Season 1

(1990)
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Episodes 12

1 A Bird Poised to Fly

January 5, 1990

53m

A young architect's obsession with unrequited love drives him over the edge.

2 The Cat Brought It In

April 20, 1990

53m

A pleasant country house weekend is interrupted when the family cat brings in a pair of human fingers instead of the usual mouse or bird. But not even murder can be allowed to disrupt the meticulous veneer of British respectability.

3 A Curious Suicide

April 27, 1990

53m

An American doctor in England for a conference with his spendthrift wife visits an old friend who stole the love of his life from him.

4 The Day of Reckoning

May 4, 1990

53m

A young man begins to have terrifying nightmares after visiting his obsessive uncle's automated chicken farm.

5 Old Folks at Home

May 11, 1990

53m

A yuppie couple takes in an octogenarian husband and wife from the local old folks' home, but the twosome proves to be more difficult to live with than expected.

6 Puzzle

May 18, 1990

53m

A philandering advertisement executive is offered a promotion if he marries one of his two girlfriends.

7 Sauce for the Goose

May 25, 1990

53m

A sweet-talking lounge singer charms a housewife into murdering her hotelier husband but is he truly in love with her or just out for her money?

8 Slowly, Slowly in the Wind

June 1, 1990

53m

After his daughter becomes involved with the son of his nemesis, a British businessman slowly descends into madness.

9 Something You Have to Live With

June 8, 1990

53m

Jessica and Stanley are a married couple who finally achieve their dream of buying a new house. Unfortunately for them, the dream soon becomes a nightmare.

10 The Stuff of Madness

June 15, 1990

53m

After indulging his wife's taxidermy hobby for years, a lawyer starts to fetishize a boutique mannequin that reminds him of an ex-girlfriend.

11 The Thrill Seeker

June 22, 1990

53m

An encyclopedia proofreader escapes loneliness by playing a twisted game involving kleptomania and assumed identities.

12 Under a Dark Angel's Eye

September 29, 1990

53m

Lee returns to England after a long absence to oversee the sale of his childhood home and visit the couple looking after his estranged tyrannical mother, but the couple's overbearing niceness may hide sinister intentions.

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