Could one of the two middle-aged sons of the famous Lady Sybil be a deranged serial killer — and, if so, which one?
- Directed by
- Simon Langton
- Written by
- Robert Muller
Guest stars
All episodes — Series 1
Open season page- 1S1 E1
Ghosts of Venice
Jun 11, 197750 min
In 19th-century Venice, a British gentleman befriends a mysterious woman whose presence seems almost otherworldly.
- 2S1 E2
Countess Ilona
Jun 18, 197750 min
Four distinguished visitors arrive separately at the castle of the beautiful, widowed Countess Ilona, whom they haven't seen in many years. But she has surprises in store...
- 3S1 E3
The Werewolf Reunion
Jun 25, 197750 min
Having lured the four men who ruined her life to her isolated castle in 'the remotest corner of that part of my country the prudent traveler never visits', Countess Ilona exacts a terrible revenge.
- 4S1 E4
Mr Nightingale
Jul 2, 197750 min
A repressed, neurotic Englishman becomes obsessed by a mysterious beauty. Is she all she seems? Is he?
- 6S1 E6
Viktoria
Jul 16, 197750 min
An unhappy child in an affluent but dysfunctional Victorian household acquires both a sharp-eyed new governess and a new, unusually large doll, by which she's strangely fascinated.
- 7S1 E7
Night of the Marionettes
Jul 30, 197750 min
A British literary critic and his family visit the Villa Diodati in Switzerland, where, decades earlier, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. Events indicate that perhaps the famous story was not simply a work of imagination...