Join or Sign In
Sign in to customize your TV listings
By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.
7 Episodes 1983 - 1983
Episode 1
60 mins
Miss Hartley is pleased to have found employment with Mrs Brymton as a lady's maid. She is somewhat concerned at having been hired sight unseen, but on her arrival at Brymton Hall she finds both her employer and the other servants in the house to be quite amenable. Mr. Brympton on the other hand is rude and nasty to his wife, but fortunately is frequently away and Mrs Brymton has formed a close friendship with a neighbor, Mr. Ranford. Miss Hartley is shaken however when she sees someone in the house who should not be there. Just who is this person and what is she trying to tell her?
Episode 2
52 mins
Mr. Garvin is a writer who is seeking a quiet place to do his research and work on his book. Although he was staying in a small village, he find the children to be quite noisy and the local doctor, Mr. MacKinnon, suggests that he take a room with the Falshaw family, who have no children. Their farm is isolated and should provide him with the peace and quiet he needs. Soon after his arrival however, he hears a child crying and soon sees the ghost of a young girl. Garvin is a sympathetic man and he assumes that something happened in that house years ago. When the doctor recounts the story of the family, he works to heal the wounds that have existed there for so many years.
Episode 3
A magnate buys an old house that has been abandoned since the early 19th century because it is haunted by a ghost of a 16 year old girl murdered by the lord of the manor, who, if carried across the threshold, will select a victim to kill from the inside out.
Episode 4
60 mins
Mary and Edward Boyne relocate to England from America and purchase a country estate in the Cotswolds. They love the drafty old house with no electricity or modern heating and are particularly pleased when they are told there is a resident ghost. Soon after moving in they see a strange man walking in the drive but when they go to check, there is no one there. As time goes by, it becomes obvious to Mary that her husband is carrying a burden and is worrying about something. When Edward disappears after a stranger's visit, she learns of her husband's business dealings and identifies the visitor.
Episode 5
60 mins
Soon after World War II, Catherine Frode along with her husband and daughter have moved back to her childhood home. The house is full of unhappy memories for her and she secretly wishes she hadn't returned. She is adamant that Daisy stay away from the maze in their garden but she disobeys her mother and then returns with a tale of having had a picnic there with a man. Catherine is particularly haunted by the memory of a childhood friend who was killed in an accident in the maze on the same day she was giving birth to Daisy.
Episode 6
60 mins
A young boy forced to live with his aunt after his parents die is convinced that she is old hag in league with the devil.
Episode 7
60 mins
The story is set in a small English coastal town, around the turn of the century. A young woman, thought by many in the village to be a witch, dies suddenly one day. Not long after she's buried, the villagers begin to see her walking around the area and especially along the shoreline. The village minister begins to look into her life and her death, hoping to lay the spirit to rest.