Orphaned Episodes: Killing Time (Menace)
The introduction to this series of posts can be found here . Menace was a series of plays intended to keep the viewer on the edge of his seat, which ran between 1970 and 1973. It is currently missing believed wiped except for this episode and another called Man With a Mission, both of which are available on YouTube. The only commentary online is by people who saw it the first time round or on its only repeat and who are gagging to see it again if they could. There is however an episode guide here. I'm surprised to find writing this series of posts about odd available episodes is an emotional rollercoaster. Although I am very happy to find that shows I have never heard of keep popping out there is a genuine sense of sadness at how much no longer exists. After my last post about a show set in a boarding house, this is about Douglas Willett, a middle aged lodger with a family of two parents and grown up son. I'm going to be very frank as I always am and say that my sympathies ...