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The complete second seaason of the classic 1970s crime series. Bodie (Lewis Collins) and Doyle (Martin Shaw) are two elite officers in the secretive CI5 service, a unit staffed by expert policemen, soldiers and special forces to combat anarchy, terrorism and high-profile crime. In this series, Doyle is assigned to test a new laser-beam rifle, Bodie's girlfriend is critically injured in a terrorist bombing, and the team go up against a rogue agent. Episodes are: 'Hunter/Hunted', 'The Rack', 'First Night', 'Man Without a Past', 'In the Public Interest', 'Rogue', 'Not a Very Civil Civil Servant', 'A Stirring of Dust', 'Blind Run' and 'Fall Girl'.
Based on the book Jack the Ripper, the Final Solution by Stephen Knight. A fast-moving dramatization of one of the most plausible of Ripper theories will prove an instant magnet for audiences as well as a satisfying play to perform. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson become embroiled in the grisly murders in Whitechapel, East London in 1888.
When Chief Constable Bligh accompanies her friend Diane Tulliver home to Dysart Hall after a night at the opera they arrive to a horrifying scene. Diane's husband Paul has been shot dead and ex-convict Charley Mirren is standing over him bearing a gun. It appears to be an open-and-shut case for Jessica Blight, but as she and her colleague Inspector Fremont probe further they discover all is not what it seems. Through a series of flashbacks and re-enactments of the events leading up to Paul's death, we soon find it is not just the murderer's identity that is in question.
It is in April 1939. An English couple, Peter and Suzy, are living in Provence in idyllic isolation, far, it seems, from the rumblings of the coming war. Their peace is shattered from within when Suzy discovers she has been betrayed: Peter is not the man he claims to be. Suzy's life is thrown into turmoil as the possibility arises that Peter may in fact be a ruthless killer on the run. Then a Scotland Yard detective arrives and events become even more complicated and frightening...Lies, subterfuge and murder make this fast-moving thriller a dark and disturbing rollercoaster of bluff and double bluff.
Genre: Murder Mystery/Thriller Characters: 2 males (Ages: 20s, 40s), 2 females (Ages: 26, 40s), plus 2 males & 1 females voices only Scenery: Interior set, a living-room Liz Burns, a psychoanalyst, receives an unexpected visitor - Nicki, a troubled young woman who is visited in her dreams by a devil who carries her away to a lonely, terrifying old house. Liz sees immediately that her visitor is a victim of child abuse and, as the details of Nicki's past life emerge, clues mount up that point to Liz's husband Jack as the perpetrator. And Nicki is out for revenge...
Spain is a well-known haven for criminals who skip abroad. On the Costa del Sol, professional safe-cracker Larry has struck it lucky. Gorgeous Suzy asks him to steal the diamonds from her husband Alex's safe and run away with her to Rio. At the same time Alex also employs Larry to murder Suzy for her GBP100,000 life insurance policy. Larry decides to tell Suzy about her husband's plans, and they together plot to steal the diamonds, murder Alex, and make off with the dividend from Alex's similar insurance policy.1 woman, 2 men
Genre: Farce Characters: 4 males and 3 females or 3 males and 4 females Scenery: Interior Jeremy and Celia return a week early from their unsuccessful honeymoon to find that both Jeremy's partners have accepted his offer to stay in his house while he is away. The only problem is that they have each brought the other's wife with them. Jeremy discovers one illicit couple, Celia the other. Both issue invitations to them for dinner. Complications pile up thick and fast as, realizing their dilemma and desperate to make a good impression on Jeremy's colleagues, the couple stages two dinner parties simultaneously, one on the patio and one in the dining room. As if there aren't problems enough, Syd the plumber, up to his eyeballs in water in the cellar, has to call in the Water Board Emergency Service just when all seems resolved and Jeremy and Celia are attempting to salvage their lost honeymoon.
Max is planning to murder his wife Janet, collect her life insurance, and enjoy life with his girlfriend when Mary and George arrive on their Greek island with news: Mary and Janet are beneficiaries of a huge fortune. Plans and plots hatch, and soon everyone is bent on murder. All that stands in their way is the presence of a neighbor who knows a thing or two about murder, crime writer Edgar Chambers.3 women, 3 men
This ingenious play opens on two once successful crime-writing playwrights endeavouring to complete a block-buster to pay off their mounting debts - or are they? As the plot develops they realise their full potential - who better to accomplish the perfect murder than themselves? Forbes' nagging wife, Ann, is the perfect victim, especially as she is insured for GBP200,000. It all seems plausible enough until Forbes' partner mistakenly kills their secretary and a stage-struck detective appears on the scene. From here the play twists and turns so much that it is difficult to know who has been murdered and by whom. Eventually we learn the truth, but can Goodman convince the buffoon Inspector?
Air hostess Maggie, who lives in a converted windmill, has invited Ann and Terry, her latest pilot, to celebrate her birthday. Maggie has some peculiar tastes, including taping the most private intimacies between herself and her lovers. This indulgence causes consternation among the visitors, which include her neighbor Jenny and Jenny's husband, and culminates in the death of Ann's fiance. A second horrific climax reveals that Maggie has been murdered. Ann, who was very much affected by a recent accident, is distraught when apparently threatened by Jenny. In the last moments following Jenny's disappearance a final twist proves the relevance of the play's title.-3 women, 4 men
After her disappearance several years ago, Emma finds that her memory is damaged; there is much she does not recognize or understand. Why does she appear familiar with certain Russian phrases; why has she such a horror of a harmless silver bell, of a portrait on the wall, of knives? Is she, in fact, Emma Cranwell? Behind these questions looms a menacing mystery which finally erupts into violence and horror.3 women, 3 men
1960s British horror adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's short story of the same name. Edgar Marsh (Laurence Payne) is a quiet librarian with an obsessive nature. When he falls for his neighbour, Betty Clare (Adrienne Corri), who is having an affair with his friend, Carl Loomis (Dermot Walsh), Edgar becomes increasingly jealous. Driven into a mad rage, he brutally murders Carl, but, unable to bear the guilt, Edgar is haunted by the sound of his victim's beating heart.
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