Episodes List

Ep.1 The Pillars of Midnight

Air Date: 1958-09-14

A smallpox outbreak hits an English city.

Ep.2 The Web of Lace

Air Date: 1958-09-21

Ep.3 The Franchise Affair

Air Date: 1958-09-28

An elderly woman and her spinster niece are accused of kidnapping.

Ep.4 Murder in Slow Motion

Air Date: 1958-10-05

Racing driver Raymond Sibley faces dangers both on and off the track as he competes in the famous Le Mans twenty-four hour race.

Ep.5 I Can Destroy the Sun

Air Date: 1958-10-12

Senior officials in the British, American and Russian governments all receive the same cryptic and unsigned message - "I Can Destroy The Sun". What can it mean?

Ep.6 Time of Your Life

Air Date: 1958-10-19

This is a performance of the play "The Time of Your Life" that was telecast on British television.

Ep.7 The Terrorist

Air Date: 1958-10-26

Ep.8 The Witching Hour

Air Date: 1958-11-02

Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently hypnotizes young Clay Thorne, the youth kills an enemy of Brookfield's while under the trance. No one believes Brookfield's protestations that Thorne is innocent of any murderous intent, so Brookfield teams up with retired lawyer Martin Prentice in hopes of saving the young man from the gallows.

Ep.9 The Greatest Man in the World

Air Date: 1958-11-09

Just after a young unknown American becomes the first on the Moon returns, he dies in an accident. He's laid to rest with full honours, but only the president and a few high officials know just what sort of a man their hero was.

Ep.10 Please Murder Me

Air Date: 1958-11-16

A black comedy in which Mr Potz, a rich man who longs to die, hires his own assassin. He chooses Miss Higgins, an eccentric author of detective fiction, to carry out the grim task.

Ep.11 The Boy with Meat Axe

Air Date: 1958-11-23

Ep.12 Underground

Air Date: 1958-11-30

Ep.13 The Report on Jessie Dean

Air Date: 1958-12-07

A bereaved mother, Jessie Dean, steals a baby belonging to a mother who had wanted her child adopted.

Ep.14 Dangerous World

Air Date: 1958-12-14

A new magistrate takes up a post in a British colony in Africa aiming to uphold justice against corruption.

Ep.15 The Deaf Heart

Air Date: 1958-12-21

Ep.16 The Criminals

Air Date: 1958-12-28

A small construction company's new year's eve party is taken over by a crook who has intricate knowledge of the men's private lives, forcing them into an incredible bank robbery plot.

Ep.17 The Sentry

Air Date: 1959-01-04

An American Civil War drama in which Meade, a Confederate soldier, faces the dilemma of knowing that his brother, who is fighting on the other side, has been left to die in the course of an act of sabotage.

Ep.18 The Break

Air Date: 1959-01-11

Ep.19 Soundings

Air Date: 1959-01-18

A lonely doctor with a mysterious past shies away from operating on a friendly Scottish giant aboard a storm-tossed Antarctic whaler.

Ep.20 Love and Money

Air Date: 1959-01-25

The marriage of a woman from a humble background to a rich Northern mill owner and her growing resentment at what she regards as the condescending nature of him and his family.

Ep.21 Hot Summer Night

Air Date: 1959-02-01

Jack Palmer, a strong union man, is forced to confront his principles when his daughter wants to marry a black man.

Ep.22 Ernie Barger Is 50

Air Date: 1959-02-08

Ernie Barger, a senior partner in a pottery firm, initially celebrates his son's graduation but soon learns that not only is he twenty years behind the times but could also be responsible for his wife's illness.

Ep.23 The Thug

Air Date: 1959-02-15

The relationship between Lewis, a young tearaway, and Charlotte, a shy girl who works in a record shop with her sick father.

Ep.24 To Ride a Tiger

Air Date: 1959-02-22

A cabal in an unnamed South American country pulls a coup by choosing a popular dissident as dictator. His well meant reforms are not well received, and as his marriage fails, he shows the people what a real dictator is capable of.

Ep.25 The Fabulous Money Maker

Air Date: 1959-03-01

A drama based on the life of Ivar Kreugar, a Swedish financier who built up a monopoly in the match industry during the 1920s.

Ep.26 The Bird, the Bear and the Actress

Air Date: 1959-03-08

A group discover a famous designer and their entrepreneur sees this as a chance to have his name associated with their new production. The leading lady is outraged at the way they intend to exploit the old man.

Ep.27 No Gun, No Guilt

Air Date: 1959-03-15

A courtroom drama in which a young American lawyer is accused of concealing material evidence in a murder case.

Ep.28 Strange Meeting

Air Date: 1959-03-22

An Italian set suspense drama in which Bruno, a visiting American criminal is introduced to Grazia, an Italian woman whose motives are mysterious by a strange cloaked figure.

Ep.29 Star in the Summer Night

Air Date: 1959-03-29

International singing star Adeline Girard is all but forgotten, then she meets a young couple who do not want to get married.

Ep.30 The Angry Flower

Air Date: 1959-04-05

Ep.31 The Trouble with Benny

Air Date: 1959-04-12

Ep.32 Parole

Air Date: 1959-04-19

The life of a young convict released on parole and torn between the needs of his family and his former criminal associates.

Ep.33 The Shadow of the Ruthless

Air Date: 1959-04-26

Ep.34 Hand in Glove

Air Date: 1959-05-03

Ep.35 Till Death Do Us Part

Air Date: 1959-05-10

Ep.36 The Big Client

Air Date: 1959-05-17

A satire set in the advertising industry.

Ep.37 The Girl on the Beach

Air Date: 1959-05-24

A girl who has lost her memory discovers that she is rich - a fact resented by others.

Ep.38 Wedding Day

Air Date: 1959-05-31

Ep.39 My Guess Would Be Murder

Air Date: 1959-06-07

Ep.40 The Devil's Instrument

Air Date: 1959-06-14

Ep.41 The Model Marriage

Air Date: 1959-06-21

Ep.42 Guest Appearance

Air Date: 1959-06-28

Ep.43 My Lost Saints

Air Date: 1959-07-05

Ep.44 If You Loved Me

Air Date: 1959-07-12

Ep.45 The Grandma Bandit

Air Date: 1959-07-19

Ep.46 A House of His Own

Air Date: 1959-07-26

Ep.47 The Garden Party

Air Date: 1959-08-02

Ep.48 Lysette

Air Date: 1959-08-09

Ep.49 You'll Never See Me Again

Air Date: 1959-08-16

Jim Mason's wife Molly vanishes after purportedly leaving to visit her parents. When Jim calls the in-laws he has never met, he discovers she never arrived. As the mystery deepens, the police suspect Jim of a sinister crime.

Ep.50 Black Laughter/Double Exit

Air Date: 1959-08-23

Ep.51 Invitation to Murder

Air Date: 1959-08-30

Ep.52 Young David

Air Date: 1959-09-06

A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.