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Season 2 · 47 episodes · Sep 8, 1957

  1. Episode 1

    Off the Deep End

    Sep 8, 1957

  2. Episode 2

    Now Let Him Go

    Sep 15, 1957

    A world-class painter is taken ill and lies in the bedroom of an inn while people down below squabble over his paintings and inheritance. The wily old man is unperturbed, even regarding the infernal trumpet sound that plays throughout.

  3. Episode 3

    Ghosts

    Sep 22, 1957

    A young student idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm only to find that it is a nest of betrayal and sickness.

  4. Episode 4

    Policy for Love

    Sep 29, 1957

  5. Episode 5

    The Pier

    Oct 6, 1957

  6. Episode 6

    Inch from the Heart

    Oct 13, 1957

  7. Episode 7

    Trial By Candlelight

    Oct 20, 1957

    Never Broadcast on this date. It was rescheduled to become episode 41.

  8. Episode 8

    Ann Veronica

    Oct 28, 1957

  9. Episode 9

    The Last Mile

    Nov 3, 1957

    Mears, a convicted killer, is determined not to walk that "last mile" - to his execution.

  10. Episode 10

    The Great City

    Nov 10, 1957

  11. Episode 11

    Man in a Moon

    Nov 17, 1957

    A convicted murderer is chosen by an obscure country with limited funds as their candidate to be the first man on the moon. Their reasoning being that they might be able to land him there.. but may not be able to bring him back?.

  12. Episode 12

    The Human Touch

    Nov 24, 1957

    A doctor pioneers the use of chloroform as an anesthetic during operations, but meets with huge resistance from established medical figures.

  13. Episode 13

    Sister

    Dec 1, 1957

  14. Episode 14

    The Mortimer Touch

    Dec 8, 1957

  15. Episode 15

    The Dividing Line

    Dec 15, 1957

  16. Episode 16

    Panther 140

    Dec 22, 1957

  17. Episode 17

    The Shining Hour

    Jan 5, 1960

    A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.

  18. Episode 18

    Man in the Corner

    Jan 12, 1960

  19. Episode 19

    The Master Builder

    Jan 19, 1960

    A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.

  20. Episode 20

    Tragedy in a Temporary Town

    Jan 26, 1960

  21. Episode 21

    Night of the Ding-Dong

    Feb 2, 1960

  22. Episode 22

    The Five Dollar Bill

    Feb 9, 1960

    An American couple discover that their 17-year-old son Ralph has stolen a few dollars of housekeeping money.

  23. Episode 23

    The Lady of Camellias

    Feb 16, 1960

    A naive young man falls in love with a beautiful, dying courtesan.

  24. Episode 24

    A Gust of Wind

    Feb 23, 1960

  25. Episode 25

    Murder Story

    Mar 2, 1960

    Last fortnight in the life of a youth who was sentenced to death for the killing of a police constable.

  26. Episode 26

    Vendetta

    Mar 9, 1960

  27. Episode 27

    The One Who Came Back

    Mar 16, 1960

    An ex-Luftwaffe pilot is sent to work in the English village where he was captured during the war. What will happen if the villagers recognise him?

  28. Episode 28

    A Man's Woman

    Mar 23, 1960

  29. Episode 29

    The Emperor Jones

    Mar 30, 1960

    Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

  30. Episode 30

    Miss Olive

    Apr 6, 1960

  31. Episode 31

    Wolf Pack

    Apr 13, 1960

  32. Episode 32

    The Rat Wife

    Apr 20, 1960

    A writer is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to a wealthy woman. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption for their personal failures.

  33. Episode 33

    Fifty Fifty

    Apr 27, 1960

  34. Episode 34

    Breach of Marriage

    May 4, 1960

  35. Episode 35

    Hanging Judge

    May 11, 1960

    A judge notorious for his severity becomes implicated in a murder case and learns a lesson in humanity.

  36. Episode 36

    Paid in Full

    May 18, 1960

    The rescue of a boy trapped for eighteen hours down a well and the subsequent after effects of those involved in his plight.

  37. Episode 37

    Death of Satan

    May 25, 1960

  38. Episode 38

    The Widower

    Jun 1, 1960

    Paris in spring and a lonely widower Paul Marley leaves a pearls necklace at the table of a young woman. She returns them but agrees to take a room in his home unaware that his secretary is her former boyfriend Gilbert.

  39. Episode 39

    No Flags for Geebang

    Jun 8, 1960

    In a pub in the small Australian bush town of Geebang the locals look forward to an unexpected visit by the Queen.

  40. Episode 40

    Homecoming

    Jun 15, 1960

    Charles Preston, who is running his dead brother's business, increasingly becomes the suspect in a murder investigation.

  41. Episode 41

    Trial by Candlelight

    Jun 22, 1960

    In Tangiers, a sensitive girl commits suicide. Or was it murder?

  42. Episode 42

    The House of Bernarda Alba

    Jun 22, 1960

    A domineering, reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, primarily for the financial advantages it will bring the mother, Bernarda. Jealousy and envy ensue among the other daughters.

  43. Episode 43

    Wings of the Wind

    Jun 29, 1960

  44. Episode 44

    Noon on Doomsday

    Jul 6, 1960

    After a racist murder, a judge confronts an entire community over its role in the crime.

  45. Episode 45

    The Sins of Simone

    Jul 13, 1960

  46. Episode 46

    The Woman in Question

    Jul 20, 1960

  47. Episode 47

    The Travelling Lady

    Aug 3, 1960

    Georgette Thomas struggles to keep her family together, but her husband will keep getting into trouble with the law.