Oct 1, 2021
Out of the Unknown: Welcome Home (4.6, BBC, 1971)
"Frank, listen to me. I think your homecoming, the excitement, has been too much."
"What are you talking about?"
"It's disorientated you. I should never have let you leave the hospital."
"You think I'm imagining it all?"
"I think you're having hallucinations, Frank."
#Out of the Unknown#welcome home#Single play#Moris Farhi#BBC#1971#Eric Hills#Anthony Ainley#Jennifer Hilary#Bernard Brown#Gerald Sim#Derek Benfield#David Morrell#Margaret Anderson#Alan Downer#Pamela Craig#David Munro#The overwhelming impact of s4 of OotU (compared to the previous three series) is not‚ as one might expect‚ the change from#Pure science fiction to more supernatural led stories; rather the main difference is that nearly every episode in s4 is an absolute#Brain wreck. Plots that twist and turn and confound‚ left turns that leave you floored‚ endings that knock your feet out from under you.#Well this is no different. A real doozy: Ainley is Frank Bowers‚ a man recently recovered from a car accident. All patched up he discharges#Himself and travels home to see his wife in the countryside; only to find her living happily with a man who claims to be Frank Bowers. What#Follows is a tense cat and mouse about which man is the real Frank‚ and who is the imposter (and more importantly‚ why). Ainley is#Wonderful as a man fighting for his identity‚ while Bernard Brown lends solid support as his icily calm opponent#And Jennifer Hilary is compellingly difficult to read as the wife whose sympathies are inscrutable. The cast is rounded out with old#Favourites Sim and Benfield‚ and the stage is set for an ending which... Well. It's a lot. I'll say that much.#Viewer be warned: this isn't a feelgood adventure story...
