Season • Oct 28, 1990–Nov 11, 1990
An alcoholic pub landlord has visions of a 17th-century doctor of the occult, beginning a monumental clash between good and evil. Adapted from the novel by Kingsley Amis.
50 min • Oct 28, 1990 (35 years ago)
Maurice Allington, landlord of The Green Man, celebrates his 53rd birthday and meets the ghost of Dr Thomas Underhill.
50 min • Nov 4, 1990 (35 years ago)
Preceding his own father's funeral, Maurice attempts to exhume Underhill, who is not finished with him yet.
50 min • Nov 11, 1990 (35 years ago)
Underhill agrees to a second meeting, at which Maurice presumes the evil doctor will reveal his full powers.