Mr Pye
1986 · Channel 4 · 50 min · 1 season
S01E04 · Making for the Moonlight
Sun, 23 Mar, 10:00 pm
The wings went but the horns came, and desperation has set in. Narrowly escaping a lynching by the infuriated islanders, Mr Pye makes his final escape.
About
Mr Pye travels to the Channel Island of Sark to spread the love of God. But doing good deeds means something strange starts to happen to him, he starts to grow wings.
Episodes
- E01
Preparing the Way
Sun, 2 Mar· 50 minMr Pye arrives on Sark and gradually charms his landlady into becoming an ally. Together they plan a beach barbecue that is also to involve the cantankerous Miss George - in a totally unexpected way.
- E02
The First Martyr
Sun, 9 Mar· 50 minThe beach barbecue is a disaster, Mr Pye sprouts a magnificent pair of embarrassing white wings, and, in his desperation, sets about doing bad, thus causing a dramatic and untimely death
- E03
The Perjured Soul
Sun, 16 Mar· 50 minMr Pye desperately wants to get rid of his wings, but the result of his efforts is a most bizarre and even more alarming manifestation.
- E04
Making for the Moonlight
Sun, 23 Mar· 50 minThe wings went but the horns came, and desperation has set in. Narrowly escaping a lynching by the infuriated islanders, Mr Pye makes his final escape.
Cast
Derek Jacobi
Mr Pye
Judy Parfitt
Miss Dredger
Betty Marsden
Miss George
Richard O'Callaghan
Thorpe