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Warning: This post mentions a problematic depiction of a naked child in a TV show from the 1970s. It also contains spoilers because nobody is ever going to see this show. Since I originally blogged about two random episodes of the part of the BBC2 Playhouse show called The Mind Beyond, I am delighted to say that I have found a source for all six episodes. I have made a decision to blog about this show without describing the scene beyond what is necessary to say it's just wrong . I will not be disclosing where I got the show so don't ask. First, though, for the standard discussion of this show. When I originally blogged about this show, I read that one of the episodes I have already blogged about was the best, Having now seen the whole series I think that Meriol is actually the best (or would be) - it really grabs you in an incredibly inventive way and let me tell you, it's an absolutely wild and incredibly inventive ride. You can find a sensible summary of it here , so as a...

The introduction to this series of posts can be found  here . I think I have reached the end of these posts for now, so this will be the last post in the orphaned episodes series, just except for a post dealing with some odd shows that I won't do full posts about, and some reflections. This is the second episode of this show i have posted about, and the whole series must have been fascinating if these two odd episodes are anything to go by. As is so often the case with these shows there is another with the same name, but this post is about  this one  not  this one , which really does sound odd. This is about an ordinary man who quite suddenly finds himself with supernatural powers, and the full implications of this for his life. After he feels an accident his colleague has, in the manner of the time the hospital his colleague goes to sends round a parapsychologist, wonderfully played by Geoffrey Bayldon. Boysie, the guy with the gifts, ultimately sends him away and s...

The introduction to this series of posts can be found  here . We're in totally classic seventies territory here, with standing stones and so on. I was surprised to find that ley lines weren't mentioned! The Mind Beyond was a distinct segment of shows within the long running  BBC2 Playhouse  series of dramas. I have not been able to find whether the whole of BBC2 Playhouse survives (unlikely) but have found  confirmation  that the whole of The Mind Beyond exists. That link also unfortunately confirms that it is unlikely ever to be commercially released because of a sequence in the episode Meriol the Ghost Girl, involving child nudity and what is described as a 'prurient' description of the child's body which has previously made the show be considered unsuitable for release. There are some episodes loose on YouTube (same link again). All I can say is the BBC must have been a weird place in the seventies. What is clear is that this series is highly sought after and...