. TV services were only in black-and-white until July 1976 so these repeats were the first time viewers in the Channel Islands had seen Thriller in colour. It was one of only four regions (including Westward / TSW) known to have repeated all the episodes.

Debut Thriller repeat in the Channel Islands (and Westward) region


Episode

Date

Day

Time

Death in Deep Water

19.12.81

Saturday

11.00pm-12.20am

Death in Small Doses

5.4.82

Monday

11.10pm-12.20am

The Fear Is Spreading

19.4.82

Monday

11.10pm-12.30am

File It under Fear

26.4.82

Monday

11.25pm-12.45am

I'm the Girl He Wants To Kill

10.5.82

Monday

11.25pm-12.45am

A Killer in Every Corner

7.6.82

Monday

10.40pm-12.00am

Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are

2.16.82

Monday

11.20pm-12.45am

Look Back in Darkness

28.6.82

Monday

11.20pm-12.45am

The Eyes Have It

5.7.82

Monday

11.00pm-12.20am

Anatomy of Terror

19.7.82

Monday

10.40pm-12.05am

Melody of Hate

26.7.82

Monday

10.40pm-12.00am

Cry Terror!

2.8.82

Monday

10.40pm-12.00am

Carnation Killer

9.8.82

Monday

10.40pm-12.00

Murder in Mind

16.8.82

Monday

10.40pm-12.00

Mirror of Deception

8.9.82

Wednesday

11.00pm-12.30am

The Next Victim

30.11.82

Tuesday

10.35-11.55pm

Murder on the Midnight Express

7.12.82

Tuesday

10.35-11.55pm

One Deadly Owner

14.12.82

Tuesday

10.35-11.35pm

Murder Is a One Act Play

3.1.83

Monday

11.05pm-12.30am

The Death Policy

20.1.83

Thursday

11.00pm-12.25am

Killer with Two Faces

18.4.83

Monday

10.40pm-12.05am

The Devil's Web

25.4.83

Monday

10.40pm-12.05am

Not Guilty

9.5.83

Monday

10.40pm-12.05am

Once the Killing Starts

22.7.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Only a Scream Away

29.7.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

A Place to Die

5.8.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Sleepwalker (wrongly listed as "Sleepwalkers")

12.8.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.25am

Someone at the Top of the Stairs

19.8.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Kiss, Kiss, Kill, Kill

26.8.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Terror from Within

2.9.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Appointment with a Killer

9.9.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Dial a Deadly Number

16.9.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

The Savage Curse

30.9.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

If It's a Man - Hang Up!

14.10.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Spell of Evil

28.10.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Possession

4.11.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Murder Motel

18.11.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Sign It Death

25.11.83

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Color Him Dead

6.1.84

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

In the Steps of a Dead Man

20.1.84

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

The Killing Game

27.1.84

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

The Double Kill

3.2.84

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Screamer

10.2.84

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

 

Thanks to Martin Marshall for some of these details including transmission times.

1980s Repeats of Thriller on Border TV


The first new ITC title that viewers in Border saw (the renamed A Midsummer Nightmare)


Episode

Date

Day

Time

Appointment with a Killer

810615

Monday

10.35-11.50pm

Color Him Dead

810622

Monday

10.30-11.40pm

Death in Deep Water

820111

Monday

10.30-11.40pm

Cry Terror!

820118

Monday

10.30-11.40pm

Death in Small Doses

820201

Monday

10.30-11.40pm

The Double Kill

820208

Monday

10.30-11.40pm

The Eyes Have It

820215

Monday

10.30-11.40pm

The Fear Is Spreading

820222

Monday

10.30-11.40pm

Anatomy of Terror

820510

Monday

10.45pm-12.00

Dial a Deadly Number

820517

Monday

10.45pm-12.00

File It under Fear

820712

Monday

10.30-11.50pm

I'm the Girl He Wants To Kill

820719

Monday

10.30-11.50pm

The Killing Game

820726

Monday

10.30-11.50pm

Kiss, Kiss, Kill, Kill

820802

Monday

10.30-11.50pm

Look Back in Darkness

820809

Monday

10.30-11.50pm

Melody of Hate

820816

Monday

10.30-11.50pm

Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are

821019

Tuesday

10.30-11.50pm

Mirror of Deception

830103

Monday

11.00pm-12.25am

Carnation Killer

830214

Monday

10.30-11.50pm

The Death Policy (postponed 7.12.82)

830408

Friday

11.00pm-12.23am

The Devil’s Web (postponed 30.11.82)

830415

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

If It's a Man - Hang Up! (postponed 14.12.82)

830422

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

In the Steps of a Dead Man

830429

Friday

11.10pm-12.30am

A Killer in Every Corner

830506

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Murder in Mind

830513

Friday

10.30-11.50pm

Murder Is a One Act Play

830527

Friday

11.15pm-12.35am

One Deadly Owner

830603

Friday

11.15pm-12.35am

Murder Motel

830610

Friday

10.45pm-

Murder on the Midnight Express

830617

Friday

10.30-11.50pm

The Next Victim

830624

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Not Guilty

830701

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Killer with Two Faces

830708

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Screamer

830722

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Sign It Death

830729

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Once the Killing Starts

830805

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Only a Scream Away

830812

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

A Place to Die

830819

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

The Savage Curse

830826

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Terror from Within

830902

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Sleepwalker

830909

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Someone at the Top of the Stairs

830916

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Spell of Evil

830930

Friday

11.00pm-12.20am

Possession

No record of broadcast


Although there is no record of broadcast for Possession with Border ending its Thriller broadcasts relatively early there is the possibility it had shown them all - some broadcasts were postponed in late 1982 so it may have appeared then. Its repeats in July and August 1982 were at exactly the same times as the neighbouring Granada region but the episodes shown were different.


Thanks to Martin Marshall for some of these details including transmission times.

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