The Blue Boy - 1994
Marie is an insecure housewife whose husband is having an affair. The two of them take a holiday to rural Scotland, but by sheer bad luck they end up at the hotel Joe uses for his other activities. An eerie tale of love and deception
Quality: 7.5/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Emma Thompson, Adrian Dunbar, Eleanor Bron
Close Relations - 1998
Many hidden secrets and desires come to light amongst the various Hammond Family members following the near-fatal heart attack of Gordon Hammond.
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Amanda Redman, Kate Buffery, Honeysuckle Weeks
Coast To Coast - 1987 (Screen Two)
An American Army deserter and a black British guy meet, find they share a love of classic Soul music and plan to start a mobile disco using an old ice-cream van. But trouble soon comes their way
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Lenny Henry, John Shea, Peter Vaughan, Cherie Lunghi, Pete Postlethwaite
The Cormorant - 1993 (Screen Two)
Inheriting a remote house in Snowdonia seems like a dream come true, but the dream becomes a nightmare for a family who discover it's not the Cormorant that comes with the house, but vice versa
Quality: 8.5/10, UK tv
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Helen Schlesinger, Thomas Williams
Do Not Disturb - 1991 (Screen Two)
When Jenny and Bruce Coldfield bring a curious party of enthusiasts to a remote Norfolk village to visit the hidden world of ghost story writer Eleanor Mont, other forces start to stir
Quality: 8.5/10. Excellent stuff
Stars: Frances Barber, Peter Capaldi, Éva Darlan
Life After Life - 1990 (Screen Two)
A 70 year old man gets shunted into a retirement home and finds himself sharing his new world with two mystic sisters
Quality: 8/10
Stars: George Cole, Mary Wimbush, William Fox, Leslie Phillips
The Lorelei - 1990 (Screen Two)
A lonely schoolteacher has a strange experience on her walking holiday. It haunts her and threatens to wreck her growing romance with a colleague. A brilliantly weird tale.
Quality: 8/10, UK tv film (time-coding onscreen throughout, but don't let it put you off)
Stars: Amanda Redman, Michael Maloney, Ellie Haddington
Memento Mori - 1992
A group of Elderlys start to receive distressing anonymous phone calls, the caller giving only one message; 'remember you must die'. A macabre tale with a killer cast!
Quality: 7/10, UK TV film (BBC Screen Two)
Stars: Maggie Smith, Michael Hordern, Renée Asherson, Stephanie Cole, Thora Hird