Episodes
The Square Peg
September 30, 1962
The Stepfather
October 7, 1962
The Slip
October 14, 1962
A Suitable Case for Treatment
October 21, 1962
Heavy-drinking Marxist writer Morgan Delt must hold on to his sanity whilst trying to resolve his marital problems.
The Big Eat
October 28, 1962
An eating contest is staged for a new TV show - with fatal results.
Ruth
November 11, 1962
The Aspern Papers
November 18, 1962
A publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet in order to find his lost love letter.
Libel on a Liar
November 25, 1962
The Sudden Silence
December 2, 1962
Behind the Line
December 9, 1962
Something to Hide
December 16, 1962
The Canterville Ghost
December 23, 1962
The ghost of Sir Simon De Canterville has terrified visitors to his family home for centuries - but when a family of Americans rent the place, he's the one who's terrified.
Parkin's Primitives
December 30, 1962
The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners
January 6, 1963
The Madhouse on Castle Street
January 13, 1963
A man mysteriously locks himself in a room in a boarding house leaving only a note saying he has decided to "retire from the world". His worried sister and the other boarders then try to discover why.
Freya of the Seven Isles
January 20, 1963
House on Three Floors
January 27, 1963
The Reward of Silence
February 3, 1963
The Bergonzi Hand
February 10, 1963
The Fall of Mendel Krick
February 17, 1963
The Prisoner
February 24, 1963
Not to be confused with the 1967 TV series of the same name (also starring Patrick McGoohan), this adaptation of Bridget Boland's 1954 stage play depicts the conflict between a Cardinal (allegedly inspired by real-life Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty) in an unnamed totalitarian state and the Interrogator who tries to force him into a public abjure of his religious convictions.
June Fall
March 3, 1963
Two lonely, unbeautiful people are brought together by a dating agency, and, against all odds, find love.
Continuity Man
March 10, 1963
Don and Roz, a very trendy couple, are expecting a Hollywood film actress as their dinner guest, but find they also have to look after Don's very eccentric and contrary father.
For Tea on Sunday
March 17, 1963
Three girls sharing living accommodation invite their boyfriends for tea on Sunday. One of the young men arrives carrying an ax over his shoulder.
Too Late for Mashed Potato
March 24, 1963
The Big Donkey
March 31, 1963
Just You Wait
April 7, 1963
The Holly Road Rig
April 14, 1963
A Little Bit of Gold Said 'Jump'
April 21, 1963
A Deadly Hush
April 28, 1963
A Right Crusader
May 5, 1963
I'm Not Stopping
May 12, 1963
The Fly Sham
May 19, 1963
How to Get Rid of Your Wife
May 26, 1963
Mild-mannered and unassuming, Gerald Swinney has had enough of his nagging, domineering wife. So he resolves, not to kill her, but simply to "get rid" of her.
So Long Charlie
June 2, 1963
Trial Run
June 9, 1963
The Full Chatter
June 16, 1963
An eccentric teacher dreams of finding fame as a novelist; but everything in his life seems to conspire against him.
Dial Rix #7: Skin Deep
June 23, 1963
She's a Free Country
June 30, 1963
You Can't Throw Your Mates
July 7, 1963
Take the Plunge
July 14, 1963
Douglas has fallen in love with an American girl and is perturbed to find, at the same time, that he really must get a job at last.
The Shadow of Mart
July 21, 1963
About the foolish and lost Gabriel who lives entirely in the shadow of his brother, the brave soldier Mart who died in the war and is continuously immortalised by the dominant mother.
The Joker
July 28, 1963
The Sponge Room
August 4, 1963
Night Express
August 11, 1963
Pig in the Middle
August 18, 1963
The Greevey Column
August 25, 1963
Plain Jane
September 1, 1963
Two by the Sea #1: See the Pretty Lights
September 8, 1963
Two by the Sea #2: Wedding Bells
September 8, 1963
The Affair
September 15, 1963
A young fellow of a Cambridge college is accused of fraud and dismissed. Based on the eighth novel in C.P. Snow's "Strangers and Brothers" series.
