The Wednesday Thriller

1. E1. The House

   Aug 4, 1965 · 50m

   Worried about his daughter's view of him, a barrister gifts her a Victoriana dollhouse, with two specially made dolls inside. As the young girl creates an intricate fantasy, the house's inhabitants' outlook on the father become sinister.

2. E2. The Lift

   Aug 11, 1965 · 50m

   Egyptologist Walter Hodge lives alone in a block of flats. His son Roy visits to let him he now owns the property and will demolish it. He leaves a cursed artifact and warns him against changing his will. When Walter enters the lift, he is terrified.

3. E3. The Babysitter

   Aug 18, 1965 · 50m

   Mr and Mrs Seam are looking after, ll an old man after he accidentally killed the Major. Inheriting the Major's money and the old man, they have grown tired of him. He is terrified of cats so they hire a babysitter, if she brings a cat.

4. E4. The Travelling Companion

   Aug 25, 1965 · 50m

   Lucas sits in the corner of a carriage on a branch line train pottering through the countryside. To the girl on her way for a day by the sea who joins him in the compartment, he seems a rather pathetic figure – lame, shy, ill at ease and anxious not to offend. Who could be more harmless?

5. E5. The Imposter

   Sep 1, 1965 · 50m

   Grace acts as maid to look after her bedridden mother Miss Chafecote. 'Chafi' likes to play piratical jokes so Grace 'buys' friends to visit. When 'Lady Alice' visits, she sees rich picking but doesn't realise how dangerous 'Chafi' can be.

6. E6. The Regulator

   Sep 8, 1965 · 50m

   An office can be as terrifying as a Gothic mansion when its doors are locked and the building is empty.

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