Episodes
1. The Cross and the Arrow
January 22, 1962
30 min
Despite being decorated with a German Service Cross, Willi Wegler is inwardly sickened by both Hitler's genocidal war and the complicity of his fellow citizens in Third Reich brutalities. Wracked by guilt, he suddenly betrays his country in a profound gesture of protest and self-sacrifice – an act that cannot fail to precipitate a series of dramatic events.
Guest Stars:
Andrew Crawford, Walter Gotell, John Woodnutt, Keith Barron, John Gray
2. The Second Curtain
January 29, 1962
30 min
Divorced novelist named George Garner gets drawn into a disappearance case involving an old schoolmate, William Widgery, leading him to amateur sleuthing as his own life and reputation unravel.
Guest Stars:
Leonard Maguire, Joan Heath, John Barrett, Sidney Simkin, Frederick Farley
3. Flight Into Danger
February 5, 1962
30 min
A charter flight from Winnipeg to Vancouver goes horribly awry when the pilots and passengers fall victim to food poisoning, forcing an ex-WWII pilot passenger to take control and attempt an emergency landing.
Guest Stars:
Robert Arden, Jerry Stovin, Burnell Tucker, Tom Bowman, Bruce Boa
4. The Intrigue
February 12, 1962
30 min
A French magistrate hears a homicide confession described as 'as disarmingly honest as it is disconcertingly gay', revealing the love affair that sparked the crime.
Guest Stars:
Frank Finlay, Pauline Yates, Leonard Rossiter, Anthony Bate, Mark Brackenbury
5. Call Me Back
February 19, 1962
30 min
A harried ad man drinks himself into oblivion as he tries to touch base with friends and loved ones by phone.
Guest Stars:
Alec McCowen
6. The Ballad of Peckham Rye
March 5, 1962
30 min
A mysterious, devilish Scotsman named Dougal Douglas arrives in a South London neighbourhood and disrupts the lives of the local workers at a textile company, causing mayhem, mutiny, and even murder through his 'human research'.
Guest Stars:
Ian MacNaughton, Michael Robbins, David Spenser, Susan Burnet, George Betton
7. Look Who's Talking
March 12, 1962
30 min
Guest Stars:
Pauline Letts, Wynne Clark, Mandy Miller, Noel Dyson, David Spenser
8. The Victorian Chaise Longue
March 19, 1962
30 min
After buying an antique chaise-longue, Melanie experiences a nightmarish body-swap, finding herself in a oppressive Victorian era with a patronising husband and doctor, unable to convince anyone she is from the future.
Guest Stars:
Frances White, Richard Vernon, Michael Culver, Jerome Willis, Denise Coffey
9. The Grass Is Singing
March 26, 1962
30 min
Mary Turner is a white woman whose life unravels on a farm, leading to a destructive relationship with her Black servant, Moses, culminating in violence and a critique of the social and racial dynamics.
Guest Stars:
Amanda Walker, Johnny Sekka, Fred Hugh, Margo Cunningham, Walter Brown
10. North Flight
April 2, 1962
30 min
A tale of political intrigue following failures of British jet fighters in the service of a foreign power.
Guest Stars:
Robert James, Kenneth Cope, Charles Hill, Kenneth Edwards, David Macmillan