Synopsis
A collection of one-off thrillers, each ending with a disturbing twist.
Episodes
Season 11E1The HouseWorried about his daughter's view of him, a barrister gifts her a Victoriana dollhouse, with two specially made dolls inside. As the young girl creates an intricate fantasy, the house's inhabitants' outlook on the father become sinister.50m2E2The LiftEgyptologist Walter Hodge lives alone in a block of flats. His son Roy visits to let him he now owns the property and will demolish it. He leaves a cursed artifact and warns him against changing his will. When Walter enters the lift, he is terrified.50m3E3The BabysitterMr and Mrs Seam are looking after, ll an old man after he accidentally killed the Major. Inheriting the Major's money and the old man, they have grown tired of him. He is terrified of cats so they hire a babysitter, if she brings a cat.50m4E4The Travelling CompanionLucas sits in the corner of a carriage on a branch line train pottering through the countryside. To the girl on her way for a day by the sea who joins him in the compartment, he seems a rather pathetic figure – lame, shy, ill at ease and anxious not to offend. Who could be more harmless?50m5E5The ImposterGrace acts as maid to look after her bedridden mother Miss Chafecote. 'Chafi' likes to play piratical jokes so Grace 'buys' friends to visit. When 'Lady Alice' visits, she sees rich picking but doesn't realise how dangerous 'Chafi' can be.50m6E6The RegulatorAn office can be as terrifying as a Gothic mansion when its doors are locked and the building is empty.50m7E7The InitiateYears of domination by his possessive mother has left Albert scarcely able to face the world beyond his cosy lower middle-class home. But unbearable as the outside is, he is far from being at peace. He is, in fact, obsessed by a single, recurrent nightmare which harks back to a childhood misdemeanour.50m8E8The CellarA weak-willed man named George marries for money. When his wife Hilda has a nervous breakdown, George takes up with a scheming creature called Peggy, who makes him promise to get rid of Hilda. A second honeymoon in a country cottage after Hilda’s recovery seems to provide an opportunity, but a stranger interferes with George’s plans.50m
