# Anyone remember those British ITN Suspense/Thriller films? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-those-british-itn-suspense-thriller-films/201008 "2003-09-11T17:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nisosbar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@nisosbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nisosbar)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-those-british-itn-suspense-thriller-films/201008/1 "2003-09-11T17:54:48Z")
Back in the early 80’s, I recall watching, every Friday late night, a program which showed these English suspense/mystery/thriller TV-movies - typically 2 hours and produced by the ITN organization, and IIRC, they were mostly filmed in the 70’s. does anyone else remember that program? I would love to find a web link to a site offering any kind of information about those shows. ---
**Author:** ![Sparrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Sparrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparrow)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-those-british-itn-suspense-thriller-films/201008/2 "2003-09-11T21:15:37Z")
Can you be any more specific? Remember any of the actors/characters, any of the storylines? Anything at all? e.g. were they separate stories or a series featuring the same characters? ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-those-british-itn-suspense-thriller-films/201008/3 "2003-09-11T22:15:46Z")
Are you sure it wasn’t ITV and not ITN? I thought ITN was a news organisation (Independent Television News) that supplied news for ITV. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-those-british-itn-suspense-thriller-films/201008/4 "2003-09-11T22:18:06Z")
Were they Gerry/Sylvia Anderson productions? I think they cobbled some of the “UFO” series and “Space: 1999” into repackaged TV-movies. Also, they made a theatrical release called “Journey to the Far Side of the Sun.” ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-those-british-itn-suspense-thriller-films/201008/5 "2003-09-11T23:14:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amanset \* > \*\*Are you sure it wasn’t ITV and not ITN? I thought ITN was a news organisation (Independent Television News) that supplied news for ITV. \*\* I think it was Lew Grade’s ITC, not ITN (can’t really picture Trevor McDonald, secret agent). They were responsible for a multitude of sins/triumphs - The Persuaders (great tune), Sapphire & Steel, the aforementioned Gerry Anderson stuff, etc. ---
**Author:** ![nisosbar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@nisosbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nisosbar)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-those-british-itn-suspense-thriller-films/201008/6 "2003-09-11T23:27:13Z")
Well, it was not a program with recurring characters. Rather: 1. Each 2-hour film was a televised, videotaped production of some unique, stand-alone mystery. 2. Yes, I think it was ITV, the same production company which produced Space: 1999 - the tri-color, revolving logo thingie was its trademark. 3. I believe they were cheaply done. I recall some rather gimmicky things like black-gloved, faceless villains, creaking stairs, that sort of thing. Sadly, I do NOT recall anything more specific, especially since, as a British production, they used British actors, about whom I was woefully ignorant at the time (as a youngster). By the way, this was an exported product around the same time as Tales of the Unexpected (another top fave of mine!). ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-those-british-itn-suspense-thriller-films/201008/7 "2003-09-11T23:39:17Z")
The tri-colour logo must be that of ATV, at the time a major British commercial TV company. And the programme you mention could be Hammer House of Horror, although as I remember each programme was only one hour long. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-those-british-itn-suspense-thriller-films/201008/8 "2003-09-11T23:56:00Z")
could [**this**](http://freespace.virgin.net/peter.culley/thriller.htm) be it? ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-those-british-itn-suspense-thriller-films/201008/9 "2003-09-12T00:17:47Z")
[**Here**](http://thriller.shorturl.com/) is a better site, I think. ---
**Author:** ![nisosbar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@nisosbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nisosbar)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-those-british-itn-suspense-thriller-films/201008/10 "2003-09-12T11:53:29Z")
That’s it! Thanks, TPWombat!