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The Wicker Man - 1973 - Dir. Robin Hardy

Treasure Island: Part Two (1.2, BBC, 1977)

"Tell me, Captain, does what you've said mean you fear a mutiny?"

"That's putting words into my mouth. If I believed that, I'd not be justified in putting to sea."

"Ah."

"I think things are not going right and I'm asking you to take precautions or let me resign. That's all."

"I'll stake my wig you meant to say more than that when you came in."

"You're smart, Doctor, I meant to be discharged. I never thought Mr. Trelawney would hear a word."

"Nor would I! I would've seen you to the deuce had Livesey not been here - but I have heard you, and I will do what you want, but I think the worse of you for it!"

"That's as you please, sir. You'll find I do my duty."

#Treasure Island #Robert Louis Stevenson #classic tv #1977 #John Lucarotti #Michael E. Briant #Ashley Knight #Jo Kendall #Alfred Burke #Anthony Bate #Patrick Troughton #Jack Watson #David Collings #Christopher Burgess #Thorley Walters #Talfryn Thomas #Stephen Greif #Roy Boyd #Ena Cabayo #Roy Evans #Alec Wallis #And we're on our way! Boats! And sailing! And pirates (undercover!)! And Alfred Burke's luxurious hair...#In ep.1 I gushed about the peerless cast of Brit TV legends in this series. That's still true of course‚ but I'd be remiss not to mention #The equally impressive group on the other side of the camera; not least the great John Lucarotti as writer. I've long loved his work (I'd #Argue he was the best author Target had working for him‚ I loved his DW books as a kid). He does a wonderful job here‚ capturing so much of #The essence of the book. I've seen other adaptations and remembered little‚ but this brought up very specific memories of 8yr old me hiding #In corners and reading‚ with great excitement‚ of Long John Silver‚ and the Squire‚ Dr Livesey‚ Israel Hands... The toing and froing back #And forth between boat and island; the apple barrel and the strange‚ snake like charisma of Silver.. Lucarotti somehow translates it all #Onto the screen. He's a master of dialogue too‚ pitching the sailor talk just right so that it sounds authentic of time and place and style #But is neither incompressible nor ridiculous. A great treatment‚ with a great cast to do it justice. Next time.. Land ahoy mateys...

Twins of Evil - John Hough 1971

#Twins of Evil #John Hough #Roy Boyd

The Wicker Man - 1973 - Dir. Robin Hardy

Treasure Island: Part Three (1.3, BBC, 1977)

"You give us the chart and we'll offer you a choice. You can come aboard with us, once the treasure's shipped, and we'll clap you somewhere safe ashore. My word of honour on it. My affidavy!"

"And what's our other choice?"

"We'll divide straws with you, man for man. But I'll give you my affidavy, as before, to speak to the first ship we sight and send 'em here to pick you up. Now, you'll own that's talkin', handsomer than that you couldn't look to get! And I hope that all hands here will overhaul my words - for what is spoke to one is spoke to all."

"Is that all?"

"Every last word, by thunder. Refuse that and you've heard the last of me but musket balls."

#Treasure Island #classic tv #Robert Louis Stevenson #1977 #John Lucarotti #Michael E. Briant #Ashley Knight #alfred burke #patrick troughton #Anthony Bate #Richard Beale #Thorley Walters #Stephen Greif #Talfryn Thomas #Roy Boyd #Roy Evans #Brian Croucher #Tim Condren #Paul Copley #Edward Peel #Yarghhh Jim lad! Shiver me timbers and hoist the main sale‚ ahar yar har! Anyway. Episode 3! We be on dry land at last‚ yargh #It's a credit to Lucarotti's skills as a scriptwriter that this episode flows as smoothly and as naturally as it does; because of the shape #Of the novel and the decision to make this in 4 parts‚ a hell of a lot happens in this episode: landing parties‚ attacks‚ counter attacks #A great deal of action and a great deal of development all squeezed into an impressively tight 50 minutes. Credit to director Briant too #He stages the major battle scene perfectly‚ emphasising the confined and claustrophobic nature of close quarters conflict even in a #Spacious island setting; cumbersome single shot pistols and unwieldy reloading making sword fighting a necessity. And what thrilling fights #They are... The real highlight tho is the verbal showdowns between Silver and‚ well‚ everyone; with both the enemy and his own men ready to #Give him what for‚ it's his wits and his words he must rely on‚ something Burke plays for all its worth. Particularly strong is the scene #In which he calls on someone to assist him in standing (his single leg making it difficult) and nobody will: Silver may be the ostensible #Villain of the piece but the refusal of all the 'heroes' to hold out a hand feels truly shocking and flies in the face of all good humanity

Treasure Island: Part Four (1.4, BBC, 1977)

"I've seen too many die since I fell in with you. There's a thing or two I have to tell you, and the first is this: you're in a bad way. Your ship's lost, your treasure's lost, your men's lost, your whole business has gone to wreck and if you want to know who did it, it was I. I was in the apple barrel the night you spoke to Israel Hands - and he's now at the bottom of the sea. I told every word you said before an hour was out."

"Hands is dead?"

"Yes. I shot him. After I'd cut the cable and taken the ship where you'll never see her again. The laugh's on my side! I've had the top of this business from the start, I no more fear you than I fear a fly!"

#Treasure Island #Robert Louis Stevenson #John Lucarotti #Michael E. Briant #classic tv #BBC #Ashley Knight #Alfred Burke #Anthony Bate #Patrick Troughton #Richard Beale #Paul Copley #Edward Peel #Roy Evans #Brian Croucher #Talfryn Thomas #Stephen Greif #Roy Boyd #Tim Condren #Stephen Boswell #And so farewell to Treasure Island. We bow out on another incredibly tight 50 minutes which somehow manages to pack a whole mess of #Dialogue and tidying up and cleverly wrapped up loose ends. Everyone is‚ as they have been throughout‚ on absolute top form but special #Mentions to Pat Troughton‚ who finally gets his meaty scenes as Israel Hands‚ and of course to Alf himself. Silver comes into his own in #This last episode as he flip flops between sides depending on who looks like winning‚ variously sinister‚ threatening‚ conniving‚ pleading‚#Bargaining‚ posturing... Burke sells it completely‚ with a mix of twinkle and iron in his eye. His scenes with young Ashley Knight sparkle #And so bon voyage to Silver‚ young Jim‚ the Squire and more. I've seen a few adaptations of Treasure Island in my time but this is easily #My favourite. It's the version that most conjures to me the memories of 8yr old me curled in a sunspot‚ reading the book and picturing #These pirates in thrilling swordplay and verbal sparring. Bits of it have stuck with me forever more; the scene (included in this episode)#In which the pirates realise one of their number has torn a page from a Bible to use for a black spot‚ sparking horror among them‚ has #For whatever reason lived in my head all these years since. A thorough and deeply satisfying adaptation: shall we ever see its like again

Villains: Grass (1.12, LWT, 1972)

"I've got a horrible feeling that the world is getting very small. I made on out of that coach to collect twenty-five grand - I've got two. I can't even pay you for services rendered."

"You don't have to."

"Somebody's grassed, and I'm running, and so are you. So what do you do, you eliminate the mistakes."

#Villains #classic tv #lwt #1972 #andrew brown #Ray Jenkins #Tony Wharmby #Bryan Marshall #David Daker #Hilary Dwyer #Mary Healey #Mark Kingston #Brian McDermott #Frank Mills #Sally Sanders #Bill Stewart #Roy Boyd #Charles Morgan #Brian Croucher #Patricia Quinn #Pascal King #How like this unpredictable‚ unfathomable‚ singular show; to end the story of one of the biggest Villains not with a bang but a whimper #And not in the final episode but the penultimate one. We're back with Daker's George‚ the head of the gang‚ now miserably on the run #Following the events of the first episode (although he's appeared multiple times since it has always been in flashback). With him is Bryan #Marshall‚ one of the men responsible for the breakout‚ now also dodging coppers because somebody has grassed them up. So as the two men #Prepare for either flight to freedom or glorious battle‚ the get neither: instead a reckoning with Travis II and a bread knife puts a #Premature puncture in their plans. Interwoven is a closer look at Marshall's family life and the fate of poor George's gf Hilary Dwyer; the #Show is wrapping up loose ends and there's still an episode to go. But other loose ends are left to dangle: just who has grassed them up?#And where exactly has William Marlowe‚ the other big cheese of the operation‚ got to? Only one to go...#Knife tw

Twins of Evil - John Hough 1971

#Twins of Evil #John Hough #Roy Boyd #Peter Cushing

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