Clerical Error story
Paul Standing, the son of a recently deceased doctor is sorting out his paperwork when he receives a bill from a bookshop for thousands of pounds worth of illicit books. Paul is highly suspicious. Directed by: Graham Evans. Story by: Peter Ransley and James Gould Cozzens.
8 total · 6 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| brother and brother | major | Bookshop keepers Michael Carey and Ronnie Carey. |
| con artistry | major | Bookshop keepers had a clever scheme for scamming the survivors of late relatives. |
| coping with the death of a parent | major | Paul grieved over his father who had recently passed away. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | major | Mrs. Standing grieved over her husband who had recently passed away. |
| dark family secret | major | We were led to believe that Paul was distraught to learn of his late father's dark secret passion for dirty books. |
| sexual norms in society | major | Paul worried that word of his deceased father having ordered pornographic books would aggravate his mother's heart condition had it reached her. |
| mother and son | minor | Mrs. Standing and Paul Standing. |
| precognition | minor | One of the bookshop keepers had a premonition that something bad was going to happen, if they went to collect the 11,000 pounds from Paul. This was bound up with the day being Friday the 13th. |