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.