Chilling tale based on real life
experiences of author Roald Dahl.
Chilling tale based on real life
experiences of author Roald Dahl.
The
episode starts with the great man describing his days at a strict
English public school in the 1920s, and the regime of prefects,
fagging, spanking, caning.
The story is based around an aging William Perkins (John Mills) who thinks that the gentlemen sitting opposite him each day on the train to work is one Galloping Foxley, so called because of his reputation for taking a run-up when administering the cane, the man who`d treated him so harshly all them years ago as a boy.
Flashbacks
are shown of Perkins as Foxley`s young fag, including the
impossible tasks he was set and a totally unjust
administering of corporal punishment by caning.
Perkins senior meanwhile decides whether or not he should confront his former tormentor - or so he thinks.
Spooky little story with a real twist in the tale.
Rarely seen episode of Tales of the Unexpected.
Year: 1980
Running time: 30mins
Rare and hard to find episode of Tales of the Unexpected