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The Radio Times billed it as "a collection of
fantastic tales of the bizarre and unusual, featuring a varying array of
stars and directors..." This was a series that was made in 1986,
before many of its 'stars' were actually that, and probably only made its
belated appearance on these shores because of the potential audience
pulling power of those names. Each week a different short story was
featured, all of them containing the essential ingredients of a Spielberg
tale: over-extended and weak scripting, too much emphasis on special
effects, and rather corny story lines. Needless to say it scored
relatively poorly in the Sunday afternoon ratings, and soon disappeared,
only to reappear in various late slots as a schedule-filler on BBC1 over
the next couple of years.
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Creator/Writer: Steven
Spielberg
41 colour episodes, pilot x
45-minutes, rest 25-minutes
The
Mission (Pilot)
A courageous young Second World War gunner, trapped in
the belly of a B-17 bomber, faces certain death when all efforts to
release him prove fruitless. Then he realises he can draw his way out of
trouble.
Cast: Kevin Costner and Kiefer
Sutherland
Ghost Train
Fine Tuning
The Main Attraction
The Greibble
Alamo Joe
The Remote Control Man
The Sitter
One For The Books
Gather Ye Acorns
Santa 85
Grandpa's Ghost
Mr Magic
The Doll
Miss Stardust
Without Diana
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Mirror, Mirror
Blue Man Down
Such Interesting Neighbors
The Pumpkin Competition
The Amazing Falsworth
Vanessa In The Garden
Hell Toupee
Moving Day
The 21-Inch Sun
No Day At The Beach
Guilt Trip
You Gotta Believe Me
What If..?
Magic Saturday
Mummy, Daddy
Welcome To My Nightmare
Life On Death Row
The Wedding Ring
Secret Cinema
The Eternal Mind
Go To The Head Of The Class
Boo!
Thanksgiving
Dorothy And Ben
Miscalculation
First UK Screening: 19th April 1992
(BBC1)
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