Season 1 (1979)
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1. The Man From the South
A young American couple on holiday meet a mysterious old gentleman who makes them a macabre wager.
24min
March 24, 1979
2. Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
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.
25min
March 31, 1979
3. William and Mary
When her husband William dies, Mary Pearl is shocked that his will stipulates that his brain should be kept alive.
25min
April 7, 1979
4. Lamb to the Slaughter
An enraged detective's wife kills her husband by smashing in his skull with a heavy blunt instrument - but no murder weapon can be found, and the police are baffled.
25min
April 14, 1979
5. The Landlady
When a young man arrives in Bath, he is shocked to find his seemingly charming landlady has a dark side.
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25min
April 21, 1979
6. Neck
A lady is cut down to size by her husband’s loyal butler when it is discovered she is having an affair.
24min
April 28, 1979
7. Edward the Conqueror
When Edward grows tired of Louisa’s obsession with a stray cat and decides to get rid of it, she exacts her revenge.
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25min
May 5, 1979
8. A Dip in the Pool
An American gambler must come up with a cunning plan to slow down a ship at sea in order to win a bet.
25min
May 12, 1979
9. The Way Up to Heaven
Mrs Foster exacts an intriguing revenge on her husband after his dawdling causes her to miss a flight.
25min
May 19, 1979