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Bout time I asked someone...

GrazGraz
edited May 2007 in Chit chat
It's been bugging me for years...

The title of a TV series I saw in the mid-late 1980s...

...A young man, who does some very bad things, slowly starts to turn into some sort of devil. A red forked tail, and horns begin to appear, so to reddress this, he begins a campaign to do good. And the devilish protuberances vanish. Only to be replaced by angel wings! This pretty mixed up guy then doesn't know what to do with himself. Think he turns into an angel in the end and flies away?

Could have been a 2-3 parter.
Memory is very vague.

Help me!
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited May 2007
    Mr Pie, although he wasn't really that young.
    Every night is curry night!
  • GrazGraz
    edited May 2007
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Mr Pie, although he wasn't really that young.

    Thats the one. Fantastic. Thankyou.

    Just trawling the web now for more details, but they're pretty thin on the ground.

    Thanks again :)

    Edit: Aha. Mr Pye! From IMDB

    "Derek Jacobi is superb as the unforgettable Mr Pye. The island setting is equally unforgettable. Brilliant from first to last. Mr Pye's battle with his angelic self, his attempts to overcome what at first he sees as an unfortunate side-effect of it by becoming devilish, the wonderful denouement, and the quirky, Peake-ish scenes along the way live in the memory. I only wish the BBC would release the whole series on DVD. I would love to be able to see it again and again every so often. When it first screened, that evening was a definite 'do nothing else', just settle down and indulge the look forward impatiently till the next episode the following week. It was one of those shows that you wonder about before the first scenes roll, continue to wonder about as they do, then find yourself caught up in and immersed in. "

    Wish I could see it again :)
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