What led me to talk about this series now? chilling! but I have just read the review, and would 100% agree. Allowed to watch it at my Nan's, we had no telly until one year later. The 50 yards journey home after was scary!!!! When they got a new one and let us have their old one, in September 1960, aged 11, raced home from school to see Ivanhoe, or was it William Tell. It cannot be there is no recording of The Scarf now. The whole thing of the killer being unknown until the very end, and then being caught. I remember thinking he would be still out there if not!! I suppose the most chilling and hence most memorable, part was the way the scarf was wrapped around his hands, and the brought tight!!!!
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haunting theme tune
juliabp20 October 2017
I remember being spellbound by this series. I was eighteen and watched it with my mother - we both adored Patrick Troughton! To this day I can, without reference, hum the theme tune - and for those who would like to hear it again, it is called The Girl From Corsica, by Trevor Duncan - I'm sure it must be on YouTube or somewhere.
It was so haunting, and the image of the blowing scarf, so graceful, it has stayed in my mind all these years, although I have forgotten the intricacies of the plot. I can't think of 'The Scarf' without thinking of my ma. I would love to see the series again, wish someone would revive it.
Another beautiful, evocative theme is the one from 'Foyles War' by the talented Jim Parker.
It was so haunting, and the image of the blowing scarf, so graceful, it has stayed in my mind all these years, although I have forgotten the intricacies of the plot. I can't think of 'The Scarf' without thinking of my ma. I would love to see the series again, wish someone would revive it.
Another beautiful, evocative theme is the one from 'Foyles War' by the talented Jim Parker.
Early TV Mystery.
screenman24 April 2008
Warning: Spoilers
'The Scarf' was a serial about the police investigation of murder. A young woman had been strangled. The scarf was the murder weapon. It was a very involved who-done-it that I, as a young child, had a great deal of difficulty following. Eventually, I gave up.
What did catch my - and almost everyone's - attention at the time was the extremely creepy beginning. It was dark, and as the credits rolled, one could see this scarf blowing towards us from some way off. The thing always remained extended and never bunched-up, and it tumbled gracefully along the ground like some living thing in slight slow-motion, choreographed to an equally creepy theme music. Eventually, as it got close, that music reached a slight crescendo and unseen hands suddenly pulled the garment taut.
The effect was quite shocking and you almost felt as though you had just witnessed the murder.
This was just one of many imaginative program intros back in the 50's & 60's that had been very thoughtfully and painstakingly executed. Check out the original from 1950's 'Quatermass And The Pit', or the McNee/Rigg 'Avengers' series. The intro from 'The Scarf' probably owes its inspiration to 'Walk On The Wild Side'. Now there's an intro to die for.
Frankly, I wouldn't mind a DVD compilation of all these wonderful pieces, listing the unsung heroes who dreamt them up and brought them to life. Often they were the best part of the drama.
What did catch my - and almost everyone's - attention at the time was the extremely creepy beginning. It was dark, and as the credits rolled, one could see this scarf blowing towards us from some way off. The thing always remained extended and never bunched-up, and it tumbled gracefully along the ground like some living thing in slight slow-motion, choreographed to an equally creepy theme music. Eventually, as it got close, that music reached a slight crescendo and unseen hands suddenly pulled the garment taut.
The effect was quite shocking and you almost felt as though you had just witnessed the murder.
This was just one of many imaginative program intros back in the 50's & 60's that had been very thoughtfully and painstakingly executed. Check out the original from 1950's 'Quatermass And The Pit', or the McNee/Rigg 'Avengers' series. The intro from 'The Scarf' probably owes its inspiration to 'Walk On The Wild Side'. Now there's an intro to die for.
Frankly, I wouldn't mind a DVD compilation of all these wonderful pieces, listing the unsung heroes who dreamt them up and brought them to life. Often they were the best part of the drama.
A Study In Contrasts - From An 11-Year Old's Viewpoint
cliffsweeting11 September 2019
It was an intriguing serial for me - aged 11 and's still recovering from the previous programme in this timeslot: Quatermass And The Pit! Both were absolute thrillers. The theme music has stayed with me to this day. Can't forget the contrast between the drama of the series and the serene beauty of The Girl From Corsica!
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