In common with previous reviewers, I wish to add my plea to the BBC to re-show 'Schalken the Painter' on BBC4. It remains one of the Beeb's best productions. I would love to be able to purchase the video on DVD. The script followed closely J S LeFanu's frightening story. The lightning and camera-work were masterly, and direction tight. The video belonged to the BBC's 'Omnibus' series. Other productions from the series have been made available, so why not this? I have been waiting years to see the video show up of TV. I think it was repeated sometime in the early 1990s but I could be wrong. Surely it cannot have been lost (or worse, erased!). Hopefully not. Are you listening, BBC?
Review of Schalcken the Painter
