Season 1

1. The Drayton Case

A 1941 air raid uncovered a firewatchers strangled wife. During an argument over maintenance money after their divorce Drayton strangles her. Her body is discovered in a school cellar, and the search begins. Her dental records identify her as Mrs Drayton, and her ex-husband eventually confesses to the murder.

1953-02-01 • ? min

2. The Missing Man

Upon their arrival in London, a retired vicar and his wife are disturbed to find that their son, Gerald Neil, who they had planned to visit, has, without notice, sold all his belongings and gone to live in Paris. Eager for news and an explanation, the two send word to Paris and, when no reply is received for several weeks, Reverend Neil decides to travel to Paris and find his son. The search proves fruitless and, when Scotland Yard exhaust every avenue of enquiry, Mr. Gerald Neil is filed away under "Missing Person" seemingly having vanished into thin air. A few days later the Reverend's wife is woken in the middle of the night by a vision of her son's murder - can the grisly dream find the key to finding her son?

• ? min

3. The Candlelight Murder

An Inspector unmasks a blacksmith as a killer of an old hermit.

• ? min

4. The Blazing Caravan

A perfect murder requires the culprit to escape detection and capture, a complicated task when the full force of Scotland Yard is determined to bring you to justice. Arthur Cox has just won £30,000 on the football pools but his luck comes to a very sudden and sinister end when George Buxton decides to murder him and steal his identity and winnings. Buxton is no fool, planning the murder and his escape down to the very last detail but to accomplish the perfect murder requires nerves of steel and a little bit of luck.

• ? min

5. The Dark Stairway

A blind man is pushed over on a darkened stairway during a murder. When questioned by the police the old man becomes frightened until his friend comes to the station. The Inspector holds an identity parade and the murderer is picked out by the smell of his after shave.

• ? min

6. Late Night Final

A missing crippled witness turns out to be a drug smuggler's disguise.

• ? min

7. Fatal Journey

An Inspector exposes an amnesiac as a blackmailer who killed the woman who jailed him.

• ? min

8. The Strange Case of Blondie

• ? min

9. Passenger to Tokyo

A rare operation helps track a killer of a rich woman sent to Tokyo in a trunk

• ? min

10. Night Plane to Amsterdam

• ? min

11. The Silent Witness

• ? min

12. The Stateless Man

• ? min

13. The Mysterious Bullet

• ? min

14. Murder Anonymous

• ? min

15. The Wall of Death

• ? min

16. The Case of the River Morgue

• ? min

17. Destination Death

The discovery of a dead man at London Airport, a postcard photograph and a flask containing not only brandy, but poison, leads Scotland Yard to Lisbon and a giant currency smuggling ring.

1956-09-01 • ? min

18. Person Unknown

• ? min

19. The Lonely House

• ? min

20. Bullet from the Past

• ? min

21. The Case of the Smiling Widow

• ? min

22. Inside Information

• ? min

23. The Mail Van Murder

• ? min

24. Night Crossing

• ? min

25. The Tyburn Case

• ? min

26. The White Cliffs Mystery

• ? min

27. Print of Death

Supt.. Reynolds proves that payroll robbers dismembered an ex-convict and grafted his fingertips on to rubber gloves.

1958-04-18 • ? min

28. Crime of Honour

• ? min

29. Cross Road Gallows

• ? min

30. The Unseeing Eye

• ? min

31. The Ghost Train Murder

• ? min

32. The Dover Road Mystery

• ? min

33. The Last Train

• ? min

34. Evidence in Concrete

• ? min

35. The Grand Junction Case

• ? min

36. The Never Never Murder

• ? min

37. The Silent Weapon

• ? min

38. The Square Mile Murder

• ? min

39. Wings of Death

• ? min