The Doll episode 1 - starring John Fraser & Anouska Hempel (1975) - mystery/thriller

[@rebecahazelgrove]

these series are great!!! engaging stories, slow pace, articulate dialogues, actors speak clearly and act brilliantly, thank you so much whoever uploaded this,entertainment with no computers or mobile phones in the way,just great!!

[@Nannas-cp5nd]

That's what British series have been from forever...the best!!!

[@stud105]

Captivated. I was lucky to experience the golden decades of the 70s & 80s.

[@chiefbigskydrinkfirewater5308]

My favorite two decades, no doubt.

[@paulcowell7588]

Ah...the 70s...the greatest decade known to humanity. I'd go back in a heartbeat. When England was fantastic when we all knew our neighbours and had very little but were content and happy.

[@helenefrench4275]

Yes Paul, like in France.

[@thadtuiol1717]

Yeah, we were materially so much poorer but spiritually richer. And I'm not even talking about religion or new age stuff, just basic community, friendships and social freedom. You really don't know what you've got till it's gone.

[@Chrissie-xw5jn]

Thank you for sharing your memories from that time. I wish I could have gotten to experience those times, touring all around England and France. Thankful of these classics to watch and live through the electronic devices.

[@soniavadnjal7553]

Another treat from Classic Brit Telly. Thank you. I remember the title from a dim "long ago", and that the story was both intriguing and complicated. But no details. So it'll be great to see it as if for the first time.

[@EVALLOYD]

Thank you. Enjoyed that very much. Can't wait for the next episode. Thanks for uploading.

[@pennybourban3712]

New subscriber and fully anticipating episode 2.

[@Edith-t4j]

Anouska Hemple the resident classy bird on Whodunnit...thanks for uploading these.

[@Londonfogey]

Thanks for this - really good old fashioned 70s thriller so far. Cyril Luckham was never off the air in those days and appeared in practically everything as 'doddery old man'.

[@mgrainger3805]

Thank God someone remembers this great actor. One of the most charming and gracious men. His readings on Jackonary are my favourite.

[@cynthiaadams2392]

Thank you for the upload 🎉

[@emf49]

I put two and two together when I saw the little girl with the doll. Something very 🐠 is going on…Looking forward to the next upload.

[@MartysWhiteSuit]

Very enjoyable. Great to watch. Better than most of the modern stuff. Derek Fowlds, eh, smoking in a taxi. Something else you can't do anymore. Looking forward to watching the next episode.

[@Brazealen]

Thanks for posting - please share more like this one! Nothing like classic horror and psychological thrillers.

[@janetsmith5172]

Haven’t watched this yet but came on to say a hearty thanks to CBT for all the hard work done to get these fantastic shows out into the ether Enjoy them so much👍😁 Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

Well! I'm afraid that we need the next episode now, after the cliffhanger that was coming a mile off😂 just my level of suspense.😂

[@maryphillipps9889]

Thankyou Am looking forward to the next episode.

[@jerryduhon1075]

THE BRITS ALWAYS HAVE IT WHEN IT COMES TO COMEDY AND DETECTIVE SHOWS.

[@campbellnutting3663]

This is good getting into it already 😃

[@pilatis]

Very good, can’t wait for next episodes, thanx

[@awoods6106]

Awesome upload, thanks so much

[@joedge6142]

Thanks, I'm enjoying these Francis Durbridge sireies.

[@Tesserae]

And this one seems to have a bigger budget including a scene with food and drink. Scenes with people eating food are expensive to shoot (so to save costs, they are seen playing with the food and not actually eating) when you need to account for multiple takes. Here, they actually eat the food and drink the ginger ale, I mean, champagne.

[@Edith-t4j]

I always watch these before they are polluted with adverts.

[@joedge6142]

@@Edith-t4j I pay for YT so I don't get any, the uploader still gets paid if they're monetised though. I couldn't stand this place with ads.

[@Edith-t4j]

@@joedge6142 I may have to look into it.

[@jeffcher10]

Great story - Anouska was a stunning lady!

[@camillawybrants5757]

Fantastic thank you❤

[@shayniegash2754]

Excellent! Loved it! Thankyou ❤

[@butterfliesandfate]

I thought this was going to be about an evil, possessed doll 😂

[@wildyblissjazz]

I'd love to be able to binge watch all the episodes. I'm not very good at being patient 🤣

[@malcolmwhite6588]

Now now!- good practice for you! too much instant gratification and not enough patience in today’s world😂

[@wildyblissjazz]

@malcolmwhite6588 It's called "I work 12 hours per day 4 days a week" So don't have much free time. Stop projecting your inadequacies 🤣

[@malcolmwhite6588]

@@wildyblissjazz haha I’ve done years of shift work - so binge on those 3 days you have off you impatient bugga!👍😂🙈

[@pro_noir]

so glad this came up in my recommendations

[@MrPhantom1961]

I love this Francis Durbridge thriller. Got this as a boxset from Germany. Love Anouska Hempel. The end's a little disappointing, but I won't spoil it for anyone.

[@veronicasalas2666]

Really enjoyed this movie! 😊👍

[@phugoid]

Nice to catch a glimpse of Bernard Woolley!

[@Mr.pfw.1968]

How I love Francis derbridge stories

[@sarbear9894]

I enjoyed this, thank you 😊

[@opusv5]

Anyone recognize the actress playing Mrs. Cassidy: Sheila Keith, very effective in some of Peter Walker's horror opuses.

[@UOO303T]

I know i keep saying this but the 1970's were a completely different time to now. A visit to the dentist or a appointment with yr doctor face to face was possible even a council house was on the cards.....fast forward 50 years and we living in the current state of affairs. The mind boggles

[@ClassicBritishTelly]

Our favourite part is the bit in so many of these shows where not only is the doctor making a house call, but "will pop by on Friday to see how you are doing Mrs. Jones..." Different times!

[@sarah_pings_witherby]

I saw my GP last week and I have an NHS dentist, so I don’t really get all the soft focus reminiscences of the 70s - back in those good old days we had a prolonged recession; double digit inflation; power cuts; seemingly endless strikes and a 3 day week.

[@2_thumbs_up_baby]

Looks good. Will be watching

[@Deborah-vv5cq]

looking forward to the next episode

[@alisonlilley3039]

oh goodness, a terribly young Derek Foulds.

[@tonyt303]

Well worth a watch.

[@mcorco516]

I enjoy mystery thrillers from this era, this included. The scene where Anouska Hempel cancels dinner and he goes chasing after her at the hotel is a bit dates and cringe worthy. "Why did she cancel?" Maybe she's not into you dude! The whole disappearance could be related to her sacking him off!

[@mcorco516]

Dated, not dates

[@ashleyupshall7641]

Smoking in the back of London cabs.

[@kevinwoplin9322]

Probably a Rothmans.

[@dadavideo-w3v]

The later stories haven't aged as well as the ones from the sixties.The doll dismemberment scene is like a Play School spoof.

[@TgSunny-i8u]

Splendid movie.

[@kjbirby]

'her first visit to England . . .' In former times, as in this film, that's exactly what we said. Today, sadly, 99 per cent of folk (even Englishmen) would say 'her first visit to the UK', as if England as a country no longer exists. Long live England!

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

Or Britain. People say that someone is British when they mean English, I don't think that they do it to the Scots or Welsh as often? Or do they? 'They' usually being American or those who have taken American speech patterns. I am proud to be an English woman! Unless you scratch back too many generations and then like most English there's just a Heinz 57 mongrel behind the facade 😂

[@fionarabaiotti9518]

Stand in a corner and give us ten verses of Land of hope and Glory. Might make you feel better.

[@stephenspence-d9q]

@@fionarabaiotti9518 He made a valid point which is quite true. Why the sarcasm?

[@Tesserae]

I’m certain there was a similar complaint when it stopped being referred to as Albion.

[@Noblerot1830]

Albion was the name for Britian not England so youve completely missed the point ​@Tesserae

[@schizoozy]

TY. Lovely.

[@africadreamin]

My only observation from similar era films is that they portray a class of English that though they may have existed is alien to me, perhaps I come from the wrong side of the tracks.

[@EVALLOYD]

I'm not from the upper class either but I still enjoyed the plot, can't wait for the next episode.

[@janemackrell3733]

I remember watching it on TV in the late 70s or early 80s

[@jenniferlawrence2701]

Someone could remake this into a movie.

[@alisonlilley3039]

The green coat is admirably matched with the dreadful hairstyle!! Those were the days. I bet the kitchen has burnt orange cupboards. And yet....one does feel nostalgic.

[@grahamjones1269]

I know fashion was at its nadir in the 70's, but that green jacket takes some beating for sheer ugliness.

[@HookBeak_66]

A young woman with an infant in a stroller, the left half of her face was completely tattooed, that was beyond ugly.

[@ashleyupshall7641]

It’s very Alan Partridge 😊

[@tombaker8417]

I don’t suppose you have the 1983 5 part BBC serial The Old Men at the Zoo by any chance?

[@jatrius]

Was on the Kitty Lucas channel here on YT.

[@tombaker8417]

Just episode 1,2 & 4 on her channel.

[@jatrius]

@@tombaker8417 Shame. I thought some of the eps. were labelled that way but longer than the 50 minute originals. Sorry, for the bad steer.

[@jezza1964]

Excellent…..

[@garyrigby21]

I noticed one of the girls from 321 in this

[@paulcowell7588]

Episode two...cmon....!!!

[@Gothick49]

Includes roles for cult actors Sheila Keith and William Russell.

[@patricialove4418]

❤👍

[@63mckenzie]

Did the guy not see Double Indemnity? Avoid any woman called Phyllis!

[@5gx673]

😂

[@donnyrover1]

Good grief, its mr derek !

[@CAM-fq8lv]

Are there more episodes?

[@ClassicBritishTelly]

Episode 2 is up today, and 3 (final ep) tomorrow

[@springsogourne]

My god, wasn’t Hempel gorgeous!

[@DavidBailey-ch4cl]

Claude is Catweazle!

[@TheRobynbrown]

thank you so much for posting that piece of trivia - it was driving me mad trying to think who he was!

[@DavidBailey-ch4cl]

@@TheRobynbrown It took me a while as he looks younger in this - they must have done a good job in the makeup dept!

[@sarah_pings_witherby]

@@DavidBailey-ch4cl it’s not Catweazle I’m afraid, that was Geoffrey Bayldon … Claude is played by Geoffrey Whitehead. (He also played a magnificently creepy StJohn in the superb Michael Jayston Jane Eyre)

[@bertspeggly4428]

I found the chopping up of the doll to be quite disturbing.

[@melclo3641]

I can't stand Fraser, he wrote lies about others.

[@KatePerry-y5s]

She wouldn't "lovvvvve", London now!!!!