'Orson Welles Great Mysteries' on Region 2 DVD

[Wellesnet]

Released last month. Welles hosted the 1970s British anthology series, but did not write or direct any of it:
http://www.wellesnet.com/orson-welles-g ... n-germany/

[AngeloColombus]

UK Network will be releasing on February 11th a dvd region 2 release of Orson Welles Great Mysteries Volume 1.

https://networkonair.com/coming-soon/29 ... rsonWelles

[Wellesnet]

Wellesnet writeup on the new DVD:
http://www.wellesnet.com/orson-welles-g ... teries-uk/

[Wellesnet]

A Region 2 DVD release of ORSON WELLES GREAT MYSTERIES VOLUME 2 is set for release later this month in the UK.
Network, which released the first volume of 13 episodes last year, will release the second and final volume on October 26.

https://wellesnet.com/orson-welless-gre ... ries-vol-2

[Wellesnet]

Some of these are starting to pop up on Youtube:

"Ice Storm" ep 21


"Come Into My Parlour" ep 22


"The Leather Funnel" ep 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZzebvNcSjU

"A Terribly Strange Bed" ep 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzE7zk7FJ5Y

"La Grande Breteche" ep 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyXRvmHzHlQ

"The Dinner Party" ep 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoERTtEBYQI

"Money to Burn" ep 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKfiDpVxhzY

[JasonH]

More than some - it appears that YouTube channel has all 26 episodes accounted for.

[Wellesnet]

Thanks Jason. An impressive list of actors, some of whom worked with and/or for Welles.

"Captain Rogers" ep 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Df0C8CqWs
Starring Donald Pleasence (Halloween)
The respectable owner of a quiet inn in 18th century England is blackmailed by a grubby stranger, who knows he is secretly the notorious pirate Captain Rogers.

"The Leather Funnel" ep 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZzebvNcSjU
Starring Christopher Lee (Dracula), Simon Ward (Young Winston), Jane Seymour (Live and Let Die)
When a young man discovers a curious funnel made of leather, he has a presentiment that it was once used as an instrument of torture. Based on a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

"A Terribly Strange Bed" ep 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzE7zk7FJ5Y
Starring Edward Albert (Butterflies are Free), Rupert Davies (Waterloo), Alan Cooke (Follow the Boys)
A young American strikes it rich at a Paris casino, then foolishly spends the night there.

"La Grande Breteche" ep 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyXRvmHzHlQ
Starring Susannah York (Superman) and Peter Cushing (Star Wars)
A Spanish officer is imprisoned at the country house of an elderly aristocrat with a bored young wife - whose lover he becomes, with deadly consequences. Based on a short story by Honore De Balzac.

"The Dinner Party" ep 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoERTtEBYQI
Starring Joan Collins (Dynasty)
An accountant seeking promotion holds a dinner party for the board of directors, who want to check out his beautiful wife.

"Money to Burn" ep 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKfiDpVxhzY
Starring Victor Buono (Batman)
A French girl in London owes money to a Soho crime boss.

"In the Confessional" ep 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfkfYr9KI1A
Starring Jose Ferrer (Cyrano De'Bergerac) and Milo O'Shea (The Verdict)
An old tramp takes refuge in a church, and, concealed within the confessional, overhears things of great interest.

"Unseen Alibi" ep 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zr-Rdo-jO4
Starring Dean Stockwell (Compulsion)
An elaborately staged murder frame centering around a lover's rendezvous.

"Battle of Wits" ep 9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzpaNJM5620
Starring Ian Bannon (Sailor From Gibralter)
A retiring college professor is blamed for the suicide of a student by his father.

"A Point of Law" ep 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxTzyynRjIU
Starring Alec McGowan (Frenzy), Anna Massey (Frenzy)
A lawyer tries to prevent a con-man from taking advantage of a middle-age spinster.

"The Monkey's Paw" ep 11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RicA37K3-GY
Starring Michael Kitchen (Out of Africa) and Megs Jenkins (The Innocents)
An army sergeant shows some old friends a strange possession he's acquired - a monkey's paw which can make wishes come true.

"The Ingenious Reporter" ep 12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2hIJpR5kXQ
Starring David Birney (Star Trek - Deep Space Nine) and Geoffrey Bayldon (Casino Royale)
Authorities suspect a reporter pretending to be the murderer of unidentified women is indeed the killer.

"Death of an Old Fashioned Girl" ep 13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxvKYiwFCVg
Starring Carol Lynley (The Poseidon Adventure) and Francesca Annis (Macbeth)
Four people are investigated after the death of a woman who ruined an artist's life and drove his wife to leave him.

"For Sale - Silence" ep 14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As9Lpuxm0PI
Starring Jack Cassidy (Around the World)
A businessman is bribed to keep quiet about an extramarital affair, but decides to turn the tables.

"The Inspiration of Mr. Budd" ep 15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VulcCwhGZw0
Starring Hugh Griffith (Ben-Hur) and Donal Donnelly (Godfather III)
A successful West End hairdresser from humble origins receives a mysterious visitor.

"An Affair of Honour" ep 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMe9oi_6bFY
Starring Harry Andrews (Moby Dick) and Jeremy Clyde (Batman)
A British General and his officers try to convince an apparent traitor to "save his honour" by committing suicide.

"Farewell To the Faulkners" ep 17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26O2s_rlt18
Starring Keith Baxter (Chimes at Midnight)
The masquerade is over when a murdered man turns up alive in the guise of his wife.

"The Power of Fear" ep 18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwu5UC9r4fI
Starring Don Murray (Bus Stop) and Shirley Knight (The Rain People)
A handyman, finding that a number of middle-aged housewives require him for rather more than his professional services, turns to blackmail.

"Where There's A Will" ep 19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUKgvpOXSs4
Starring Richard Johnson (The Haunting) and Hannah Gordon (The Elephant Man)
A letter opened in error provides rather dangerous knowledge concerning a murder case.

"A Time to Remember" ep 20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63GD3gIYSXw
Starring Patrick McNee (The Avengers) and Charles Gray (Orson's Bag)
Zigorin, a top Russian spy, has defected to the West. But is he really Zigorin or an impostor?

"Ice Storm" ep 21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDqGDaE5Tu0&t=311s
Starring Claire Bloom (The Haunting), Robert Beatty (2001)
An "Ice Storm" traps a woman with a potential thief masquerading as one of three experts invited to view a collection of valuable manuscripts.

"Come Into My Parlour" ep 22
Starring Anne Jackson (The Shining) and Dana Wynter (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
A concert pianist is haunted by a mysterious purchase made years before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pggLYGvLXFI&t=204s

"Compliments of the Season" ep 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMW9l_CeF6c
Starring Eli Wallach (The Good, the Bad & the Ugly) and Hildegard Neil (Antony and Cleopatra)
A penniless man tries to claim a reward from a millionaire at Christmas, and finds it's not as easy as he thought it would be.

"Under Suspicion" ep 24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx7vLP3X9nU
Starring Janice Rule (Three Women) and Kenneth Haigh (Robin and Marian)
A pianist on an international tour is forced to spy for the secret police to avoid being detained.

"Trial For Murder" ep 25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG6J7YGllKk
Starring Ian Holm (Alien) and Jennie Linden (Women in Love)
During a murder trial in 19th-century England, one of the jurors begins to have mysterious hallucinations - has he seen a ghost?

"The Furnished Room" ep 26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysXniUGLme0
Starring Clarence Williams III (The Mod Squad) and Irene Worth (King Lear)
A young man's month-long search for a missing girl ends in a haunted room of a boarding house.

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Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973) Is A Hidden TV Gem From The 1970s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5WvFnoLD44