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Unnatural Causes

TV·1986–1986·1 season, 7 episodes·ITV1·Mystery, Crime, Drama·50m·Created by Nicholas Palmer

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An anthology of seven psychological dramas, each with a different cast and crew, exploring deaths in unusual circumstances.

Episodes by season

Season017Episodes1986Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Home CookingNovember 8, 1986—The abused neglected wife of a loutish hotelier begins to suspect that her husband is the serial rapist that has been terrorising the area.
  2. S01E02Hidden TalentsNovember 15, 1986—A bedridden Nellie is desperate for her favourite son Stanley to return home, instead she has to make do with her no-good offspring Harold.
  3. S01E03Lost PropertyNovember 22, 1986—Anne Forrest has purchased a run-down school, with plans to get it operational. Two years on, it's still empty, her marriage is at its break
  4. S01E04Window, Sir?November 29, 1986—After working together for 35 years, Perry dreams of killing his colleague Vince, and after years of bitterness, a clever murder is actioned
  5. S01E05Ladies' NightDecember 6, 1986—A tradition-bound gentlemen's club is thrown into chaos when women are allowed in during 'ladies night'. One member resents the intrusion of
  6. S01E06PartnersDecember 13, 1986—
  7. S01E07EvensongDecember 20, 1986—A disappointed clergyman is visited by some of society's outcasts.

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