First viewed : 29 October 1990
I watched the first episode of this adaptation of Kingsley Amis's novel first time round then watched the whole series when it was repeated a year or so later.
Albert Finney played Maurice Allington, the bored, heavy-drinking proprietor of a gourmet pub ( Bernard Levin and Clement Freud appeared as themselves dining at the pub ) supposedly haunted by an evil occultist Dr Underhill ( Michael Culver ) from three centuries ago. Maurice is a horny old goat, wanting a menage a trois with his wife Joyce ( Linda Marlowe ) and mistress Diana ( Sarah Berger ) and there are hints he's interested in his teenage daughter Amy ( Natalie Rose ) too. This gives Underhill a way back into the world of the living.
This blend of sex, religion, horror and black comedy set a few tongues wagging , particularly the three in a bed scene ( where things don't go Maurice's way ) and the Sunday night time slot.
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