A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.
The Frighteners (Season 1)
The Minder (Episode 1)
Writer: Eric Coltart
Air date: 1972-07-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A daring jailbreak is planned — but does Bender mastermind the escape of his boss out of loyalty, or a more sinister motive?
The Night of the Stag (Episode 2)
Writer: Andrea Newman
Air date: 1972-07-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ginny receives a phone call from her lover, Mike, telling her that it is over between them. He is calling from the pub where he is celebrating his stag night. Ginny convinces Mike that they should spend one more night together before his wedding the next morning.
Old Comrades (Episode 3)
Writer: Robert Holles
Air date: 1972-07-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A retired Army Sergeant receives an unexpected visit from two of his former unit members who seem to have some unfinished business with him.
The Manipulators (Episode 4)
Writer: Mike Hodges
Air date: 1972-07-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A lecture on Pavlov's Dogs: a room full of women being computer-tested for their typing skills. Two blokes, in a flat above a butchers' shop have been watching the young couple in the flat opposite, and their baby, taping their conversations.
The Disappearing Man (Episode 5)
Writer: Brian Phelan
Air date: 1972-08-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A weary man fails to see his reflection in a train window, and comes to the conclusion that he's being ignored in life because he is disappearing from the world.
Firing Squad (Episode 6)
Writer: Jacques Gillies
Air date: 1972-08-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A mercenary returns to England, having switched sides in a coup and discovers his former associates waiting for him, looking for revenge.
Miss Mouse (Episode 7)
Writer: John Burke
Air date: 1972-08-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A henpecked husband brings his marriage to a life-altering conclusion after a night out with his wife. Meanwhile, their neighbour, Miss Mouse, hears everything via the intercom she uses for babysitting their child.
The Treat (Episode 8)
Writer: Douglas Livingstone
Air date: 1972-09-01
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: It was meant to be a great day out for three veterans and the male nurse. But their uneasy friendship soon becomes savage enmity.
Bed and Breakfast (Episode 9)
Writer: Peter Collings
Air date: 1972-09-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Anthony and Olive Ashworth arrive at Fred Cartwright's remote country home and place a sign outside, indicating the place is a hotel. They then demand that Cartwright give them board for the night.
You Remind Me of Someone (Episode 10)
Writer: Wilfred Greatorex
Air date: 1972-09-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A lorry driver grows uneasy about the conversation he is having with his hitchhiker companion and decides it's time for him to leave.
The Classroom (Episode 11)
Writer: William Trevor
Air date: 1973-05-13
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A teacher is about to retire, very popular with pupils, but there's an exception.
Glad to Be of Help (Episode 12)
Writer: Maurice Edelman
Air date: 1973-05-20
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: An MP, skilled in problem-solving, finds his expertise begin to fail in the face of a routine interview that slowly turns into a meeting of mounting menace.
Have a Nice Time at the Zoo, Darling (Episode 13)
Writer: David Hodson
Air date: 1973-06-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A man has been watching attractive, thirteen-year-old Ruth. When they meet face-to-face, heart-rending mistakes of the past are revealed - but what of the future?
Seasons
Episodes 13