The series was mainly made by Thames TV, but Southern TV also
got in on the act and made a couple of stories. The title sequence
was excellent and the theme was by Andy Mackay of Roxy
Music and Rock Follies
fame. There were eleven stories in total;
RACHEL IN DANGER
11-year old Rachel (Della Low) travels from Scotland to
spend a summer with her father, whom she has not seen for many
years. Arriving at Euston, she finds herself involved in a
murder, with herself possibly the next victim.
It turns out that terrorists who are planning an
assassination at a Royal garden party have killed Rachel's
long-absent father - but she didn't recognise the body and
mistakenly believes that he is the murderer.
A DOG'S RANSOM
Anonymous letters are straining the nerves of Edward and
Gina Reynolds (Benjamin Whitrow and Zena Walker), but they are
unprepared for the nightmare that follows when Edward takes
their poodle for a walk.
Constable Duhamel (Brian Stirner) tries to help find the dog
but runs foul of the CID and becomes a murder suspect.
THE GIRL WHO WALKED QUICKLY
A brilliant and conscientious student disappears. His
girlfriend and tutor try to solve the mystery and the
investigation turns into a manhunt.
The plot involves bombs around London, a terrorist group
intent on overthrowing democracy, and a claustrophobic hero.
QUIET AS A NUN
A nun dies of starvation after locking herself in a convent
tower. Jemima Shore (Maria Aitken), a former pupil at the
convent school and now a television interviewer, is asked to
investigate. Jemima is surprised to discover that the death of
the nun is connected with her own television programme.
Meanwhile, tales begin to circulate about a ghostly Black
Nun. Cast includes Patsy Kensit.
THE LIMBO CONNECTION
Film writer Mark Omney (James Bolam) drinks too much, has
endless rows with his wife Clare (Suzanne Bertish), and cannot
make a living any more. Simply put, his life is falling
apart.
Following a drunken car crash, Clare goes missing. Mark
tracks her down to Meadowbank Clinic and attempts to prove his
theories about the nightmare in which he is caught, but the
police have evidence that seems to cast doubts on his state of
mind.
THE VICTIM
Sue Craig (Lorna Yabsley), 14-years old, is kidnapped and
her father, Vincent (John Shrapnel), negotiates with the
kidnapper. He ultimately refuses to pay the ransom and instead
goes on the hunt for the kidnapper.
He gets into an attack with George Neecham (Bernard Kay) ,
the man he thinks is responsible for his daughter's kidnapping,
while she slowly grows attached to her jailer, Frankie Martin
(David Beckett). But Martin is a psychopathic killer . . .
DEAD MAN'S KIT
The Master at Arms of a British Ship (Freddie Fletcher)
discovers a foreign exchange officer losing heavily in a casino;
the following day the master is knocked unconscious and thrown
overboard. When a verdict of accidental death is brought, Chalky
White (Larry Lamb) accuses the Navy of a cover up.
Chalky and the Master's widow (Victoria Fairborther) try to
find Kobahal (Maurice Colbourne) who they believe is responsible
for the murders of the Master at Arms and Zoe Summers
("Little" Nell Campbell of Rocky
Horror Picture Show fame), but Kobahal plans to use them
as hostages to get back on to a Russian warship.
DYING DAY
Anthony Skipling (Ian McKellen) meets eccentric naturalist
Foster (David Howey) on a train. Foster apparently forgets one
of his tape-recordings and leaves it behind. But when Skipling
plays it, it reveals a different story - a plot to kill
him.
Skipling goes to the police but they won't believe him, so he
turns to the Samaritans for help. He also turns to his ex-wife
(Gwyneth Powell) for help, but learns that she is now
"married" to an eccentric millionaire, with a voice
just like the one heard on the tape. In his search for the truth
he is befriended by Susie (Kate Coleridge) who used to council
him at the Samaritans when his wife left him.
The day on which Mr Skipling is apparently supposed to die -
according to the tape - arrives and he tries valiantly to behave
as if everything is normal. But when presented with Doris'
"husband" on a railway platform he lashes out and
accidentally knocks him into the path of an oncoming
train.
Mr Skipling is sent to Broadmoor Prison for murder, while
Doris, her chauffeur (actually Foster!) and Susie celebrate the
success of their plan. They have framed Mr Skipling and will
inherit a vast fortune.
FEAR OF GOD
Reporter Paul Marriott (Bryan Marshall) sees a girl fall
past his window and rushes outside to find she is dead. He
discovers the girl - called Rosamund (Susan Sheridan) - had been
squatting in his attic, and becomes suspicious when Special
Branch turn up.
He discovers the dead girl belonged to a sect called `The
Regiment of God'.
HIGH TIDE
After serving a four year sentence for manslaughter, Peter
Curtis (Ian McShane) is heading for the South coast to buy a
boat. He notices a man following him and starts to discover the
truth about what happened four years ago - a mystery which takes
him to the coastal village of Leremouth.
THE CIRCLE COMPLEX
Tom Foreman (Trevor Martin) has hidden £400,000-worth of
jewellery from a robbery and is now in prison. His wife, Val
(Beth Morris), has a plan for aiding Tom's escape. In Prison,
Tom's health begins to deteriorate and he is diagnosed with a
brain tumour.
His prison-mate Ollie Milton (Alan David) kills him and tries
to frame Cat Devlin (Michael Deeks) while he goes slowly mad
trying to decipher the meaning behind Tom's last words on the
whereabouts of the loot . . .
Rachel
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