Documentary on the story of the Pellymounter family who called in an exorcist after a string of inexplicable incidents at their Swindon home
This episode tells the story of the prophetic dreams had by Lord Kilbraken during the post-war years (when he was better known as John Godley) of winning race horses which he was able to place bets on. The excellent cast for the reconstructions include Peter Egan, Cyd Hayman, Rula Lenska and Paul Lavers (whom some may remember from "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas", the 1974 Ghost Story for Christmas) Presented by Colin Wilson
The Fetch reconstructs the strange case of French schoolteacher Emilie Sagée who kept losing her job because her "double" or "doppelganger" would appear and frighten the pupils. Presented by Colin Wilson
The story of Peter McEwan and his family who in 1952 decided to leave the city and move to an old Lodge near Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire. Soon after the arrival of the housekeeper Mrs Macdonald and her husband, mysterious rappings and footsteps are heard. Presented by Colin Wilson
A girl who can see into the future and read people's thoughts is accused of being a witch. Matters come to a head when her teacher threatens to expel her from school.
Two women (played by Jennie Linden and Rula Lenska) who have spent their lives hating each other and who both suspect their houses to be haunted later come to understand the reason behind all the strange goings on.
An emotionally disturbed young woman is the focus of poltergeist activity.
"The Living Grave" was an episode based on a past life regression case from 1977/78. While under hypnosis, a young woman appears to be reliving the past life of a girl from Devon named Kitty Jay. Hypnotherapist Joe Keeton, played by Ian Hogg, and two investigators try to see if there is any truth in her story.
Mr Quilling, played by Alan Dobie, investigates the house of a widow who believes her husband and a girl in white are haunting the place.
In this episode - "Room For An Inward Light" - Brian Blessed plays the part of novelist Thomas Myers, a writer eager for serious recognition and who finds help in the form of Bernard played by Chris Strauli. Interesting and rather amusing little ghost story if you've never seen it before.
In this episode - "To Kill A King" - depressed author, Harry played by Anthony Bate, is suffering from writer's block. His agent, David, and his sister, Clare, do not help matters. However, Harry's home is a mediaeval manor house, and he is not entirely alone... Who or what is the beautiful woman who appears to him there? More backround info on this yahoo group thread - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alangarner/message/2752 (which explains why the plot may seem obscure or incomprehensible)
