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Garry Halliday (1959)
Opinion based on memories from the time of I was 8yrs
This brings back memories of waiting to the end of boring Grandstand and settling down in my neighbour's house to watch what was for children a fantastic double feature. First the Lone Ranger television show; an exciting fast action short story. Then Garry Halliday followed which was a slightly more adult/sinister and local thriller that continued from week to week. The cliff hangers of Halliday contrasted well with the "all is well again" endings of the Lone Ranger. What fun and now all we get is reality rubbish and hopeless Dr. Who. Halliday was very modern for its time and unlike the ever popular westerns was not a costume drama. Instead there was an edge of reality about it that is why it frightened children. The VOICE was a great idea and the actor played this frightening fiendish figure brilliantly. He sat behind a two way mirror and all his hired baddies and sometimes his captured victims had to face a mirror and listen to the threatening intimidating Voice. Great stuff!