Season 1 (1979)

The Man From the South
7.5

March 24, 1979 • 24m

A young American couple on holiday meet a mysterious old gentleman who makes them a macabre wager.

Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
3.5

March 31, 1979 • 25m

Unable to show her dentist husband, Cyril, the fur coat her lover has given her, Mrs Bixby pawns it and pretends that she found the ticket.

William and Mary
7.0

April 7, 1979 • 25m

When her husband William dies, Mary Pearl is shocked that his will stipulates that his brain should be kept alive.

Lamb to the Slaughter
7.0

April 14, 1979 • 25m

An enraged detective's wife kills her husband by smashing in his skull with a heavy blunt instrument - but no murder weapon can be...Read more

The Landlady
0.0

April 21, 1979 • 25m

When a young man arrives in Bath, he is shocked to find his seemingly charming landlady has a dark side.

Neck
4.7

April 28, 1979 • 24m

A lady is cut down to size by her husband’s loyal butler when it is discovered she is having an affair.

Edward the Conqueror
0.0

May 5, 1979 • 25m

When Edward grows tired of Louisa’s obsession with a stray cat and decides to get rid of it, she exacts her revenge.

A Dip in the Pool
7.0

May 12, 1979 • 25m

An American gambler must come up with a cunning plan to slow down a ship at sea in order to win a bet.

The Way Up to Heaven
6.5

May 19, 1979 • 25m

Mrs Foster exacts an intriguing revenge on her husband after his dawdling causes her to miss a flight.