stearn wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:47 pm
Feel free to either screengrab the contents page or post the text here. Thriller isn't a series that I got into, but I'm sure there will be interest from others.
Thanks. The contents page merely lists the chapter headings ... so below I've copied the more detailed 'topics' file I worked to. This should give a better idea of both structure and overall content coverage. Anything needs clarifying or any burning questions, please feel free to ask.
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1:
Background and Genesis (Pre-1972)
1.1: The End of ’The Avengers’, the Beginning of ‘Darkness’
1.2: Brian Clemens - ‘Author of Fear’
1.3: British Television – Franchise Changes, Colour Arrival and the Genre Anthology
1.4: British Cinema - US studio withdrawal, the New ‘X’ and the Rise of the Suspense Thriller
2:
Proposal and Deal (1972)
2.1: A Lunchtime ‘Pitch’
2.3: Other Clemens projects of 1972
2.2: Lew Grade and the ‘ABC connection’
2.4: Talk Show Woes; the Julie Andrews connection; Green Light and Invite
2.5: Gestation Period
2.6: ‘Jumbo Jet Junket’
2.7: Press Announcements - US and UK
2.8: Dick Cavett at Elstree and ‘Lover’ Preparations
2.9: ‘Wide World of Entertainment’ - Format Nailed Down
3:
Building the Team,
Shaping the Show (1972)
3.1: Executive Producer Cecil Clarke and the first THRILLER Producer John Sichel
3.2: Titles, Music and Clemens Input
3.3: Budget, ABC demands, Programme Structure and UK/US Variants
3.4: The First Production Block
4:
Studio, Facilities
and Production Cycle
4.1: Borehamwood history and ATV Elstree Studios
4.2: Colour Production and 1970s Facilities Upgrade
4.3: Script, ABC Input and Approval; Casting
4.4: Preparation; Pre-rehearsal; Locations
4.5: Read-through; Pre-Filming and the Rehearsal Period
4.6: Studio Recording
4.7: Post Production - Editing, Music Dub, Telerecordings
5:
Debuts on Screen (Early 1973)
5.1: ‘Wide World of Entertainment’ Debut; Clemens Promotional Work
5.2: The Second Production Block; Shaun O’Riordan – THRILLER ‘Director of Choice’
5.3: US reactions; ABC’s Bob Shanks ‘Steps Up’
5.4: British THRILLER Debut
6:
The First British Series
(April-June 1973)
6.1: Series 1 Overview
6.2: Series 1 Episode Guide
6.3: Series 1 Press Reviews and Public Comment
6.4: Series 1 Review
7:
Post Series 1 Developments
(June-December 1973)
7.1: ABC’s Michael Eisner on ‘Wide World of Entertainment’
7.2: Producer John Sichel on THRILLER
7.3: Commissioning Exec Bob Shanks - ‘The Liveliest Thing on TV Now’
7.4: The Third Production Block, New Directors
7.5: Editing THRILLER and ‘The Additional US Scenes’
7.6: ‘Wide World of Entertainment’ – Summer 1973; New Season; Revamp Plans
7.7: The Fourth Production Block, Exit John Sichel
8:
The Second British Series (January-March 1974)
8.1: Series 2 Overview
8.2: Series 2 Episode Guide
8.3: Series 2 Press Reviews and Public Comment
8.4: Series 2 Review
9:
Post Series 2 Developments (Early 1974)
9.1: THRILLER – The Novelisation Adaptions
9.2: US Developments; Initial Wide World Sales Plans
9.3: THRILLER in Australia
9.4: Script Submissions
10:
The Third British Series(June/July 1974)
10.1: Series 3 Overview
10.2: Series 3 Episode Guide
10.3: Series 3 Press Reviews and Public Comment
10.4: Series 3 Review
11:
Post Series 3 Developments (July-December 1974)
11.1: ‘Brittle Blondes’
11.2: ‘Late Night’ Review and Finances
11.3: The Fifth Production Block; John Cooper - the New Producer
11.4: Summer 1974 Mystery Commissions for ‘Wide World of Entertainment’
11.5: Autumn 1974 - New Season on ABC-TV
12:
The Fourth British Series (January/February 1975)
12.1: Series 4 Overview
12.2: Series 4: Episode Guide
12.3: Series 4: Press Reviews and Public Comment
12.4: Series 4 Review
13:
Post Series 4 Developments (December 1974-July 1975)
13.1: Ian Fordyce – The Third THRILLER Producer
13.2: The Sixth Recording Block; ‘Wide World’ tweaks
13.3: THRILLER – British Cinema Influence
13.4: Jeopardy – ‘The Female Factor’
13.5: ‘Wide World Mystery’ - ‘A Place to Die’ and Rare UK Repeat
14:
The Fifth British Series (April/May 1975)
14.1: Series 5 Overview
14.2: Series 5 Episode Guide
14.3: Series 5 Press Comments
14.4: Series 5 Review
15:
Post Series 5 Developments (May 1975-April 1976)
15.1: The Seventh Production Block
15.2: Bob Shanks’ ‘Wide World’ Announcements
15.3: UK Trade Press Reports and ‘Television Today’ Articles
15.4: THRILLER - End of Production
15.5: ‘Wide World’ Autumn Season 1975
15.6: THRILLER in Canada
15.7: Late Night Reformat
16:
The Sixth British Series (April/May 1976)
16.1: Series 6 Overview
16.2: Series 6 Episode Guide
16.3: Series 6 Press Reviews and Comment
16.4: Series 6 Review
17:
Aftermath - Post Series 6
(May 1976-December 1978)
17.1: US ‘ABC Late Night’ Arrives; Autumn Season 1976
17.2: ‘ABC Late Night’ 1977
17.3: THRILLER in France
17.4: ‘ABC Late Night’ 1978
17.5: After THRILLER – ‘A Similar Style’
18:
The Television Movies (1978)
18.1: Abe Mandell President of ITC New York
18.2: ‘The Thrillers’ (Movie) Package
18.3: Dolphin Productions and Film-Rite Inc.
18.4: Trailers, Press Kits and Promotion
19:
North American TV Syndication (1979-1996)
19.1: Sales Junket 1979 – THRILLER Goes to Vegas
19.2: Initial Syndication Success, ABC, CBS, NBC, CBC and Independents
19.3: First Syndicated Broadcasts
19.4: Anomalies and Errors
19.5: Syndicated Broadcasts Timeslots
19.6: Fox ‘The Fourth US network’
20:
European Broadcasts (1974-present)
20.1: Western Europe
20.2: Eastern Europe
21:
Commentary in Print (1973-present)
21.1: The Early Years and Brian Clemens on THRILLER
21.2: Books and Articles 1980 – 1999
21.3: Into the New Millennium
22:
Return to ITV – Regional Repeats
(1979-1984)
22.1: A Thames Television Debut?
22.2: UK/PAL Format TVMs
22.3: Listings and Announcements
22.4: Regional Notes
22.5: Oops!
23:
Marketing the Series (1974-present)
23.1: The Early Years
23.2: The 1990s - Further Changes
23.3: Press Packs, Badging and Sales Kits
23.4: THRILLER – Around the World
24:
The Home Videotape Era (1986-1994)
24.1: US Video Cassette Releases
24.2: ITC Home Video - British VHS Releases
25:
Bravo! (1996)
25.1: Pitch to the Satellite Channel
25.2: Bravo Broadcasts
26:
THRILLER Fandom (1973-present)
Introduction
26.1: The Early Years
26.2: 1980s: Regional Repeats Era
26.3: Australian Fandom
26.4: The 1990s
26.4: The Internet Age
27:
The DVD Age (1999-present)
27.1: Surviving Tapes; Worldwide Audit; Restoration
27.2: DVD Releases – UK,US, Australia, France, Germany, Canada
28:
21st Century Legacy (2000-present)
28.1: THRILLER Lives On!
28.2: 2010: Brian Clemens OBE; National Film Theatre Retrospective
28.3: ‘Rabbit Pie’ – The ‘Write Way’ (2013)
28.4: THRILLER at the Packard Campus Theater in 2014
28.5: Brian Clemens R.I.P. 1931 – 2015
28.6: Online Blogs/General Websites Coverage
28.7: Entering the BFI Vaults
28.8: ‘Inside No. 9’
29.9: The ‘Lost’ Clemens Interview (2017)
Concluding Summary
Appendix: Related Productions: (1970-1974)
‘And Soon the Darkness’ (1970)
‘Blind Terror’ (aka ‘See No Evil’) (1971)
‘Suspicion’ - ‘Reasonable Doubt’ (1972)
‘The Woman Hunter’ (1972)
‘Lover’ (1973)
‘Who Killed Lamb?’ (1974)
