Dead of Night

1972 NR 50m 7.3

"Dead of Night" was a non-hosted UK television anthology series of supernatural fiction, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in 1972.

"Dead of Night" was a non-hosted UK television anthology series of supernatural fiction, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. Dead of Night ran for a single series in the autumn of 1972. Of its seven 50-minute episodes, only three-"The Exorcism", "Return Flight", and "A Woman Sobbing" are known to remain in the BBC's archives. BBC Four re-broadcast "The Exorcism" on 22 December 2007. The surviving episodes were released on DVD by the BFI in October 2013, with extras including a gallery of stills from the missing episodes, the downloadable scripts for all missing episodes, and a booklet featuring essays and biographies by Lisa Kerrigan, Oliver Wake, Derek Johnston and Alex Davidson.

Episodes:

Episode 1 The Exorcism

1. The Exorcism

Aired: Nov 4, 1972

Four friends gather for Christmas dinner at an old cottage. Suddenly, there's...

Episode 2 Return Flight

2. Return Flight

Aired: Nov 11, 1972

Whilst coming into land after a routine flight, Captain Rolph suddenly takes ...

Episode 3 Bedtime

3. Bedtime

Aired: Nov 18, 1972

A newly married couple find a deal that is too good to pass up on an antique ...

Episode 5 Smith

5. Smith

Aired: Dec 2, 1972

When a journalist decides to do a story on a criminal named Smith, whose crim...

Episode 6 Two in the Morning

6. Two in the Morning

Aired: Dec 9, 1972

Shortly after a woman moves her family to Sussex so that she and her husband ...

Episode 7 A Woman Sobbing

7. A Woman Sobbing

Aired: Dec 16, 1972

Jane is an discontented middle-class wife and mother. One night in her bedroo...

Info about Dead of Night

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery