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Zero VCR counter on title frame of programme. Note: counter numbers may vary on different VCRs.
00.10
W1: Yes, strange, darkness best, and the darker the worse…

03.35
[Spot off W2. Blackout. Five seconds. Spots half previous strength simultaneously on three faces. Three seconds. Voices proportionately lower.]
W1: Mercy, mercy–
W2: To say I am–
M: When first this change–

05.50
[Spot off W2. Three seconds. Spot on W2.]
W2: Kill it and strain again.

07.12
[Spot off M. Blackout. Three seconds. Spot on M.]
M: Am I as much as … being seen?

07.45
[Repeat play.]
M: We were not long together when she smelled the rat.

10.38
[Spot off W2. Blackout. Five seconds. Spots half previous strength simultaneously on three faces. Three seconds. Voices proportionately lower.]
W1: Mercy, mercy–
W2: To say I am–
M: When first this change–

12.54
[Spot off W2. Three seconds. Spot on W2.]
W2: Kill it and strain again.

14.14
[Spot off M. Blackout. Three seconds. Spot on M.]
M: Am I as much as … being seen?

14.53 M: We were not long together–
[Spot off M. Blackout. Five seconds.]