Tales of the Unexpected 2.03

Galloping Foxley

starring John Mills, Anthony Steel

written by Robin Chapman

directed by Claude Whatham

William Perkins (John Mills) runs into a man (Anthony Steel) on his commute into work who reminds him of someone that terrorized him during his boarding school days. Perkins recalls, on the train ride into the office, how cruel Bruce 'Galloping' Foxley was to him. Perkins decides to speak up and say something. He tells everyone in the train compartment about Foxley's cruelty. The episode ends with Perkins discovering that the man isn't Foxley.

Thoughts

Perkins is supposed to be a few maybe a half dozen years younger than Foxley but Mills was a dozen years older than Steel who played the part of the man whom he believed to be Foxley.

This is the first episode from this season that I like. It isn't perfect or great but I like the arc of it.

Notes

This is the first of three episodes of this show in which John Mills appeared. He has been in a few movies I have seen but none that i have seen recently. This is the first of two episodes of this show in which Anthony Steel appeared. This is the sixth of 30 episodes of this show that was dramatized by Robin Chapman. The fifth one was 2.02 Skin. This is the first of three episodes of this show that was directed by Claude Whatham.