An anthology of seven psychological dramas, each with a different cast and crew, exploring deaths in unusual circumstances.
Unnatural Causes (Season 1)
Home Cooking (Episode 1)
Writer: Paula Milne
Air date: 1986-11-08
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: The abused neglected wife of a loutish hotelier begins to suspect that her husband is the serial rapist that has been terrorising the area.
Hidden Talents (Episode 2)
Writer: Lynda La Plante
Air date: 1986-11-15
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A bedridden Nellie is desperate for her favourite son Stanley to return home, instead she has to make do with her no-good offspring Harold. Stanley unexpectedly returns, and a shocking revelation comes to light.
Lost Property (Episode 3)
Writer: Peter J. Hammond
Air date: 1986-11-22
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Anne Forrest has purchased a run-down school, with plans to get it operational. Two years on, it's still empty, her marriage is at its breaking point, and she's hearing things.
Window, Sir? (Episode 4)
Writer: Ron Hutchinson
Air date: 1986-11-29
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: After working together for 35 years, Perry dreams of killing his colleague Vince, and after years of bitterness, a clever murder is actioned.
Ladies' Night (Episode 5)
Writer: Nigel Kneale
Air date: 1986-12-06
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A tradition-bound gentlemen's club is thrown into chaos when women are allowed in during 'ladies night'. One member resents the intrusion of women so much, he resorts to murder.
Partners (Episode 6)
Writer: Nicholas Palmer
Air date: 1986-12-13
Runtime: 50 min
Evensong (Episode 7)
Writer: Beryl Bainbridge
Air date: 1986-12-20
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A disappointed clergyman is visited by some of society's outcasts.

Seasons

Episodes 7