Series Six
14 Episodes. First broadcast: Saturdays and a Sunday on ITV - 9 April to 16 July 1983
| Title | Episode | First aired | Writer(s) | Director |
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| A Passing Opportunity | 70 | 9 April 1983 | Donald Honig Alan Seymour |
Graham Evans |
| Frank Jesmond and Peter Madison are former schoolmates with very different lives. Jesmond is tough but broke while Madison is rich and successful. Jesmond is desperate for money, but, Madison wants to see how desperate. |
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| Cast: Guy Bertrand (Manservant), Paul Davies Prowles (Timmy Jesmond), Charles Keating (Peter Madison), Janette Legge (Eleanor Jesmond), Mark Lewis (Showroom Manager), Bryan Marshall (Frank Jesmond), George Sewell (Laughlin) | ||||
| The Memory Man | 71 | 16 April 1983 | Henry Slesar Denis Cannan |
Peter Duffell |
| Coln Mearns has a gift for memory, but is struggling financially. Advertising to teach his methods, he is met by a shady character who is desperate to remember the combination of a locker. Mearns soon becomes curious to what the locker contains. |
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| Cast: Judy Geeson (Mary), Colin Blakely (Colin Mearns), Bernard Cribbins (Charlie Krebs & Mr King), Johnny Vyvyan (Small Man), John Biggerstaff (Tobacconist), John Judd (Police Inspector) | ||||
| A Sad Loss | 72 | 23 April 1983 | Patricia Moyes James Andrew Hall |
John Gorrie |
| Claire Hawksworth runs a Caribbean hotel with her boyfriend, but they have fallen on tough times. Hopeful of some money, Claire turns to her rich aunt. Her aunt however tells her of a new heir to her fortune. | ||||
| Cast: Bazil Otoin (Desk Clerk), Heinz Bernard (Charlie), Lally Bowers (Alicia Hawksworth), Elizabeth Bradley (Mrs Bradley), Hayley Mills (Claire Hawksworth), Stuart Wilson (Dave Brigham), Phyllida Law (Maggie Patton), Ronny Cush (Harry), Major Wiley (Police Inspector), Iris Iverson (Hotel Guest), Chris Allen (Hotel Guest), Richard Markin (Hotel Guest), Jean Channon (Hotel Guest), Juliette James (Hotel Guest) | ||||
| Clerical Error | 73 | 30 April 1983 | Peter Ransley James Gould Cozzens Richard Huggett |
Graham Evans |
| Paul Standing, the son of a recently deceased doctor is sorting out his paperwork when he receives a bill from a bookshop for thousands of pounds worth of pornography. Paul is highly suspicious. | ||||
| Cast: David Webb (Ronnie Carey), Richard Pearson (Michael Carey), Evelyn Laye (Mrs Standing), Hugh Fraser (Paul Standing) | ||||
| Heir Presumptuous | 74 | 7 May 1983 | C.B. Gilford Ross Thomas |
Philip Leacock |
| George Devon, a wealthy rancher is found murdered. His identical twin sons stand to inherit his fortune, but one of them was seen at the scene of the crime. Both have alibis and no one can tell the two boys apart. |
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| Cast: Royce D. Applegate (Deputy Eddie Ream), Tara Buckman (Sally Fenton), David Cassidy (Donald and David), Ann Doran (Mary Deacon), Darren McGavin (Sheriff Milt Singleton), Robert Snively (George Devon) | ||||
| Where's Your Sense of Humour? | 75 | 14 May 1983 | Peter Ransley Patricia McGerr |
Leonard Lewis |
| George Forester is a compulsive prankster. His wife and friends have been victims for many years until one day he goes too far. | ||||
| Cast: Sheila Gish (Laura Parker), Philip Jackson (George Forester), Penelope Nice (Julie Forester), Tom Chadbon (Frank Parker), Scott Saunders (Young Parker), Penelope Fischer (Carol), John King (Bob) | ||||
| Down Among the Sheltering Palms | 76 | 21 May 1983 | John Gorrie | John Gorrie |
| Gerry Armstrong an American soldier in World War II returns after 40 years to Norfolk, where he was based. While there, he attends a dance and meets a beautiful woman, but, she is not all she seems. | ||||
| Cast: Geoffrey Bayldon (Sid), Anne Carroll (Lena), Margaret Courtenay (Marge), Christopher Fulford (Bill), Gabrielle Hamilton (Doris), Van Johnson (Gerry T. Armstrong), Barry McCarthy (Jeff), Vanessa Paine (Carol) | ||||
| The Vorpal Blade | 77 | 28 May 1983 | Edward D. Hoch Robin Chapman |
John Jacobs |
| Von Baden recalls a murder from fifty years ago at Heidelberg, Germany. But, he has kept a secret ever since about what really happened. | ||||
| Cast: Peter Cushing (von Baden), Dean Allen (Duellist), John Bailey (Winterluck), Steve Brigden (Fifth student), Andrew Bicknell (Macker), Matthew Francis (Young von Baden), Michael Gardiner (Second student), Denys Graham (Doctor), Anthony Higgins (Cassan), Barrie Jaimeson (Josef), Kirstie Pooley (Eva), Nicholas Hall (First student), Brian Binns (Third student), John Rankin (Fourth student) | ||||
| The Wrong'Un | 78 | 11 June 1983 | Michael Brett Paul Ableman |
Leonard Lewis |
| A German businessman is staying at a hotel and in mood for celebration. He meets up with Molly, an attractive but strange girl. Despite being warned about her, he takes her to his room. | ||||
| Cast: Andrew Ray (Cranmer Oakes), Richard Foxton (Assistant Manager), Constantine Gregory (Helmut Kohler Weinrich), Lucy Gutteridge (Molly), Elspeth March (Mrs Carson), Daragh O'Malley (Jimmy), Graham Weston (Business man), Carrie Lee Baker (Sally, the maid), Alpana Sen Gupta (Cynthia) | ||||
| The Luncheon | 79 | 19 June 1983 | Jeffrey Archer Gerald Savory |
Graham Evans |
| Susan Mandeville is a beautiful American woman who takes a shine to struggling writer Tony Medway. He takes her out to lunch in the hope of getting a lucrative offer for his book, but, things aren't so straightforward. |
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| Cast: Stephen Greif (Rinaldo), Jacqueline Hill (Melanie Litmayer), Gayle Hunnicutt (Susan Mandeville), Bosco Hogan (Tony Medway), Hazel McBride (Louise Medway), Burnell Tucker (Peter Blundell), Gertrude Shilling (Miss Sopwith), Barbara Molyneux (Lady Handel), Martin Ryan Grace (Wayne), John Cassady (Shaun), Shireen Anwar (Bank Teller), Mark Lewis (Carlo), Nicholas Field (Mario), Stuart Turton (Franco), Patrick Bailey (Dieter) | ||||
| The Tribute | 80 | 25 June 1983 | Jane Gardam Alan Seymour |
Graham Evans |
| Three English ladies hear about the death of an acquaintance of theirs. They decide against putting a notice in the newspaper but invite the woman's out to lunch instead. | ||||
| Cast: Eleanor Bron (Polly Knox), Sheila Burrell (Lady Eleanor Benson), Anna Neagle (Fanny Soane), Phyllis Calvert (Mabel Ince), Brian Tipping (Head Waiter), Stuart Turton (Wine Waiter), Chris Tummings (Youth), Kelvin Omard (Youth) | ||||
| Hit and Run | 81 | 2 July 1983 | Patricia Moyes Robin Chapman |
Peter Hammond |
| Roger Ashburn, a young doctor is deeply in love with his beautiful wife, but, she doesn't feel the same way. He arranges a dinner party with some of his friends, but, she disappears afterwards. Roger is desperately worried, but, there is a surprise in store. |
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| Cast: Brenda Blethyn (Carol Hutchins), Antony Carrick (Inspector), Tony Crean (Ambulance Attendant), John Duttine (Dr Roger Ashburn), Ray Lonnen (Dr Steve Hutchins), Robert McBain (Ambulance Driver), Michael Melia (Detective Sergeant), Cherry Morris (Casualty Sister), Susan Penhaligon (Mary Ashburn), Michael Quinto (Policeman), Phyllida Nash (Joan Hunter) | ||||
| Youth from Vienna | 82 | 9 July 1983 | John Collier Ross Thomas |
Norman Lloyd |
| Caroline Coates is promoted in her role as television news reporter, but is worried that she won't last if her looks start to go. She is admired by a man who has come up with a formula for an anti-ageing process. | ||||
| Cast: Sharon Gless (Caroline Coates), Dick Smothers (Dr Humphrey Baxter), James Carroll Jordan (Alan Brodie), Ellen Geer (Stella Archer), Elliott Reid (Dick Archer) | ||||
| Turn the Tide | 83 | 16 July 1983 | C. S. Forester Ross Thomas |
Ray Danton |
| A lawyer is planning the perfect murder of an enemy of his. He plans meticulously and waits till his victim take an early morning swim, but there is one thing he's overlooked. | ||||
| Cast: Richard Basehart (Slade), Gretchen Corbett (Martha), Nicholas Hormann (Spalding) | ||||
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