About this season
An anthology of seven psychological dramas, each with a different cast and crew, exploring deaths in unusual circumstances.
Episodes (7)
1. Home Cooking
Aired 8 November 1986 • 50 min
The abused neglected wife of a loutish hotelier begins to suspect that her husband is the serial rapist that has been terrorising the area.
2. Hidden Talents
Aired 15 November 1986 • 50 min
A bedridden Nellie is desperate for her favourite son Stanley to return home, instead she has to make do with her no-good offspring Harold. Stanley unexpectedly returns, and a shocking revelation comes to light.
3. Lost Property
Aired 22 November 1986 • 50 min
Anne Forrest has purchased a run-down school, with plans to get it operational. Two years on, it's still empty, her marriage is at its breaking point, and she's hearing things.
4. Window, Sir?
Aired 29 November 1986 • 50 min
After working together for 35 years, Perry dreams of killing his colleague Vince, and after years of bitterness, a clever murder is actioned.
5. Ladies' Night
Aired 6 December 1986 • 50 min
A tradition-bound gentlemen's club is thrown into chaos when women are allowed in during 'ladies night'. One member resents the intrusion of women so much, he resorts to murder.
6. Partners
Aired 13 December 1986 • 50 min
7. Evensong
Aired 20 December 1986 • 50 min
A disappointed clergyman is visited by some of society's outcasts.