Dead of Night: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Dead of Night was a British television anthology series of supernatural fiction, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. It ran for a single series; of its seven 50-minute episodes, only three—"The Exorcism", "Return Flight", and "A Woman Sobbing"—are known to survive in the BBC's archives. Another programme made by the Dead of Night production team under Innes Lloyd, The Stone Tape, intended to be the eighth episode, does survive in the archives but was not broadcast under the Dead of Night banner.

Series details

• Title: Dead of Night
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
• Premiere date: 1972-11-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1972-12-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 13466
• IMDb ID: tt0222545
• TVDB ID: 70392

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1972-11-05; final listed air date 1972-12-17; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from Dead of Night on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.