Quiet as a nun had the tower iirc where the nun vanished to. Quiet as a nun was adapted for television by itv in 1978, as part of the armchair thriller series. Shore learns that sister miriam had recently inherited a fortune. My fear is that anyone starting this set of armchair thrillers with the chelsea murders. Quiet as a nun, gantz and a nice cup of tea alessa dark.
Armchair thriller collection complete series 10dvd box set. Shore hears of an apparition that haunts the hallways at night and seems to portend death. A six part television dramatisation of the book written by julia jones was featured as part of itvs anthology series armchair thriller in 1978. The black nun, or quiet as a nun, as the serial was called, was the most memorable part of itvs armchair thriller, five multipart serials screened in. When a nun is found dead in a ruined tower at blessed eleanors convent, the glamorous jemima, renowned television reporter, is called in by. Armchair thriller is a british television programme, broadcast on itv in two series in 1978 and 1980. Watch armchair thriller season 1, episode 1 high tide s1 e1. A six part dramatisation of the book written by julia jones was featured as part of itvs armchair thriller series.
Flashlight in hand, she goes off in search of the black nun. Armchair thriller collection complete series 10dvd box. Michele winstanley was born in 1964 in eindhoven, noordbrabant, netherlands. While it had the scariest moments of the armchair thrillers weve seen so far, the rest did not live up to it. Armchair thriller dvd fraser valley regional library.
A sixpart television dramatisation of the book was part of itvs anthology series armchair thriller in 1978. Armchair thriller online full episodes of season 2 to 1 yidio. Aug 03, 2011 climbing up into the attic she is greeted with the sound of a rocking chair on old rickety floorboards turning slowly around she is greeted with the sight of the faceless black nun, who suddenly rises up out of the chair and advances menacingly towards the screaming woman watch the clip here. The sudden death of a nun leads a popular tv investigator to get personally involved. Armchair thriller was a british television series, broadcast on itv by thames in 1978 and 1980. It had really scary opening credits of a horrible, contorted face looming over a bloodsoaked armchair. A jewel thief is in jail while his wife, her two lovers and the detective on the case search for the loot. Armchair thriller, a shortlived british television horror series of the 1970s, featured a number of genuinely creepy serials guaranteed to cover your skin with goosebumps. The first series included an adaptation of antonia frasers novel quiet as a nun. That creepy opening music was written by roxy music legend andy mackay. Quiet as a nun was based upon the 1977 antonia fraser novel of the same name, a novel which p. While one nun warns shore to get out while she can, another is all too eager to confide her suspicions. Moreover, the list included a few movies outside the horror genre.
Quiet as a nun is perhaps the best known entry in the armchair thriller series than ran from 19671980. Superb acting and suspenseful plots trace the stories of desperate people trapped in dire situations. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. With maria aitken, renee asherson, brenda bruce, sylvia coleridge. It was essentially a horrorsupernatural orientated anthology series that specialised in adapting various spooky novels and stories. First published in 1977, it features frasers sleuthing heroine jemima shore as she revisits the convent where she was schooled.
I keep waiting for armchair thriller to be released for one particular episode. I read it and i didnt think it was a marvellous book but i did think my god, this would make wonderful television. For armchair thriller broadcasts thames television changed the station ident it used. Armchair thriller set 2 4pc 54961835393 dvd barnes. With maria aitken, renee asherson, susan engel, david burke. The armchair thriller quiet as a nun played upon the quietness of a nunnery and the faceless appearance of nuns as a form of horror parodied with the satanic nuns of the chattering order of saint beryl from good omens, who are only scary if you have a phobia of little old ladies who dont know when to shut up. It features fantastic tv acting talent bu loses points for script editing. The subsequent tv series, which i do have, didnt redo quiet as a nun but did star patricia hodge who i always enjoy seeing. A novel mingling mysticism, madness, sadistic cruelty and nascent sexuality, it gives a scathing insight into the effects of forced vocations and the unnatural life of the convent. Starring michael feast touching evil and maria aitken a fish called wanda, these grimly riveting tales are based on novels by acclaimed authors, including lady antonia fraser and lionel davidson, winner of the. Id love to see it again but its hard to get hold of. Armchair thriller has one of the most memorable theme tunes and opening sequences i can ever remember seeing. Tv pilot project anthology series research my year on film. Presented by comedian jimmy carr, the list had a fairly even mix of movies from different periods and subgenres, including the silent screamers, monster movies, slasher pics and even asian horror.
The series was mainly made by thames tv, but southern tv also got in on the act and made a couple of stories. Heading south in search of answers, he books into a hotel and discovers the only. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Armchair thriller ran for four years from 1978 to 1982. That said, theres only one serial in this series that i can remember and that is the jemima shore story quiet as a nun which scared this 12 year old rigid at the time. The series, though not classified as a horror series, included several supernatural elements.
The one that did grab my attention was armchair thriller which were two series that ran through the 70s and 80s. Quiet as a nun is just one of those books you stumble upon on the days of summer, something akin to an interesting leisure read, about which ive also learned that was developed into a miniseries known for one one of the most famous thriller scenes created in britain. Quiet as a nun 1978 armchair thriller silver scenes a blog. These classic british thrillers will put you on the very edge of your seat. It was undisputably the most successful and infamous of the series, to the detriment of the show as a whole. Armchair thriller is british television program that ran from 1978 to 1980 in two series on itv. She is an actress, known for sid and nancy 1986, only fools and horses 1981 and shakespeare v jack the ripper 2018.
Sep 24, 2007 197080s itv drama series,with a spooky touch. Police are baffled while a journalist looks for a scoop. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Armchair thriller is a british television programme, broadcast. Jan 01, 1977 quiet as a nun is just one of those books you stumble upon on the days of summer, something akin to an interesting leisure read, about which ive also learned that was developed into a miniseries known for one one of the most famous thriller scenes created in britain. The one i most remember had a policeman, his girlfriend, a dog that drowned a very unpleasant box of chocolates and a weirdy stalker guy.
Having watched the armchair serials from start to finish, theyre pretty good on the whole, theres the awful circe complex, which looks cheap and nasty, and at the other end of the scale theres this one, quiet as a nun. To ask other readers questions about quiet as a nun, please sign up. In 2003, over two nights coming up to halloween 2526 october specifically, channel 4 counted down the 100 greatest scary moments. An episode i watched in particular from armchair thriller called quiet as a nun which was adapted by a book with the same title into a four part story in armchair thriller. Armchair thriller collection complete series 10dvd box set rachel in danger a dogs ransom the girl who walked quickly quiet as a nun t nonusa format, pal, reg. Quiet as a nun is a thriller novel, written by antonia fraser. I needed an hour on a psyotherapists couch after even googling that picture.
Nov 03, 2017 the one that did grab my attention was armchair thriller which were two series that ran through the 70s and 80s. Armchair thriller collection complete series 10dvd. Tv pilot project anthology series research my year on. Dose anyone also remember hammer house of horror it came out 2 or3 years after armchair thriller but did not scare me i would have been about 10 at the time and this was showen later after 9pm i was allowed to stay up as it was at weekends, maybe itv had iernt by then. Quiet as a nun and 4 related entities entities finder. Oct 25, 2017 armchair thriller, a shortlived british television horror series of the 1970s, featured a number of genuinely creepy serials guaranteed to cover your skin with goosebumps. A serial murderer is on the loose in the bohemian borough of chelsea and the police race the press to find the killer. The black nun, or quiet as a nun, as the serial was called, was the most memorable part of itvs armchair thriller, five multipart serials screened in 1978 that proved so successful one. And although quiet as a nun loses you a few times along the way and wouldve benefited from both english subtitles and image remastering in some of the darkest visual sequences, it still surpasses the disappointing by comparison chelsea murders that uses up half of the boxed set. So terrifying that initially british television was very close to canceling the series, each episode strikes fear into the hearts of the viewers. Oct 31, 2017 armchair thriller, a shortlived british television horror series of the 1970s, featured a number of genuinely creepy serials guaranteed to cover your skin with goosebumps.
Quiet as a nun is based on the novel of the same title by antonia fraser. An episode i watched in particular from armchair thriller called quiet as a nun which was adapted by a book. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Oooh i used to watch armchair thriller when i was a kid. Armchair thriller quiet as a nun part 1 the haunted manor house. Incidentally, the first book quiet as a nun was previously dramatised in a sixpart serial as part of the itv armchair thriller television series in 1978 and starring. Armchair thriller is a horror television series that follows a different horror story with every episode. Bracketed under the collective title of armchair thriller, this set actually presents several madefortelevision suspensers from britain, rebroadcast in the u. Quiet as a nun 1978 armchair thriller silver scenes. For this project i decided to do some research into some various anthology series. First published in 1977, it features frasers sleuthing heroine jemima shore as she revisits the convent school where she was educated following the mysterious death of one of the nuns. Armchair thriller screened twice weekly in 1978 and 1980, with each story spread over four or six 30 minute episodes some were excellent, some were very average. Home series armchair thriller official order all seasons.
I remember watching this when i was about 11 or 12 and it scared the s out of me, a faceless nun in a rocking chair in a church, still scares. For older viewers there is tremendous nostalgia value to be had here. Andrew brown deviser, antonia fraser novel 1 more credit. One of their best was quiet as a nun, a sixpart serial that aired between april 18th and april 27th, 1978. If you were six years old as i was in 1979, then you are sure to remember armchair thriller. A sixpart television dramatisation of the book written by julia jones was part of itvs anthology series armchair thriller in 1978. I bought it recently for the baby and the pauline quirk episode with the poltergeist in the supermarket. This week we watched another of these serial chillers from the 70s, this one a sixpart adaptation of a novel by antonia fraser. I remember thames television sending me antonia frasers book of quiet as a nun to see what i thought of it. Quiet as a nun is a thriller novel, written by antonia fraser and first published in 1977. I read it and i didnt think it was a marvellous book but i did think. First published in 1977, it features frasers sleuthing heroine jemima shore as she revisits t.
Presented by comedian jimmy carr, the list had a fairly even mix of movies from different periods and subgenres. The novel is a somewhat overlooked treasure, penned by antonia fraser. Similar to the twilight zone, each episode features a different horrifying tale. Quiet as a nun a tale of murder was a thriller novel, published 1977 by antonia fraser. The armchair thriller episode quiet as a nun which i was allowed to stay up and watch aged approximately 5 or 6 i would imagine the mud men from mystery island and the absolute worst witchiepoo from hr pufnstuf. This particular tale ran for six 30 minute episodes, in fact this was so successful, that it spawned its own tv series jemima shore investigates 1983 with patricia hodge replacing maria aitken in the title role. There was a tv version made of quiet as a nun as part of the armchair thriller series, with maria aitken as jemima. Subsequent stories failed to create the same impact, and after only two series, armchair thriller was dropped. While this serial features standard armchair thriller opening titles, the closing titles use different music, indicating that this story was not originally intended for the series but was instead a replacement for the chelsea murders see below. Armchair thriller tv series 19781981 episodes imdb. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comic con new york comic con sundance toronto intl film festival awards central festival central. Buy a cheap copy of quiet as a nun book by antonia fraser. In it, frasers sleuthing heroine jemima shore revisits the convent where she was schooled after the death of a nun, a former school friend. Buy armchair thriller collection complete series 10dvd box set rachel in danger a dogs ransom the girl who walked quickly quiet as a nun t nonusa format, pal, reg.
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