A young man describes his amorous encounter with, and escape from, a vampiric lady in Eastern Europe. But if this all happened so long ago, why does the storyteller still seem so youthful?
- Directed by
- Simon Langton
- Written by
- Robert Muller
Guest stars
Esmond Knight
Sir Charles
Jeremy Clyde
Walter Von Lamont
David Robb
Philip Hambleton
Ania Marson
Dorabella
John Justin
Dorabella's Father
Jonathan Hyde
Amadeus
- N
Nicholas McArdle
Landlord
- S
Sara Mason
The Young Girl
- S
Sheila Gill
The Young Girl's Mother
Michael Miller
The Young Girl's Father
- K
Katy Allan
Serving Wench
- M
Maggy Maxwell
Old Crone
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?
- 5S1 E5
Lady Sybil
Jul 9, 197750 min
Could one of the two middle-aged sons of the famous Lady Sybil be a deranged serial killer — and, if so, which one?
- 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.