Episode 1
The Pillars of Midnight
Sep 14, 1958
A smallpox outbreak hits an English city.
Episode 2
The Web of Lace
Sep 21, 1958
Episode 3
The Franchise Affair
Sep 28, 1958
An elderly woman and her spinster niece are accused of kidnapping.
Episode 4
Murder in Slow Motion
Oct 5, 1958
Racing driver Raymond Sibley faces dangers both on and off the track as he competes in the famous Le Mans twenty-four hour race.
Episode 5
I Can Destroy the Sun
Oct 12, 1958
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?
Episode 6
Time of Your Life
Oct 19, 1958
This is a performance of the play "The Time of Your Life" that was telecast on British television.
Episode 7
The Terrorist
Oct 26, 1958
Episode 8
The Witching Hour
Nov 2, 1958
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.
Episode 9
The Greatest Man in the World
Nov 9, 1958
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.
Episode 10
Please Murder Me
Nov 16, 1958
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.
Episode 11
The Boy with Meat Axe
Nov 23, 1958
Episode 12
Underground
Nov 30, 1958
Episode 13
The Report on Jessie Dean
Dec 7, 1958
A bereaved mother, Jessie Dean, steals a baby belonging to a mother who had wanted her child adopted.
Episode 14
Dangerous World
Dec 14, 1958
A new magistrate takes up a post in a British colony in Africa aiming to uphold justice against corruption.
Episode 15
The Deaf Heart
Dec 21, 1958
Episode 16
The Criminals
Dec 28, 1958
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.
Episode 17
The Sentry
Jan 4, 1959
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.
Episode 18
The Break
Jan 11, 1959
Episode 19
Soundings
Jan 18, 1959
A lonely doctor with a mysterious past shies away from operating on a friendly Scottish giant aboard a storm-tossed Antarctic whaler.
Episode 20
Love and Money
Jan 25, 1959
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.
Episode 21
Hot Summer Night
Feb 1, 1959
Jack Palmer, a strong union man, is forced to confront his principles when his daughter wants to marry a black man.
Episode 22
Ernie Barger Is 50
Feb 8, 1959
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.
Episode 23
The Thug
Feb 15, 1959
The relationship between Lewis, a young tearaway, and Charlotte, a shy girl who works in a record shop with her sick father.
Episode 24
To Ride a Tiger
Feb 22, 1959
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.
Episode 25
The Fabulous Money Maker
Mar 1, 1959
A drama based on the life of Ivar Kreugar, a Swedish financier who built up a monopoly in the match industry during the 1920s.
Episode 26
The Bird, the Bear and the Actress
Mar 8, 1959
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.
Episode 27
No Gun, No Guilt
Mar 15, 1959
A courtroom drama in which a young American lawyer is accused of concealing material evidence in a murder case.
Episode 28
Strange Meeting
Mar 22, 1959
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.
Episode 29
Star in the Summer Night
Mar 29, 1959
International singing star Adeline Girard is all but forgotten, then she meets a young couple who do not want to get married.
Episode 30
The Angry Flower
Apr 5, 1959
Episode 31
The Trouble with Benny
Apr 12, 1959
Episode 32
Parole
Apr 19, 1959
The life of a young convict released on parole and torn between the needs of his family and his former criminal associates.
Episode 33
The Shadow of the Ruthless
Apr 26, 1959
Episode 34
Hand in Glove
May 3, 1959
Episode 35
Till Death Do Us Part
May 10, 1959
Episode 36
The Big Client
May 17, 1959
A satire set in the advertising industry.
Episode 37
The Girl on the Beach
May 24, 1959
A girl who has lost her memory discovers that she is rich - a fact resented by others.
Episode 38
Wedding Day
May 31, 1959
Episode 39
My Guess Would Be Murder
Jun 7, 1959
Episode 40
The Devil's Instrument
Jun 14, 1959
Episode 41
The Model Marriage
Jun 21, 1959
Episode 42
Guest Appearance
Jun 28, 1959
Episode 43
My Lost Saints
Jul 5, 1959
Episode 44
If You Loved Me
Jul 12, 1959
Episode 45
The Grandma Bandit
Jul 19, 1959
Episode 46
A House of His Own
Jul 26, 1959
Episode 47
The Garden Party
Aug 2, 1959
Episode 48
Lysette
Aug 9, 1959
Episode 49
You'll Never See Me Again
Aug 16, 1959
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.
Episode 50
Black Laughter/Double Exit
Aug 23, 1959
Episode 51
Invitation to Murder
Aug 30, 1959
Episode 52
Young David
Sep 6, 1959
A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
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