S1 E4 Winds of Vengeance

[Lockardian]

It appears that the fourth episode of Series 1 (or the mini-series) Winds of Vengeance was not shown by BBC TV in the UK, nor in Germany, during the original run.

Was the content of the episode particularly sensitive or unsuitable for family viewing?

 

[Frankenstein Underworld]

It definitely covers a sensitive subject and can be quite uncomfortable to watch, but I'd still consider it to be PG-13 like the rest of the show. I'm surprised that it was excluded in the UK, as I had always heard their TV regulations weren't as strict as in the US. The episode may cause some second-hand embarrassment, but it's certainly not explicit.

 

[xab]

The novelized version is much worse... In Lee Raintree's book Sue Ellen is sexually abused in front of the family...

 

[Jock-O-Lantern]

The novelized version is much worse... In Lee Raintree's book Sue Ellen is sexually abused in front of the family...

And if JR didn't have them killed, Jock had better not referred to Gary as the weak son ever again. Come to think about it, JR should have made it his mission to find those two after they humiliated his wife. After all, he had no qualms about finding Valine.

 

[LB-Colby]

Maybe it's because it's one of the worst episodes, and its omission doesn't affect continuity.

 

[Sea - Boo! - Er]

Maybe it's because it's one of the worst episodes, and its omission doesn't affect continuity.

It does sit rather oddly in those first five. When they were first broadcast in Australia it was over three nights. I can't remember which night was only one hour but it was probably this one. The other four do make a good two-part movie without it.

 

[Jock-O-Lantern]

Maybe it's because it's one of the worst episodes, and its omission doesn't affect continuity.

I thought it was one of the best episodes of the entire series. The cinematography was almost theater quality, particularly the outside scenes of the hurricane. I also liked that JR and Lucy actually took some responsibility on the ranch.

 

[Lockardian]

It does sit rather oddly in those first five. When they were first broadcast in Australia it was over three nights. I can't remember which night was only one hour but it was probably this one. The other four do make a good two-part movie without it.

Yes, when it was first shown in Melbourne it ran over three nights 1st-3rd October 1978 - however it was the fifth episode (Bar-B-Que) that was shown in its own on 3rd October.

In Sydney the episodes were shown separately over five weeks in April-May 1979.

 

[darkshadows38]

yeah it's not one of the best episodes of the show at all it's never been a favorite of mine at all but i doubt it's among the many worst episodes. i'd say Kidnapped where Lucy gets Kidnapped was far far worse

 

[Sea - Boo! - Er]

Yes, when it was first shown in Melbourne it ran over three nights 1st-3rd October 1978 - however it was the fifth episode (Bar-B-Que) that was shown in its own on 3rd October.

In Sydney the episodes were shown separately over five weeks in April-May 1979.

I wonder why it was so much later in Sydney.

 

[RachelBixby]

I thought it was one of the best episodes of the entire series. The cinematography was almost theater quality, particularly the outside scenes of the hurricane. I also liked that JR and Lucy actually took some responsibility on the ranch.

Agree! Such a well done episode. Linda Gray's performance in her bathing suit is one of the show's most memorable moments. I felt Sue Ellen's pain and humiliation.

 

[Lockardian]

I wonder why it was so much later in Sydney.

Back then the individual stations in the network tended to purchase and schedule programs independently of each other. I agree it’s quite a long gap between the two cities, but that wasn’t particularly unusual, even with Australian shows. From about 1988 the AusSat satellite went online and made it easier to network shows at the same time across the country if they wanted to, without each station having to have their own copies of the tapes. Australia being so vast and so much of it being bush and desert, it took longer for them to find affordable ways to share programming, whereas in the UK and USA this had been possible from pretty much the word go.

 

[Sea - Boo! - Er]

Back then the individual stations in the network tended to purchase and schedule programs independently of each other. I agree it’s quite a long gap between the two cities, but that wasn’t particularly unusual, even with Australian shows. From about 1988 the AusSat satellite went online and made it easier to network shows at the same time across the country if they wanted to, without each station having to have their own copies of the tapes. Australia being so vast and so much of it being bush and desert, it took longer for them to find affordable ways to share programming, whereas in the UK and USA this had been possible from pretty much the word go.

Yes, I'm well aware of the history. I remember visiting Sydney during the seventies and the programming was quite different.
Melbourne has caught up in a lot of ways now - even surpassed it in some - but in those days Sydney was very much Australia's First City, so if anything I would have expected that they would have had it before us.

 

[Wicked of The Walking Dead]

Maybe it's because it's one of the worst episodes, and its omission doesn't affect continuity.

The first 2 seasons didn't have much continuity but i thought there was a little continuity with Sue Ellen when she sang the song "People" for those two hostages, i believe Sue Ellen confront J.R. with it later on.

 

[Lockardian]

Yes, I'm well aware of the history. I remember visiting Sydney during the seventies and the programming was quite different.
Melbourne has caught up in a lot of ways now - even surpassed it in some - but in those days Sydney was very much Australia's First City, so if anything I would have expected that they would have had it before us.

It may surprise you to know that backwaters like Brisbane and Newcastle sometimes got imports before Sydney or Melbourne! Also, apart from the first few episodes, Melbourne was way ahead of Sydney with Falcon Crest - over 18 months at times.

My original post wasn’t an attempt to “lecture you” about Aussie TV. I was just clarifying the situation for anyone who was interested. .