ATV was the channel that commissioned Thriller back in the 1970s so it's maybe not surprising that it (and its successor channel Central from 1st January 1982) was one of only two channels that repeated all its episodes between 1980 and 1983 as well as the first to complete its quota.
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| The first ITC movie title seen by viewers in the ATV region |
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Episode |
Date |
Day |
Time |
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If It's a Man - Hang Up! |
11.9.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
Dial a Deadly Number |
18.9.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
The Double Kill |
25.9.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
Cry Terror! |
9.10.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You
Are |
16.10.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
Mirror of Deception |
23.10.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
The Killing Game |
30.10.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
Kiss, Kiss, Kill, Kill |
6.11.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
Look Back in Darkness |
13.11.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
Murder on the Midnight Express |
20.11.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
Murder in Mind |
27.11.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
One Deadly Owner |
4.12.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
A Place to Die |
11.12.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
Sign It Death |
18.12.80 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
Anatomy of Terror |
2.10.81 |
Friday |
11.05pm-12.40am |
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Appointment with a Killer |
9.10.81 |
Friday |
11.05pm-12.40am |
|
Carnation Killer |
16.10.81 |
Friday |
11.05pm-12.40am |
|
Color Him Dead |
23.10.81 |
Friday |
11.05pm-12.40am |
|
Death in Deep Water |
30.10.81 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.40am |
|
Death in Small Doses |
6.11.81 |
Friday |
11.05pm-12.40am |
|
The Devil's Web |
13.11.81 |
Friday |
11.05pm-12.40am |
|
The Eyes Have It |
20.11.81 |
Friday |
11.05pm-12.40am |
|
The Fear Is Spreading |
27.11.81 |
Friday |
11.05pm-12.40am |
|
File It under Fear |
4.12.81 |
Friday |
11.05pm-12.40am |
|
I'm the Girl He Wants To Kill |
11.12.81 |
Friday |
11.05pm-12.40am |
|
In the Steps of a Dead Man |
18.12.81 |
Friday |
11.00pm-12.40am |
|
The Death Policy |
8.4.82 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
A Killer in Every Corner |
15.4.82 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
Melody of Hate |
22.4.82 |
Thursday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
Murder Motel |
29.4.82 |
Thursday |
11.10pm-12.35am |
|
Screamer |
13.5.82 |
Thursday |
11.35pm-1.00am |
|
Murder Is a One Act Play |
17.6.82 |
Thursday |
11.20pm-12.45am |
|
The Next Victim |
24.6.82 |
Thursday |
11.20pm-12.45am |
|
Not Guilty |
1.7.82 |
Thursday |
11.20pm-12.45am |
|
Spell of Evil |
17.7.82 |
Saturday |
11.05pm-12.25am |
|
Possession |
24.7.82 |
Saturday |
10.45pm-12.10am |
|
The Savage Curse |
31.7.82 |
Saturday |
11.00pm-12.25am |
|
Sleepwalker |
25.9.82 |
Saturday |
11.20pm-12.45am |
|
Terror from Within |
7.12.82 |
Tuesday |
11.20pm-12.45am |
|
Once the Killing Starts |
14.12.82 |
Tuesday |
11.05pm-12.30am |
|
Someone at the Top of the
Stairs |
12.3.83 |
Saturday |
11.15pm-12.40am |
|
Only a Scream Away |
19.3.83 |
Saturday |
11.15pm-12.40am |
|
Killer with Two Faces |
26.3.83 |
Saturday |
11.15pm-12.40am |
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| Synopsis for Only a Scream Away on Central TV which mentions background on Howard Heston not covered in the actual episode Thanks to Martin Marshall for some of these details including transmission times. |
And the presence of the re-titled 'Cry Terror!' and 'Mirror of Deception' (and others) early on in October 1980 prove that the British/PAL 'movie' versions were indeed ready by Autumn 1980 and screened from the start of the regional 80s repeats.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point that those new episode titles provide proof that it was the ITC movie version that was shown.
ReplyDeleteSome Australian repeat listings for the end months of 1980 were still showing the original titles, the 'movie' changes listed exclusively from the start of 1981 in that country (sometimes mid-run). Of course this might have been error in paperwork keeping the 'old' titles and the 'movie' began there in 1980 too.
ReplyDeleteWe known the 'movies' in Britain and Australia were not exactly the same as those prepared for North America from 1978, with only the new sequences 'converted' to British broadcast standards and married to otherwise UK content. So the UK/PAL 'movies' will have needed to been created - all 43 - only once the US material was completed.
From the UK repeat listings it appears that this WAS all complete by the autumn of 1980 and the start of the regional screenings. It may have taken until 1981 to ship these 'replacements' over to Australia.