Friday, December 17, 2021

1980s Repeats on ITV - number of repeats per episode

These are the numbers of confirmed repeats across the 15 ITV regions for each Thriller episodes. There are a few cases where an unknown episode was broadcast or where a scheduled repeat was postponed and another Thriller episode may have taken its place so It’s possible some episodes may have been repeated slightly more than indicated here but these refer to the listed ones that did take place. These are listed by movie title but the original ATV title is in brackets. The average number of repeats per episode was 13.4 but there were some noted variations with those late in the alphabet most likely to miss out on repeats suggesting that the regional channels tended to follow an alphabetical order.

Episode

Total repeats per episode

Not repeated

Anatomy of Terror (An Echo of Theresa)

14

1

Appointment with a Killer (A Midsummer Nightmare)

14

1

Carnation Killer, The (The Colour of Blood)

13

2

Color Him Dead (K Is for Killing)

13

2

Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are

13

2

Cry Terror! (Kill Two Birds)

15

0

Death in Deep Water

13

2

Death in Small Doses (Ring Once for Death)

15

0

Death Policy, The (Lasdy Killer)

14

1

Devil's Web, The (Nurse Will Make It Better)

14

1

Dial a Deadly Number

15

0

Double Kill, The

15

0

Eyes Have It, The

15

0

Fear Is Spreading, The (The Crazy Kill)

14

1

File It under Fear

13

2

If It's a Man - Hang Up!

14

1

I'm the Girl He Wants To Kill

13

2

In the Steps of a Dead Man

13

2

Killer in Every Corner, A

12

3

Killer with Two Faces

14

1

Killing Game, The (Where the Action Is)

15

0

Kiss, Kiss, Kill, Kill (A Coffin for the Bride_

15

0

Look Back in Darkness (The Next Voice You See)

13

2

Melody of Hate (Nightmare for a Nightingale)

15

0

Mirror of Deception (Good Salary - Prospects - Free Coffin)

15

0

Murder in Mind

14

1

Murder Is a One Act Play (Death To Sister Mary)

14

1

Murder Motel

13

2

Murder on the Midnight Express (Night Is the Time for Killing)

15

0

Next Victim, The

14

1

Not Guilty (The Next Scream You Hear)

14

1

Once the Killing Starts

14

1

One Deadly Owner

15

0

Only a Scream Away

11

4

Place to Die, A

15

0

Possession

11

4

Savage Curse, The (Kiss Me and Die)

13

2

Screamer

12

3

Sign It Death

11

4

Sleepwalker

10 5

Someone at the Top of the Stairs

13

2

Spell of Evil

9

6

Terror from Within (Won't Write Home Mom - I'm Dead)

11

4



Spell of Evil - the least repeated episode


Rank order (most repeats to fewest)


Episode

Total broadcast per episode

Not broadcast

Cry Terror! (Kill Two Birds)

15

0

Death in Small Doses (Ring Once for Death)

15

0

Dial a Deadly Number

15

0

Double Kill, The

15

0

Eyes Have It, The

15

0

Killing Game, The (Where the Action Is)

15

0

Kiss, Kiss, Kill, Kill (A Coffin for the Bride_

15

0

Melody of Hate (Nightmare for a Nightingale)

15

0

Mirror of Deception (Good Salary - Prospects - Free Coffin)

15

0

Murder on the Midnight Express (Night Is the Time for Killing)

15

0

One Deadly Owner

15

0

Place to Die, A

15

0

Anatomy of Terror (An Echo of Theresa)

14

1

Appointment with a Killer (A Midsummer Nightmare)

14

1

Death Policy, The (Lady Killer)

14

1

Devil's Web, The (Nurse Will Make It Better)

14

1

Fear Is Spreading, The (The Crazy Kill)

14

1

If It's a Man - Hang Up!

14

1

Killer with Two Faces

14

1

Look Back in Darkness (The Next Voice You See)

14

1

Murder in Mind

14

1

Murder Is a One Act Play (Death To Sister Mary)

14

1

Next Victim, The

14

1

Not Guilty (The Next Scream You Hear)

14

1

Once the Killing Starts

14

1

The Savage Curse (Kiss Me and Die)

14

1

Carnation Killer, The (The Colour of Blood)

13

2

Color Him Dead (K Is for Killing)

13

2

Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are

13

2

Death in Deep Water

13

2

File It under Fear

13

2

I'm the Girl He Wants To Kill

13

2

In the Steps of a Dead Man

13

2

Murder Motel

13

2

Someone at the Top of the Stairs

13

2

Killer in Every Corner, A

12

3

Screamer

12

3

Only a Scream Away

11

4

Possession

11

4

Sign It Death

11

4

Terror from Within (Won't Write Home Mom - I'm Dead)

11

4

Sleepwalker

10 5

Spell of Evil

9

6


ITC movie title for "The Double Kill" - one of the movie versions shows in every region


2 comments:

  1. The two episodes with the most 'effects work' turn out to be the least repeated! And of the last 6, four of them are 'fantasy' themed tales - to a lesser or greater extent.

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  2. The perils largely of being late in the alphabet... However there are some curious variations so "One Deadly Owner" and "A Place To Die" - both supernatural and quite late in the alphabet - appeared in every region. Also another supernatural - "Someone at the Top of the Stairs" - is sandwiched in-between the two least-repeated episodes and yet has a pretty standard number of repeats. These are probably just random quirks although as someone who is a big fan of all those three episodes I am happy they appeared more often although others may differ!

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